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M.I.A. went to Jamaica last week to make the video for "Boyz", the first single from her forthcoming album Kala, and she was kind enough to share some photos from the shoot. We didn't think we could get any more excited about the follow-up to Arular after hearing "Bird Flu" and "Hit That", (UPDATE: "HIT THAT" IS NOT ON THE NEW M.I.A. ALBUM) but oh man...to paraphrase a certain former M.I.A. tourmate, this shit looks B-A-N-A-N-A-S. Check out that bathing suit!

Kala is out August 21 on Interscope (not June 26, as previously reported), and M.I.A. is busy lining up festival dates to promote it, starting in May at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Preston, England.

M.I.A. dates:

05-20 Preston, England - Radio 1's Big Weekend
05-26 George, WA - Sasquatch!
08-03 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-05 Baltimore, MD - Virgin Festival
09-08-09 Toronto, Ontario - Virgin Festival