Anyone who uses WhatsApp already knows just how dang handy the messaging app is, whether you're sending pictures, videos or other files.
It's also been responsible for a new song by London-born Sri Lankan musician M.I.A., who said that she wrote a song with none other than former boyband member Zayn Malik via WhatsApp for her new album AIM.
She told Entertainment Weekly that because they both share the same publisher, she came close to writing songs for Mailk's solo debut 'Mind of Mine'.
“Before I started writing properly my own stuff, I was thinking maybe I’ll write for other people instead," she said. "I really wanted to write a song for Zayn … We had a couple people in common. And that’s how it came about. I didn’t really approach him for my own record until later on. First, I thought I wanted to try writing a song for him."
Instead, the pair ended up sharing ideas and writing a song for AIM called 'Freedun'. "We just basically did it while I was here, because I’ve been here for a week-and-a-half," she explained. "We’ve just been going back and forth on, you know, WhatsApp.”
The album is out on September 9th.
