"The One" (also titled "The 1") is a song by British rapperM.I.A. It was released on 26 May 2022, and is the lead single from her sixth studio albumMata.[2]
Prior to the release of "The One", M.I.A. performed the song at Just Like Heaven festival on 21 May 2022 along with anotherMATA track "Marigold". She toldZane Lowe ofApple Music 1 in a live radio interview that the song "is just about sticking to what you are and the truth. I think, at the end of the day, that is also what this record is about to me, is still trying to find truth."[3]
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