Ironically, ISIS put a price on Helly Luv's head (ostensibly), not for her support of the Peshmerga and Kurdish independence, but because she wore a miniskirt. Helly Luv is a Kurdish nationalist pop star based in Los Angeles who has done crazy stuff like shooting at ISIS and raising money to feed Kurdish soldiers. Even though her pop isn't something to write home about lyrically or musically, (One wishes MIA would write about something different) the fact is she's using Pop music in a way that is politically relevant and revolutionary in multiple senses of the word. Disturbing? Chilling? Beautiful? Awesome? I'll let you decide, but I bet it gives you goosebumps somewhere in there. (Risk it all is a better song, but Revolution is newer and more interesting, filmed just a few miles from the front lines.)
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