M.I.A. launches “tin foil hat” merch line to block 5G waves from entering body

25 June, 2024

M.I.A. singer performs at OFF-WHITE Fall Winter 2021 collection runway on July 2021 - Paris, France. 04/07/2021 (Photo by Ik Aldama/picture alliance via Getty Images)

M.I.A. has launched Ohmni, her own clothing brand that features a “tin foil hat” which claims to block 5G waves from entering one’s body.

According to the apparel brand’s about page, Ohmni is described as the “last frontier at preserving your privacy, autonomy, and rights over your body and your data,” and “the armour of the modern knight in the age of modern technological warfare.”

Ohmni offers items such as “Protency boxers” which claim to “block electromagnetic frequencies” and boost fertility as well as a “tin foil hat” which allegedly deflects “electromagnetic waves such as Wi-Fi & 5G with up to 99.999% shielding effectiveness.”

Though the brand has launched in recent weeks, its mission statement read: “You might think of the war zone as far away from where you are, yet in 2024, even your house is a digital battlefield. OHMNI is designed to be protective, preventative, and precious.

“Future backwards is R U TUF. If the conspiracy theorists are wrong, good for you, you own some beautiful clothes made with pure silver and precious metals. But, if they are right, you just might have saved the future of humanity. Welcome to OHMNI. I could be a genius I could be a cheat.”

According to Consequence Of Sound, M.I.A. previously announced the clothing line while appearing as a guest on Alex Jones’ conspiracy-theory-centric show Infowars. While there, she explained to Jones that the clothing line is designed to protect wearers from nanoparticles and discussed a scrapped album, her supposed “anti-vaxx” views, and being “cancelled” during her appearance on Jones’ show.

At the time of writing, there has been no specific explanations on how Ohmni protects its wearers from the nanoparticles.

M.I.A is no stranger to receiving backlash. Back in 2022, she compared Jones’s falsehoods about the Sandy Hook shooting to celebrities “pushing” COVID-19 vaccines and suggesting the latter, too, should “pay for lying”. She then clarified her stance on COVID vaccines, saying she’s “not really” an anti-vaxxer.

The singer then announced that she’ll no longer be involved in GQ’s 2022 Men Of The Year Awards, with the magazine severing ties with her over controversial tweets about vaccines.

In other news, M.I.A. released her mixtape ‘Bells Collection’ at the end of last year which marked her first body of work to be released since 2022’s studio album ‘MATA’.

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