Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
Hi Life
DJs Senior Oz and Izzy Wise
w/ Kiran Gandhi (MIA's percussionist) live on drums
2 Week Residency @ The Elbo Room, San Francisco, CA
August 21st & 28th 2014
Clothing by Jimmy Tang
Thanks to Jackie Crespo for live footage
Hi Life
DJs Senior Oz and Izzy Wise
w/ Kiran Gandhi (MIA's percussionist) live on drums
2 Week Residency @ The Elbo Room, San Francisco, CA
August 21st & 28th 2014
Clothing by Jimmy Tang
Thanks to Jackie Crespo for live footage
![Madame Gandhi - The Future is Female [Official Audio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cP4da2G1s4s/mqdefault.jpg "Madame Gandhi - The Future is Female [Official Audio]
5. The Future is Female
Written and Produced by Kiran Gandhi
Additional vocals by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs
Additional Production by JSTJR (Mad Decent) and Anthony Saffery
Live drum recording engineered by Michael Starita
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Madame-gandhi-the-future-is-female-lyrics
Voices EP by Madame Gandhi
Mixed by Neil Comber
Mastered by Piper Payne
Album Artwork by Wendy Figueroa
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Bio: Kiran Gandhi, who performs as Madame Gandhi, is a Los Angeles-based musician, activist and music industry thinker. She has toured professionally drumming for M.I.A and Thievery Corporation and currently DJs, drums and produces music under her own name. Her song “The Future is Female” climbed to #8 on the Viral US Top 50 Spotify Charts following the 2017 Women’s March and her solo EP Voices has received critical acclaim from outlets like FADER, Paper Mag, Billboard and Milk.
Kiran holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Political Science and Women’s Studies from Georgetown (COL ’11) and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School (MBA 15), and has used her degrees to run her own musical project as well as advise music companies Spotify, Stem, Bonnaroo, Pandora, YouTube and D’addario. Between 2011-2013, Kiran worked at Interscope Records for two years as their first ever digital analyst, studying patterns in Spotify and YouTube consumption behavior.
In 2015, she ran the London Marathon free-bleeding to combat period stigma around the world, sparking a global viral conversation about how we treat menstruation in various cultures. She now travels often to perform and speak about modern gender equality, and is also working on her full-length album. Madame Gandhi’s mission is to elevate and celebrate the female voice.
The Future is Female Lyrics:
I heard Amy Poehler speak at the White House
Her words hit me hard like a light bulb
Fictitious depictions of girls must die out
If we want to live in a world that triumphs
I am just talking about loving the femme
I aint talking bout nobody else
Toxic masculinity has to end
I am just talking about loving ourselves
You can catch me singing these words
In a black Otherwild “Future is Female” t-shirt
Like AY! Me, I got something to say
Gender constructions just get in the way
Ive been playing drums since I was like 8
The future is female, the future is great!
(Drum solo)
The future is female
The future is female
Own your voice dont be afraid
Theres power in what you say
Own your voice dont be afraid
Theres power in what you say
How could girly ever be an insult?
All the women I know are ones moving culture
What would happen if we all would lead with a little less aggression more femininity?
We have to value girls more than their looks
The biggest threat is a girl with a book
The system must make room for all that we do
Weve been bleeding each month till we gave birth to you!
[speech]
To me, “The Future is female” means that no longer will female qualities be subordinated to male qualities
I want to live in a world that is collaborative
A world that is emotionally intelligent
A world in which we are linked and not ranked!
The future is female
The future is female
Own your voice dont be afraid
Theres power in what you say
Own your voice dont be afraid
Theres power in what you say
The future is female
The future is female
The future is female
The future is female")
