Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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An uplifting Fela Kuti-inspired percussive electronic afrobeat anthem about being your best self.

"Bad Habits" by Madame Gandhi

Song Credits:
Written by Kiran Gandhi
Produced by Zach Witness
Additional Production by Kiran Gandhi
Mixed by Neil Comber
Mastered by Piper Payne

Video Credits:

Directed by Raine Allen Miller
Produced by Sorcha Bacon and Nicole Disson
Creative Directed by Savanah Leaf
Hair by Lady SoulFly
Styled by Amelian Kashiro
This video features an all female/femme led cast and crew.
All Rights Reserved Madame Gandhi LLC
Released October 18th, 2018 in honor of Felabration, via OkayAfrica
Read More: okayafrica.com/madame-gandhi-bad-habits-video-fela-kuti

Lyrics: genius.com/Madame-gandhi-bad-habits-lyrics

I had run out of time
I had done lost my mind
I had run out of time
I had done lost my mind
I didn’t know
I didn’t know
I’ve been so pressed that I don’t even know
What’s botherin’ me
All my bad habits have got to got to go entirely
It’s my year to be free
From what’s botherin’ me
It’s this society
That’s killing’ me
All my bad habits have got to got to go
All my bad habits have got to got to go
All my bad habits have got to got to go
All my bad habits have got to got to go

*dance and claps*

[NOW LISTEN]
Feel Kuti in the 1970’s
Inspires me
All he wanted was his people to be free
From the colony
Like Mahatma Gandhi in the 1940’s
I’ve been reading about Womxn’s History
In the 1920s
Thinking about how I can be so much better
Thinking about all the tears I’ve cried
Thinking about how we can be so much better
Thinking about all the tears we’ve cried

*drum solo*

All my bad habits have got to got to go
All my bad habits have got to got to go
All my bad habits have got to got to go
All my bad habits have got to got to go

All my bad habits have got to got to go
All my bad habits have got to got to go
All my bad habits have got to got to go
All my bad habits have got to got to go

Madame Gandhi Bio:

Kiran Gandhi, known by her stage name Madame Gandhi, is an electronic music artist and activist based in Los Angeles. Having gained recognition as the former drummer for M.I.A. and Kehlani and as the iconic free-bleeding runner at the 2015 London Marathon, Madame Gandhi now writes music that elevates and celebrates the female voice.