Colombian diva Shakira has just premiered the highly anticipated music video featuring tennis superstar Rafael Nadal on Friday for her another blockbuster hit "Gypsy" (Spanish version, "Gitana"), the fourth and favorite single, hit radio stations on February 22, taken from her latest album "She Wolf" which has been in stores since October 2009.The video, like the song paired with it, has a much more organic vibe and sound than other tracks from "She Wolf," was directed by frequent Shakira collaborator Jaume de Laiguana in Spain's Barcelona. The video tells a love story that plays out on a desert backdrop. It's an ideal setting for the romance between the smiling Shakira and her often-shirtless tennis pro to unfold. The intricate plot involves Shakira roaming the desert in skimpy garb, while the lyrics of "Gypsy" have Shakira singing about looking to bring her love with her on the road, and shows the sexy Colombian showing off her fabulous abs in a black gauzy slip of a thing, playing a harmonica, dancing, embracing and getting intimate with Nadal as the lead male protagonist, and then finally the two share a passionate kiss in the end.
On her decision to pick up Nadal as her leading man in the video, Shakira said, "I thought that maybe I needed someone (in the video) I could in some way identify with." She continued, "And Rafael Nadal is a person who has been totally committed to his career since he was very young, since he was 17, I believe. (The song represents my) way of living and seeing life. I've been on the road since I was very young, so that's where the gypsy metaphor comes from." Nadal added, "It has been a great experience and I had a lot of fun doing it. I had some time in between tournaments and preparation and could not miss this opportunity. Shakira, as always, was spectacular. Working with a woman as charming as her, well, it makes it a lot easier to tell the truth. It was great, very easy, she's really sweet and that always makes the hours go by faster."
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