Friday VicPick video: Shakira, Shakira, Beyonce, Beyonce

Marking her second collaborative effort where the other person she is singing with opens the song by repeating her name, Shakira is being featured in a new duet with Beyonce. The song is called "Beautiful Liar" and the video for it was just released this week, after receiving a lot of preliminary buzz. The song is originally from Beyonce's album, B Day, and the re-recorded duet version with Shakira will be on the re-released version, as initial sales for the record were sluggish. The video marks a rarity in that not only are there two women singing the duet, but their characters actually team up as opposed to fight over a man. I also believe it is the first time there has been so much booty shaking crammed into 3 and a half minutes. I'm a big Shakira fan, so I think adding her to this song and the video are great, and kudos to Beyonce for coming up with the idea for the two to pair up. I had always thought that they shared things in common, both in dancing style as well as looks. For me, Beyonce had always particularly evoked Shakira in the "Baby Boy" music video with Sean Paul. The "Beautiful Liar" video purposely plays on these similarities, as you will find it is often hard to tell the two apart!