Shakira
Dare (La La La) - Single
RCA
Release date: March 25, 2014 (Single) / May
7, 2014 (Music Video)
We dare you to detest Shakira's latest
single 'Dare (La La La)'. If you dare that is. Hating on its video, however, is
completely okay with us and here's why.
To put it as succinct as possible – it's
boring! Featuring only the songstress prominently over half of the video
proving to us, quite eccentrically, that her hips still don't lie rather than
using more backup dancers, the MV proves to be a disappointment for expectant
fans (case in point: yours truly). Even Shakira's golden power of presence and
the 'Empire'-sque locations employed are unable to elevate the visuals of the
video to match the anthemic quality of the stadium-thumper, which was instead
marred by distracting overlays of Samba dancers to acknowledge the song's
Brazilian beat.
A bit of history, the riling 'Dare (La La
La)' was recorded somewhere between 2011 and 2012, while its video, yes this
very exact video, was shot way back in mid-June of 2012 (gasp). The shooting
took place in Portugal and numerous images of the songstress on set were
uploaded to the internet, piquing the interest for Shakira's new studio effort
at that time - which of course didn't drop until two years later (no) thanks to
Gerard Pique, the baby daddy to her little boy Milan.
A variation of the uplifting number complete
with a Portuguese intro by Carlinhos Brown and football references has been
selected to be the secondary theme song for World Cup 2014 in Brazil later this
year, somewhat repeating the streak she started with the epic monstrosity that
was 'Hips Don't Lie' for World Cup 2010.
Come on Shakira we dare you to make a new
video for the song. Whatcha waiting for? Leggo.
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars.
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