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VIDEO: Shakira, "Did It Again (Live at SNL)"
While Shakira's "She Wolf" sounded outright crazy (in the best way possible), she comes back to earth with this pretty little slice of synth pop, augmented, of course, with her own distinctively wild choreography.
But the weirdest part of the current Shak saga is that she put on this great performance with no way for fans to, you know, pay for it. Epic Records pushed back the release of the "She Wolf" album in America (it's out in other parts of the world already) from Oct. 13 to Nov. 17 -- probably because the title track hasn't blown up on the airwaves here. That odd decision to move it to an already-packed release week (against Norah Jones, John Mayer, Leona Lewis, and anticipated debuts from Kris Allen and Justin Bieber) resulted in Shakira appearing on two big platform shows -- "Dancing with the Stars" and "Saturday Night Live" -- in a week that can no longer directly help her sales.
To complicate matters further, Shakira's next single won't be "Did It Again," but the good-not-great "Give It Up to Me," featuring sales-boosters Lil Wayne and Timbaland in an attempt to rev up first-week sales. Remember when artists could just worry about putting together a good record and not worry about release-week roulette? Ah, good times.
"She Wolf" is a pretty great, if unorthodox, dance pop album. People would have found that out regardless. The delays are enough to require a view lycanthropic howls.
Tags: Shakira , Delays , Lil Wayne , Timbaland , SNL , Norah Jones , John Mayer , Leona Lewis , Kris Allen , Justin Bieber
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