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Hello and welcome back to the most electric
show you could ever imagine. |
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And now, I'm joined on this sofa by the very
gorgeous Shakira! |
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- I love how you say my name.
- Shakira! - Shakira! |
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I love the 'ra'.
- That's how you say it here, in England. Shakira. |
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- Here I say Shakira.
- Shakira. |
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- But it's fine if you say 'Shakira'.
- I have a Spanish grandmother. |
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- But I... You do?
- I'm down. I know. |
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Yes. Well it's good to see you.
- I knew you and I had something in common. |
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- Absolutely.
- Beside the fact that you're a musician too. |
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- Absolutely, thank you. Well we haven't
seen you now for about four years, |
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- I know.
- It's good to have you back, where have you been? |
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- Well, I know that a lot of people think that
I might have been scratching my belly |
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all of these years, but the reality - I haven't.
Thank you. |
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No, I've been working really hard.
I actually spent two full years, |
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writing songs, producing them, and working
on my new album - Oral Fixation. |
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- Now, you've touched on that.
- Which is already about to come out. |
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- How did you come up with a name like
Oral Fixation? |
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- Well, I know it's got me into trouble, but...
- Only if you have a dirty mind. |
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- Yeah only.
- Exactly. |
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- No, the reality is that I always considered
myself a very oral person, |
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'cause I feel that I'm sort of a communicator,
I live through my mouth. |
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Through the things I say, through the things
that I should have probably never said, in life |
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the chocolates I eat.
- Chocolate's always good. |
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- The kisses I give.
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I don't know... I feel that...
- That's the most important thing for you. |
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- My mouth is like, I think that... any persons
mouth is like, |
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our biggest source of pleasure.
- I'm sure everyone... |
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Excellent. Now talking pleasure, I think that..
- I should have never said that. |
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- No, I think that's a fantastic thing to say,
it's woken everybody up. |
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Now, there's a perception of you out there,
that you're a very sassy, very feisty, very sexy. |
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How do you feel about that, because I think
sometimes, it can be quite contradicting, |
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you come across as quite innocent as well.
Which is the real Shakira? |
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- There's probably a little bit of both, in me,
you know I feel... I'm a very shy person, |
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believe it or not. Yeah, when I'm on the beach
I'm always covered with a sarong you know, |
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I'm really shy with my body. I only expose
you know, certain parts of my body like my belly |
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for example when, the moves...
- You do not look shy in the video here. |
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- Because the moves require it. You know?
- But didn't you use to be a belly dancer? |
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Didn't you use to be a belly dancer?
- Well, not professionally no. |
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I never... I was never taught, by someone how
to belly dance. It was something that, |
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sort of comes in my DNA, you know? I've been
dancing since I was four. Four years old, so... |
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- So you do have a lot of confidence. Would you
say that's more of what you try to put across? |
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- I think that the stage is probably one of the
few places in the world, where I |
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really feel uninhibited. You know? But outside
of the stage I'm another... |
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I'm a totally different person. I'm actually
very shy. Just that I've learned how to hide it. |
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- Well actually talking of shy, you've got a bit
of a hideaway. You live in the Bahamas, |
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- That's right. - With your dogs.
- Three dogs. - And... As you've told me, |
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you're engaged to the former president's son.
So, I'm very impressed. |
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Congratulations.
- Thank you. |
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- We got engaged like four years ago,
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apparently this ring doesn't have an expiration
date. |
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I don't know, the marriage thing is complicated
you know. |
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- You happy though?
- Planning a wedding, I don't know. |
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It's like a whole production. I think...
I would be able to produce another album, |
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before producing a whole wedding.
It's very complicated. |
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- Well I think everyone is happy about another
album. |
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Finally let's here something about your song,
because you described it as |
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the perfect antidote to Valentines, romance
and everything slushy. |
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It's quite a powerful track, would you agree
with that? |
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- I'm sorry, I didn't know that the song was going
to come out in the UK, |
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on Valentine's day, otherwise I would have
written other kinds of lyrics. |
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No I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
- As opposed to "I'd move, |
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"to a communist country," for your man?
- Well you know, if I was in love with a Cuban boy |
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I would do that. I won't let Fidel's regime
prevent it. |
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What wouldn't you do for love? Yeah.
- Absolutely. You're song lyrics are |
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very controversial, but very inspiring, they're
very fresh. |
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So, long may it rain. Shakira it's been
fantastic having you on, |
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we'll see you perform on the show next week.
- It's been my pleasure. |
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- Ladies and gentlemen...
- It's nice to be back in the UK. |
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- Now I have to ask you, do you believe in angels?
- In angels? |
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- Yeah, well there's a lot of girls that do
believe in angels, |
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in fact they might consider Pharrell Williams
is just the perfect.... |