Naked by Dev and Enrique Iglesius
This is the story about a boy and a girl and a scandal. The boy: his mole may be missing but he has always been considered the latino favorite that female music fans can still ogle over, unlike others who don’t bat their eyelids at girls anymore. The girl: one of the hottest new artists on the charts, who was unafraid to release what lyrically and visually appears to be, music and music videos’ response to ‘eyes wide shut’. The scandal: you can no longer talk about this boy and this girl, without thinking of the word, Naked. Relax, it’s just a song and not a George Michael moment.
The debut single from Dev’s upcoming album, The Night The Sun Came Up, is a collaboration between the pop star and Enrique Iglesius. The song, entitled Naked, is a dance song, with a similar beat and electronic melody as Iglesius’ Tonight I’m Loving You. This time minus the Alexander-Stan like saxophone interludes of previous hit, Dancing in the Dark, Dev sticks to standard Eurodance synths.
Dev made her official entrance into radio in
The star shot to scandalous fame when she released the video to Dancing in the Dark, which features a shot of Dev, naked and covered in black hands. The inspiration apparently was Tim Burton’s
And of course, you can’t help but wonder, if a song as suggestive as Dancing in the Dark, inspires Dev to come up with a video that has all the connotations of an ‘eyes wide shut’ scene; what kind of video, would a song that is expressly called Naked, inspire.
Naked however, is more about the endurance of love and picking the kind of person who may not fit the criteria on paper, but still you can’t help loving.