ALICIA KEYS DEBUTS NEW BEYONCE VIDEO

Tuesday, March 09 2010 07:46

Alicia Keys is ready to debut the new video "Put It In A Love Song" this week. The video features her and duet partner Beyonce cavorting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the start of carnival season. Keys explained that after the two superstars were in New York to record the Swizz Beatz-produced tune, they communicated months later to discuss the video treatment.

Said Alicia: "Time's progressing and we're kinda throwing ideas back and forth, me and B are kinda talking on the two-ways. And she's like, 'What about Egypt? We should go somewhere crazy and really do an incredible video.' So from the jump we knew we wanted to go somewhere that was really special and unique and somewhere that is just not often seen. And so as we were figuring out dates, she was saying that she was actually touring some in Brazil. And so we both kinda looked at each other and were like, 'Brazil is kinda crazy.'"

She added: "So that was how Brazil came into the mix. And we got down there and again, Brazil follows so closely with the energy of the song, kinda with the sensuality of of it and how it's eccentric and colorful, you know, Brazil is so colorful and they were preparing for their Carnival and that's just on a whole other level as well. And so it all blended together and came together."

Alicia appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday (March 5th) to perform "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" live. She also previewed the new video for "Put It In A Love Song" during her appearance.