Gwen Stefani has dropped a new music video for the solo version of her latest single Slow Clap.
The star dropped the second single from her upcoming fifth solo album last month and, shortly afterwards, unveiled a remix with Saweetie and a music video featuring the pair.
However, the idea for the collaboration came about while Gwen was already filming for the Sophie Muller-directed clip, and she’d just about finished her solo take when Saweetie came onboard.
And on Friday (April 23), the Now That You Got It hitmaker treated fans to the original cut, writing: “new video for #slowclap tomorrow at 9am pt, exclusively with @Facebook#backfordoubledipping.”
Gwen previously revealed the collaboration came about after she saw Saweetie jamming along to her song Luxurious from her 2004 album ‘Love. Angel. Music. Baby.’ on her Instagram Story.
“I saw on the internet that Saweetie had posted her listening to my song Luxurious, so then I wrote to the guy helping me find a feature, ‘Oh look, it’s in the air, Saweetie’s listening to my song’,” she told Variety.
“He said, ‘Oh, you want her to hop on your song?’ I said, ‘Sure!’ and then literally the next day she posts, ‘I’m going in to work with someone, here’s a clue: she’s iconic.’”
Saweetie laid down her verse the same day and Gwen chose to reshoot the Slow Clapvideo — most of which had already been filmed — in order to include her.
Gwen returned to the charts in December with Let Me Reintroduce Myself – the lead track from her fifth solo LP.
