One of the most influential women in tennis has teamed up with one of the most influential women in music as Serena Williams made a cameo appearance in Beyonce’s new music video.
Beyonce released her sixth studio album, Lemonade, on April 23rd featuring a 60-minute video. During part of the video, Williams was featured dancing to her new song ‘sorry’. The launch of the album was a surprise move by Beyonce, with the release coinciding with a one-hour special documentary broadcasted on US TV channel HBO.
Queen @serenawilliams in @Beyonce video #LEMONADE pic.twitter.com/l7x8sa3pek
— Joseph Kocharian (@JosephKocharian) 24 April 2016
The inclusion of Williams in the music project isn’t as much of a surprise as some might think. The two women have paid tribute to each other in the past. Last year Williams created her own version of Beyonce’s smash hit 7/11. The video has been watched over four million times on YouTube. Meanwhile, Beyonce has publicly praised Williams for her achievements in tennis. In 2013, she publicly uploaded a handwritten letter on her website to congratulate the American in her triumph over Maria Sharapova in the final of the French Open.
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Williams Isn’t the first tennis player in feature in a music video. In 2010 Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils made cameo appearances in Martin Solveig’s video ‘Hello’. The song became a worldwide hit, reaching the top of the charts in seven countries around the world and was the fifth biggest selling song on the US Hot Dance Club Songs in 2011.
