{"id":52023,"date":"2025-11-25T19:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52023\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T19:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:44:13","slug":"new-york-breeds-that-kind-of-energy-full-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52023\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018New York Breeds That Kind of Energy\u2019 (Full Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ciara<\/a> has obviously adjusted well to her newest home sweet home.<\/p>\n

In an epic new video, which Billboard is premiering exclusively below, Ciara takes to the streets of New York City for a 40-dancer Times Square flash mob celebrating her latest single \u201cNice n\u2019 Sweet.\u201d In addition to the CiCi deluxe track, which features Afropop artists MOLIY and Oxlade, the dancers also get down to \u201cBRB\u201d and the TikTok-viral \u201cLow\u201d in the \u201cNYC Takeover\u201d video, filmed on Nov. 17 during the early morning commute.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just knew being in the streets of New York dancing to \u2018Low\u2019 and \u2018Nice n\u2019 Sweet,\u2019 which are very New York-ish, there\u2019s an Afro-Caribbean influence in it \u2014 we know New York breeds that kind of energy throughout the streets,\u201d Ciara told Billboard\u2018s Delisa Shannon. \u201cSo it just felt like the perfect place to have this moment and another \u2018this place feels like home\u2019 moment for me, which I loved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alongside her NFL quarterback husband Russell Wilson and their four children, Ciara relocated to NYC ahead of the current football season, when Russ got picked up by the New York Giants.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knows I\u2019m from Atlanta, but at the same time, New York is showing our family tremendous love,\u201d Ciara tells Billboard. \u201cAnd as an artist, I feel like New York has put their arms around me too. And so this is another place that I call home. There\u2019s just something so magical about being in the streets of New York. So I\u2019ve never done a flash mob before. There was years ago where my team had put together a flash mob to celebrate me, but I never had done it where I just pop out in the middle of the streets and start dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video begins with a small group of dancers taking turns in the center of a high-energy dance circle, set to \u201cBRB\u201d from the August album CiCi, before Ciara joins the chat in a Yankees ball cap, black sunglasses and blond braids past her waist for \u201cLow,\u201d featuring Diamond Platnumz.<\/p>\n

The CiCi deluxe standout has been having a moment on TikTok, thanks to the \u201cLow\u201d Dance Challenge, and Ciara is grateful for the way the platform is spreading her music worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe digital footprint has allowed for even more global expansion, you know?\u201d Ciara tells Billboard. \u201cAnd you get to see the influence of technology, where everyone and their mama can join in on the dance. And guess what? Everyone gets to see people shine in their own living rooms, right? I think there\u2019s some kind of sense of ownership that people have, or a sense of empowerment when their videos go viral. And if we didn\u2019t have these digital platforms, that opportunity wouldn\u2019t exist. So I\u2019ve learned to appreciate those moments and the power of those moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, the Nov. 14-released \u201cNice n\u2019 Sweet\u201d has its big moment, with Ciara joining the squad for some group choreography set to the Caribbean-influenced single. The star took the opportunity to take pics with all the dancers before hopping in her car and saying of the dance moment: \u201cThat was nice and sweet!\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the video below, exclusively on Billboard.<\/p>\n

\u2013Reporting by Delisa Shannon<\/p>\n

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