Another Vanessa Williams Music Video: Close To You

Here is another music video from Vanessa Williams‘ new album The Real Thing.  This is a song from the Ugly Betty star called Close To You.

This one really makes me want to go find a hammock on a beach and just chill.  It has a real Brazilian feel – Vanessa even sings a verse in Portuguese!

Close To You was written by Babel Gilberto, and produced by, you guessed it, Babyface Edmonds.  The instrumentation is minimal, giving Vanessa’s voice the full limelight.  Nice.

In this video, Williams does quite a bit of dancing (too bad her schedule wouldn’t allow a DWTS appearance as a contestant).  It is quite sensual as well, shedding any connection at all to Vanessa’s character Wilhelmina.

The Real Thing will be available June 2nd – (the album’s page at her website says “At Target”, but I don’t know if it’s an exclusive deal).