(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Enrique Iglesias says shooting the Heartbeat music promo with Nicole Scherzinger was like having tantric sex.

As two of the hottest stars in the music industry, their appearance in the video accompanying their duet caused a stir.

Enrique has defended their saucy behaviour though, saying their goal was to emulate tantric sex, a method where lovers enjoy passion without penetration. He says his long-term girlfriend Anna Kournikova didnt mind at all.

Nicoles beautiful. It was great working with her. People have said its steamy but for me its more of a look but dont touch thing what do you call it, tantric? he said in an interview with Closer.

Its all about the foreplay kind of thing. Ive done videos like that in the past but luckily Anna doesnt get jealous, because its work.

Enrique also discussed how harsh the music industry can be nowadays. The hunk used an interesting meat metaphor to express his feeling that emerging stars are dismissed as soon as they fail to top the charts.

But the industry is harder now if you dont break in with your first single youre screwed. Record companies treat you like a piece of meat,

The minute you rot a little and youre not a prime cut of beef youre out of there. But its business, he lamented. (C) Cover Media