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UPI
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Watch: Shakira, Alejandro Sanz reunite in 'Besame' music video
1 of 5 | Shakira arrives on the red carpet at the 2025 Met Gala celebrating the opening of "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5. She released a new song Thursday with Alejandro Sanz. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo May 29 (UPI) -- Shakira and Alejandro Sanz have reunited after two decades for a new song and music video. The pair released "Bésame" on Thursday after previously collaborating on the 2005 hit "La Tortura." They recently performed "La Tortura" together during the North American leg of Shakira's Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour. "We'd been talking for a while about working together again," Sanz told Billboard in an interview. "I used to joke with her, saying, 'When are we going to make another song? You only make songs with talented, handsome guys!' We hadn't found the right song that we both connected with. It's tough after making a song like 'La Tortura' to find the right reason to team up again." "You don't want to be too predictable or repeat the same thing, but you also want the new collaboration to be just as sweet," he added. The track appears on Sanza's EP Y Ahora Que?, which dropped Friday. The EP contains six songs, and also includes collaborations with Grupo Frontera and Manuel Turizo. Shakira turns 48: a look back Shakira poses for the media at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City on September 6, 2001. That same year, Shakira sold 13 million copies of her first English-language album "Laundry Service." Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI | License Photo
Los Angeles Times
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Remember this banger? Shakira's ‘La Tortura' just turned 20
Love is Shakira's kryptonite. But for those who dare betray her, the aftermath can be utter torture. For 20 years now, the contagious rhythm and fiery lyrics of 'La Tortura,' along with its steamy music video, have continued to ripple through the airwaves, reminding audiences that Shakira's emotions are not to be toyed with. (Don't say she didn't warn you, Pique.) Released on April 11, 2005, 'La Tortura' came at a special point in the pop star's career. Four years earlier, the Colombian singer had wooed English speakers with her first crossover album, 'Laundry Service,' which sold 13 million copies worldwide. As L.A. Times reporter Agustin Gurza wrote, the English-language album was 'a smash that launched her global career.' But Shakira was already considered an unstoppable force in Latin America after reaching commercial success with her 1998 pop-rock album, 'Dónde Están los Ladrones?' The 2005 release of her sixth studio album, 'Fijación Oral, Vol. 1,' seemed to mark her humble homecoming to the language that had supported her since the beginning — crossover be damned! Some music critics, like Gurza, lambasted 'Fijación Oral, Vol. 1' for its lovesick lyrics in tracks like 'En Tus Pupilas' — which the singer wrote while in a long-term romance with Antonio de la Rúa, son of Argentina's former president Fernando de la Rúa. The album's lead single, however, managed to stave off the harshest criticisms. '['La Tortura] is deliciously pop,' writes Gurza. 'Radio loves it and the clubs will too.' Shakira produced the song with an infectious rhythm of reggaeton, a genre that was quickly taking over the Latin music scene at the time. Co-written with composer Luis Fernando Ochoa, 'La Tortura' also featured Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz, whose raspy flamenco vocals offset Shakira's rapid-fire quips: 'Mejor te guardas todo eso a otro perro con ese hueso y nos decimos adiós,' which translates to 'You better keep all that to another dog with that bone, and we'll say goodbye.' Behind the scenes, 'La Tortura' would test the boundaries of Shakira's perfectionism; up until that point in her career, she had never collaborated with another artist. She recalled that vulnerable process to People en Español in 2005: 'I remember saying to [Sanz], 'Can't you change this little note?' And he just said, 'What?' He almost threw a record at my head.' Yet the experience kick-started a life-long friendship for the duet, so tight that they were often rumored to be lovers. 'La Tortura' debuted in the United States at No. 98 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 23. Shakira and Sanz would later snag two wins at the 7th Latin Grammy Awards, including record of the year and song of the year. Yet perhaps what cemented the song as a Latin pop classic was its music video, which was one of the first Spanish-language videos to circulate across U.S. channels MTV and VH1, following the lead of Daddy Yankee's music video 'Gasolina,' which aired earlier in 2004. Directed by Michael Haussman, the three-minute clip features a scorned Shakira opposite an unfaithful Sanz. In one scene, Sanz peeks through the window to catch a glimpse of his tearful ex-love. As his ego assumes she is mourning their breakup, the camera moves to reveal her cutting onions. 'It has a timeless vibe because there's nothing stylistically tying it to any time period,' Haussman tells The Times. 'Except if you look at the [flip] phones.' There's also the iconic oil-soaked sequence featuring a chest-pumping Shakira, who whips her wavy hair from side to side. Though not initially in the director's plan, the look has become a favorite among fans, who have tried to replicate her moves on TikTok. 'The grease scene came from Shakira,' said Haussman. 'She showed me someone with grease black oil. It was a very cool image and she said, 'Can we do something like this?'' Some of the music video's flashback scenes were so intimate with Sanz that Shakira reportedly consulted a priest to ensure it was proper to carry on, given her relationship with then-fiancé La Rúa. (According to Elle Magazine, she got the green light.) The duo later performed their hit live at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, where they made history as the first act to do so in a language other than English. The music video was nominated in three categories: female video, dance video and viewer's choice award. Although Shakira didn't walk away with a Moonman statue that night, 'La Tortura' will always be the first Spanish-language music video to be nominated in the esteemed categories. Two decades later, the song's lyrics still bite — especially now that the singer is in the middle of her post-separation victory lap, also known as her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour. She is set to perform June 20 at te SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
Khaleej Times
16-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
Singer Shakira hospitalised due to stomach issues; cancels Sunday show
Pop star Shakira has been hospitalied in Peru with a stomach issue, forcing her to cancel her Sunday show in the Andean country, the singer said on social media. "I'm sorry to let you all know that last night I had to go to the emergency room for an abdominal issue and I'm currently hospitalised," Shakira wrote in her post. "The doctors taking care of me have let me know that I'm not well enough to perform tonight." The Colombian singer arrived in Lima on Saturday, her first stop to perform there in more than a decade. Videos posted to her account showed hundreds of fans greeting her at the airport. "I hope to be better by tomorrow and that they release me from the hospital as soon as possible to be able to put on the show that I've prepared for you all," Shakira said in her post. Shakira, known in the Spanish-speaking world for hits such as "La Tortura" with Spaniard Alejandro Sanz or her 2023 diss track against ex-partner Gerard Pique, produced by Argentine DJ Bizarrap, is credited as a forerunner for Latin artists crossing over into the English-speaking market. Her most popular song to date is "Hips Don't Lie," with Wyclef Jean, featuring Shakira's now-hallmark gyrating dance moves. The singer's next show in Lima is slated for Monday. She kicked off her tour last week in Brazil.
Reuters
16-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Singer Shakira hospitalized in Peru with stomach issue
LIMA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Pop star Shakira has been hospitalized in Peru with a stomach issue, forcing her to cancel her Sunday show in the Andean country, the singer said on social media. "I'm sorry to let you all know that last night I had to go to the emergency room for an abdominal issue and I'm currently hospitalized," Shakira wrote in her post. "The doctors taking care of me have let me know that I'm not well enough to perform tonight." The Colombian singer arrived in Lima on Saturday, her first stop to perform there in more than a decade. Videos posted to her account showed hundreds of fans greeting her at the airport. "I hope to be better by tomorrow and that they release me from the hospital as soon as possible to be able to put on the show that I've prepared for you all," Shakira said in her post. Shakira, known in the Spanish-speaking world for hits such as "La Tortura" with Spaniard Alejandro Sanz or her 2023 diss track against ex-partner Gerard Pique, produced by Argentine DJ Bizarrap, is credited as a forerunner for Latin artists crossing over into the English-speaking market. Her most popular song to date is "Hips Don't Lie," with Wyclef Jean, featuring Shakira's now-hallmark gyrating dance moves. The singer's next show in Lima is slated for Monday. She kicked off her tour last week in Brazil.
