Shakira celebrated the 20th anniversary of his iconic song “HIPS DON’T LIE”a collaboration with Wyclef Jean which became a worldwide success in 2005 and has accumulated more than 2,000 million views in Spotify. However, the Colombian star revealed that the song almost couldn’t see the light.
During an appearance in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon On May 8, Shakira explained that his album Oral fixation, Vol. 2 It had already been put up for sale when the idea of including the song arose. “I remember that my album had already been distributed and then this idea emerged. Wyclef and I met and began to work in this song,” he said. The artist even had to convince the then president of her record label, Donny Iiennerto remove the albums and replace them with the new song.
“I said: ‘You have to believe me. You have to trust me. If you do, we will have a success,” Shakira recalled. The risk was expensive, but it became a monumental success. “Hips Don’t Lie” not only headed the list Billboard Hot 100 In 2005, it also became one of the greatest successes of his career.
Shakira also shared a curious anecdote: he dreamed with Wyclef Jean the night before receiving a call from his manager telling him that the rapper wanted to collaborate with her. “It can’t be. I dreamed with Wyclef last night. Why would I dream of him?” He recalled.
The singer also revealed that at the beginning some radio stations in USA They were reluctant to reproduce “hips don’t lie” for considering it “too Latin”, he declared in an interview with Billboard In 2023. Despite the initial doubts, the theme became a global anthem that is still in force two decades later.
To commemorate the anniversary, Shakira and Wyclef Jean interpreted success in The Tonight Showa day after the artist dazzled in the Met Gala 2025.
In his second consecutive appearance in the event, he wore a pink dress with a long tail, which ended up abandoning in the museum after many attendees step on it. “It must be somewhere in the MET, it is now part of the exhibition,” he joked.
However, the networks were not very friendly to the Colombian’s outfit, ensuring that the dress he chose was far from the theme demanded of Anna Wintour, the editor in Chief of Vogue.
Apparently, Shakira was aware that the theme was black dandism, but decided to ignore and represent a very important sector of his work team: the tailors:
“I spend so many hours with tailors! Preparing clothes, costumes. Change 13 times during my show, so I imagine they are a very important part of my world right now”Shakira declared about the team that helps her be radiant during this ambitious world tour that has broken records worldwide.
It is worth mentioning that, after the event, Shakira shared a video where he showed how he made up for the Met Gala. In collaboration with the Allure brand, Shakira appeared in front of a mirror making his beauty ritual and leaving outside the army of makeup artists who generally accompany her.
