One of the maximum exponents of Latin music, without a doubt, is Shakirawho has managed to reinvent himself and always stand out among several artists throughout his career. She is synonymous with greatness and, at 48, she was encouraged to talk about a very special song that she released 2 decades ago and that, according to her words, changed her story.
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In order to give you the complete information, I tell you that the Colombian artist was recently the great guest of the program ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‘, where I sincerely had excellent. This was noticed with each statement he gave, but here we are going to focus only on his words related to the subject that allowed him to shine with great force 20 years ago.
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Before revealing the song, it is important to emphasize that he headed the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005 and that, since then, he has accumulated more than 2 billion views only in Spotify. In addition, the issue, every time it reproduces, is able to generate nostalgia for the early years of the 2000s.
If you still have no idea what song it is, I tell you that I have been talking about ‘Hips Don’t Lie’, who played with Wyclef Jean. While the theme quickly became a musical success, it was close to not being part of the Shakira ‘Oral Fixation album, Vol. 2’, according to the artist herself.
“I remember that my album was already distributed and then this idea arose and Wyclef and I met. We started working on this song”the singer recalled, explaining that the album was already in stores for sale, according to People.
Shakira was the great guest of the ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ program. (Photo: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon / YouTube)
“The funniest thing is that I had a dream. A strange dream about Wyclef. Then I woke up and my manager called me and said: ‘Do you know what? Wyclef wants to work with you.’ And I said: ‘No.he added.
As they eventually worked together and created ‘Hips Don’t Lie’, Shakira made it clear that he had a lot of faith in that song, to the point that he contacted the director of his record at that time (Donny Iienner) and urged him to withdraw his albums so that they could reissued the theme in question.
“You have to believe me. You have to trust me. If you do, we will have a success”it was what Shakira told him at that time. Luckily for her, he trusted her. “He did, we reissued the albums and that changed my story”he emphasized.
Shakira had a good time talking with Jimmy Fallon about the song ‘Hips Don’t Lie’. (Photo: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon / YouTube)
Later, Shakira indicated that the song also allowed many people to call it, to this day, in a unique way. “People call me Shakira twice”he said, referring to a part of the letter of ‘Hips Don’t Lie’, where they say “Shakira, Shakira”. If you want to see the part of the interview where she talks about the aforementioned topic, this is your opportunity to do so. Here is the video.
