Shakira and Alejandro Sanz shared the stage at the beginning of the new stage of the tour Women no longer cryalso coinciding with the 20 years of the premiere of The torturesong that both recorded for the album Oral fixation Vol. 1.
The match took place at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, in the United States, with all exhausted tickets. The public witnessed the reunion between the two artists, who interpreted the live theme together.
After the concert, Sanz He shared on social networks a message addressed to the Colombian who accompanied with videos and photos: “Shaki: I tell you the truth? … Not even with all the Colombian coffee I take away your aroma.”
The torture It was launched in 2005 and reached the first place in the lists of several countries. The Latin Grammy also won the song and recording of the year in 2006.
In the same show, Shakira also shared the stage with Wyclef Jean, who accompanied her to interpret Hips Don’t Lie.
¿Hips Don’t Lie Was Shakira’s plagiarism?
World success Hips Don’t Lie It is still one of Shakira’s most reproduced songs on Spotify. However, behind the issue that catapulted the Colombian success internationally, there is a controversy related to its introduction evoking the salsa hit Loves like oursof Jerry Rivera.
In an interview for Pódcast Molluskthe Puerto Rican spoke about the use of the characteristic only of trumpets at the beginning of the theme of the Barranquilla. Although many associate the responsibility of the matter with Shakirathe salsa revealed that it was Wyclef Jean who made the creative decisions related to the use of the musical fragment.
“Regardless of what happened, the reality of the case is that Wyclef and Shakira used that introduction to create a topic of mainstreaming In the history of both, “Rivera said, explaining that the idea was to create a commercial success. Jerry Rivera recalled that he had the opportunity to talk directly with Wyclef in a private event, which allowed him to better understand the creative process behind the song.
“Wyclef is a very intelligent, very wise guy and a superimpressive musician. Shakira has nothing to do with this; she participated in the song, but the creator of that concept is Wyclef,” he said. Beyond revealing if there was a legal problem, the nicknamed ‘Baby de la Salsa’ considers that the use of the introduction of Loves like ours in Hips Don’t Lie It is a kind of recognition to the arrangement of its musical success of the nineties.
