Shakira takes center stage following her split from Gerard Piqué. What has been strengthened since releasing songs directly dedicated to the footballer. His collaboration with Bizarrap was the most notable, but he had already dedicated his two previous songs to his children’s father: “I congratulate you” and “monotony”.
In just a few months after airing on Spotify and YouTube, it has billed around €34 million. In this way, his latest song not only broke his release, but also a record as the biggest debut in the history of Spanish music, reaching 14.4 million listeners in just 24 hours, thus becoming a money-maker for singing phrases like: “You left my mother-in-law as a neighbor, with the press in front of the door and the debts in the treasury”, “A wolf like me is not for newbies, a wolf like me is not for guys like you.
The communicator noticed the student’s speech and did not hesitate to dedicate a few words to her
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I was big to you and that’s why you’re with someone like you”, “I’m not going back with you. Neither that you cry to me, nor that I begged me? “I understood that it’s not my fault they criticize you. I only make music, sorry I cummed on you.”, “Women don’t cry anymore, women storm”, “I wish you all the best with my supposed replacement”, “I’m worth two out of 22. You traded a Ferrari for a Twingo. You traded in a Rolex for a Casio.” or “a lot of gym, but also a bit of brain training”.
Because of this, Shakira has been widely criticized, with many accusing her of using her personal life and controversies to make money. However, it seems that the singer removed some verses from her song to avoid trouble. The Colombian wrote the lyrics with Keityn and the composer, after all the controversy, didn’t hesitate to talk about the song’s creation process.
First he assured in an interview for ‘Mollusk TV’, that the song was more aggressive than the one we know today. This turned out to be very surprising as the song directly attacks the footballer and his current partner. However, it seems that some last-minute changes were made to avoid legal troubles since then Piqué could have taken legal action against his ex-partner.
“We remove strong things”
“We removed strong things. We exchanged parts because then things could happen (…) We changed the verses several times. We had to change it meticulously. We were looking for the exact point without going too far, but also not sounding smooth,” explains the artist.
Likewise, Keityn acknowledges that he was the one who suggested the term “salt piqué,” despite initially saying “chili pepper needs more heat.” “Shakira brought out the ‘clear mind’ that had to be in the song yes or yes,” he adds of the reference to Clara Chía. “It’s very difficult. The composer of that was Shakira. I just helped her rhyme, but the composer was Shak,” says about “I’m worth two out of 22”.
On the other hand, the sentence “Women don’t cry anymore, women do the math” was the composer’s work. “We stayed at Shakira’s house for three days. In fact, Biza’s birthday was right in the middle of it. Then I left Barcelona and we still hadn’t finished the song,” account after acknowledging that it was the artist who eliminated stanzas for being too direct. “I think we lasted about two weeks, Biza and I called each other daily like we’ve changed, we’ve changed and Shakira also pulled, ‘I think we can’t say that, I think we have changed that,'” he adds.
“Everyone mourns, overcomes their defiance as they wish,” Keityn defended the singer. “He always sings what he feels. I can send him songs, but if he hasn’t lived it or felt it, he won’t sing it. He’s not like any other artist. Shakira has to experience it, when she’s in love she makes you a love song, when she’s angry she makes you a hateful song and makes you feel it,” he says.