Her hips don’t lie and neither do her lyrics. That’s right, Shakira just released her first single of the year, and she held nothing back, throwing all the shade at her ex, soccer star Gerard Piqué.
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In the nearly four-minute dance-pop track, dubbed “BZRP Music Session #53,” and helmed by Argentine hitmaker Bizarrap, Shakira throws sassy shade towards Piqué, and even saved a jab for his new girlfriend, Clara Chia Marti.
While she sings the song entirely in Spanish, here are just some of the unapologetic and empowered lyrics translated to English. “I’m not getting back with you, don’t cry for me, nor beg me/ I understood that it’s not my fault that they criticize you/I only make music, sorry that it bothers you,” she chants. “You left me the in-laws as my neighbors, media outlets at my door and in debt with the government/ You thought you hurt me, but you made me stronger/ Women don’t cry anymore, they cash in.”
As for the lines in the upbeat track specifically reserved for Clara, Shakira sings, "I wish you good luck with my supposed replacement / I don't even know what happened to you. You are so strange that I can't even distinguish you / I'm worth two of 22 / You traded a Ferrari for a Twingo / You traded a Rolex for a Casio.”
SHEEESH!
After their breakup last year, Shakira, who shares sons Milan, 9, and Sasha, 7, with the soccer player, opened up about the aftermath of their split with Elle this past September.
"It's hard to talk about it, especially because I'm still going through it," she told the mag. "And because I'm in the public eye and because our separation is not like a regular separation. And so, it's been tough not only for me, but also for my kids. Incredibly difficult.”
However she’s clearly found comfort and an outlet to share within her craft. A point she touched even back then.
"I think everyone has their own processes or their own mechanisms to process grief or stress or anxiety," she shared. "We all go through stuff in life. But in my case, I think that writing music is like going to the shrink, only cheaper. It just helps me process my emotions and make sense of them. And it helps me to heal.”
Here’s to Shakira’s healing leading to this danceable diss track, check it out below.
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