Colombian singer Shakira has captured the world’s attention after the release of BZRP Music Sessions #53, a song she recorded at Argentine producer Bizarrap’s studio that caused a stir among her followers.
The song, in which he talks about his ex-partner, former Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué, quickly rose to the top of the world list of YouTube topics. It also took the top spots among the best songs in the United States, a statement reports.
The official video amassed 54.3 million views in the first 24 hours after its release on Jan. 11.
Shakira, who was with Piqué for more than a decade and has two children with him, uses wordplay to throw darts at the former FC Barcelona player and his new partner Clara Chía Martí, such as “I’m too big for you, that’s why you are with i’m just like you” or “i understood it’s not my fault they criticize you i just make music sorry if i splattered you”.
After the release, several celebrities reacted to the song’s lyrics. In addition, Piqué’s current sentimental partner spoke out on social networks, although he later deleted the mysterious message he shared with his followers.
Another who spoke out in favor of the song was journalist and TV host Jaime Bayly, who criticized Shakira, calling her “vulgar.”
The anecdotes with Shakira that Jaime Bayly remembered
After criticizing the Colombian singer for her song against Piqué and Clara Chía Martí, Jaime Bayly surprised Shakira’s fans by revealing that Shakira had asked him out and turned her down.
On Sunday, January 22, Bayly published a new column on his El Francotirador page and dedicated it to Shakira.
Titled Last Night I Dreamed About Shakira, the journalist and TV presenter recalled what happened between them when they were young and if they had accepted the Colombian artist’s invitation, they would probably have children today.
“I met her when she came to Miami and she couldn’t speak English; when I lived in an apartment on the beach and drove a red convertible; when she wanted to conquer the world with that wondrous voice stemming from centuries of blood spilled in Lebanese lands, mixed with the poetic tear of being Colombian and living leaning against the abyss, looking curiously and wondering if she like a butterfly would fly if she jumped with open arms; living like not a few Colombians, enchanted by the temptation of the abyss, he sang, painted or wrote on the very edge of the cliff,” wrote Bayly.
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The journalist added that he will never forget how the Colombian singer saw him more than two decades ago.
“No one had looked at me the way Shakira had looked at me on TV that night, and no one would look at me that way again, not even she, who twenty-five years later already knows full well that I wasn’t worthy of that look of fire.” , of promises of fire, of poison and honey, those glowing cat eyes that burned the guts and made the imagination dance,” he added.
Bayly also revealed that Shakira invited him to the cinema to see Titanic, but he declined because he was married.
“Shakira, brave as ever, who called me one day and shyly told me that she had invited me to the cinema to see Titanic back when we still went to the cinema. And I, a coward trying to avoid my own shipwreck, that my marriage to Cassandra would collapse… I told the beautiful immortal singer that I could not go to the cinema with her. He never called me again. She never looked at me the way she did that night… If I had had the slightest courage to go to the cinema with her… maybe today we would be together, we would have children and I don’t know if we would be happy,” he added he added Bayly.
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