“Streaming and AI may yet destroy music for ever – don’t be sad, we had a good run – but one of the sweeter morbid symptoms of this era is the revealed popularity of non-anglophone music. In 2023, Shakira split messily from her long-term partner, Gerard Piqué, and was fined more than £6m for tax fraud. Yet streaming returned her to the US Top 10 for the first time since 2007 with the Spanish-langua”
“In a crowded Latin music landscape, the international pop icon’s first album in 7 years reaffirms her relevance and dominance”
“After going through one of the most devastating celebrity breakups this decade, Shakira has spun her heartbreak into global pop gold. The title of the 47-year-old Colombian superstar’s first album in seven years says it all – ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’ translates to “Women Don’t Cry Anymore” in English. Although Shakira memorably roasts her ex in the most savage tracks of her career, this isn’t a”
“The Colombian superstar’s first Spanish-only album in 19 years is a brutally honest look at her breakup that overflows with vengeance and still-got-it sex appeal.”
