I’ve dreamt of a planet the place girls rule over all, and Shakira simply created it alongside Cardi B for her new single and music video, Puntería. The duo play daughters of Artemis who search out what Shakira describes to Attract as ecstasy-ridden centaurs with six packs. “On this planet, the lads are comfortable to be dominated by girls,” she says.
Inventing a matriarchal fantasy planet warranted a backdrop of dreamy pastel sundown tones with hair and make-up to match. Shakira’s signature blonde textured waves are dip-dyed pastel pink in some scenes; in others, she opts to put on the color on her face as a substitute with shimmering pink eye shadow bordered by aquamarine winged eyeliner. (Cardi B, in the meantime, switches forwards and backwards between two wigs which might be almost lengthy sufficient to hit the ground, one pitch black and one stark white.)
The collaboration itself was considerably born of coincidence — Shakira and Cardi B crossed paths for the primary time once they each sat entrance row at Fendi throughout Paris Vogue Week final July. “The one time in my life I’ve been to a style present,” Shakira says, “And there, within the entrance row, I meet Cardi B.”
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She’d already drafted the lyrics to the track by that time, however there, sitting in a high-profile-recording-artist sandwich (Camila Cabello was sat between them), Shakira discovered her good collaborator. “The track represents the new child lady,” Shakira explains. “After you cross by means of the storm, you begin to join with the girl within you, with these womanly wants, your wishes, and your passions.” I can consider few girls who specific their passions and wishes extra freely than Cardi B.
The music video additionally serves as an introduction to Shakira’s new album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran/Girls No Longer Cry, which she launched on the identical time. It is the primary album she’s put out in seven years. Collectively, the 16 tracks are an ode to self-preservation amid hardship — one thing Shakira is aware of effectively after a really public breakup with former soccer participant Gerard Piqué. “I used to be within the mud,” she says. “Making this music has proven me that my ache may be reworked into triumph.”
If her new music has one objective, it is to “construct bridges, to empower individuals, to assist girls uncover their very own strengths.” Taking pictures attractive centaurs within the coronary heart and banishing them into house is simply step one, one which encapsulates the singer’s experiences of being reborn by means of penning this report. “I’ve rebuilt myself within the methods I consider are acceptable,” she says. “Nobody tells me the right way to cry or when to cry; nobody tells me the right way to elevate my youngsters, nobody tells me how I grow to be a greater model of myself. I determine that.”
