Shakira vs Gerard Piqué: Colombian singer sets new Latin YouTube view record with revenge song

Has Shakira launched the last word diss monitor of 2023, lower than a fortnight into the yr? Seems prefer it.

The Colombian singer-songwriter and Argentinian DJ Bizarrap dropped ‘BZRP Music Classes #53’ on his YouTube channel on Wednesday and was considered greater than 63 million instances in underneath 24 hours, making it essentially the most watched Latin track within the platform's historical past.

The untitled monitor has gained an enormous following instantly throughout Spanish language social media as folks tear aside Shakira’s lyrics. Spoilers: she’s taking photographs at her ex-partner Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué.

Piqué retired from the sport final yr after enjoying Barcelona and is taken into account among the best defenders of his technology.

However after over a decade spent in a relationship with Shakira, he couldn’t defend himself towards her lyrics following their breakup in 2022.

A girl scorned

“A she-wolf like me ain't for dudes such as you,” Shakira sings within the refrain, echoing ‘She Wolf’, her 2009 hit. “I've outgrown you and that is why you are with a woman similar to you.”

The “woman like” Piqué is clearly a reference by the 45-year-old singer to the 23-year-old Clara Chia Marti, a public relations scholar who’s been pictured with the footballer turned sports-business mogul and is believed to be courting him.

Within the new monitor Shakira sings: “I’m value two 22-year-olds. You swapped a Ferrari for a Twingo. You swapped a Rolex for a Casio.”

Shakira continues within the track to element the complexities of her cut up with the ex-Barca star whose Kosmos Holdings organises tennis' Davis Cup and has pursuits starting from sports activities vitality drinks, actual property, meals and eSports. 

“You left me as a neighbour to the mother-in-law; With the press on the door and the debt on the IRS,” she sings, referring to their household house in Spain which put Shakira in the course of a tax fraud case after the 2018 Paradise Papers led to an investigation into her residing preparations.

Spanish prosecutors accused Shakira of failing to pay €14.5 million in taxes on earnings earned between 2012 and 2014. Throughout this era she claims her major residence was within the Bahamas, however prosecutors argue she was residing in Spain with Piqué.

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Colombian pop star Shakira performs with Gerard Pique in happier instancesEmilio Morenatti/AP

Outdoors of Shakira’s feedback on the sophisticated monetary state of affairs of their separation, she additionally took goal at Piqué’s normal character.

“You are going quick, decelerate; Ah, a variety of health club; However work-out your mind a little bit too,” she sings.

Then she strikes on to her emotional turmoil inside the connection. “Footage wherever I'm; I really feel like a hostage right here, it is all proper with me.”

"In Shakira's musical profession, she has all the time hinted at episodes of his private life in his lyrics, however she has by no means been so express," Euronews journalist Marta Rodriguez says. 

Shakira has been trending all day on social media. Spanish journalist Jordi Évole summed up the furore the track has brought about: "Please, may the federal government declare right now a public vacation in order that we will proceed speaking about Shakira quietly, with out work interrupting us?”

One of the vital commented reactions has been that of Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos, a pal and affiliate of the ex-footballer: "Relaxation in peace Gerard Piqué".

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Even the European Union Mental Property Workplace weighed in on the controversy, tweeting a reference to Shakira's lyric "You traded a Ferrari for a Twingo; You traded a Rolex for a Casio". 

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"For the remainder, there's a lot debate about whether or not the track empowers or denigrates ladies, as a result of on the one hand Shakira takes the reins of her personal narrative and on the opposite mentions her ex's new associate," Rodriguez provides. 

As Taylor Swift says, males “are all writing songs about their exes, their present girlfriends, their love life, and nobody raises the pink flag there.”

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