Global popstar Shakira is back with a new song in collaboration with Argentine DJ-producer Bizarrap which is the first song she released after her break-up with long-term beau Gerard Piqué.
The Colombian pop star’s new song ‘#53’ generated 50 million YouTube views in its first 24 hours of release. However, there is a buzz on social media that who the Argentine DJ-producer is and Shakira record a song with him.
Who is Bizarrap?
Born Gonzalo Julián Conde in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the 24-year-old producer known as Bizarrap blasting Latin trap scene.
In 2022, his ‘Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52’, which featured Spanish rapper Quevedo, tallied 88.3 million streams on Spotify — and shot to No. 1 on the platform’s Global Songs chart.
Why did Shakira record a song with him?
Shakira had been following Bizarrap for some time on social media, and even wished him a happy birthday in August on Twitter. Given her star power in the US, so it’s safe to say this latest collaboration could mark Bizarrap’s first major radio hit in the States.
New song after breakup between Shakira and Piqué?
The couple who two children named Milan and Sasha, ended their 11-year partnership last June.
What does Shakira say about Piqué in new song?
There are several lines throughout the song, including a brilliant callback to ‘Loba’, the Spanish version of her 2009 electropop hit ‘She Wolf’, on which she sings, ‘A wolf like me isn’t for guys like you’.
She more pointedly refers to Pique in the following line, with a pun based on his last name: ‘Yo solo hago música, perdón que te salpique’. (Which translates to, ‘I only make music, sorry that it splashed you.’)
‘No hard feelings, baby / I wish you the best with my supposed replacement’, her song added. ‘I’m worth two 22s / You traded a Ferrari for a Twingo / You traded a Rolex for a Casio’.
