Oh dear, dear. Have you seen Shakira’s new video, Give It Up To Me feat. Lil Wayne? Surprisingly enough, I am not confused by this video. I get it completely. Shakira is channeling her inner Britney, Beyonce, Lady Liberty, and some kind of Hindu goddess. Oh, and she doesn’t forget the token rapper either. Yikes. However, the fact that I get it doesn’t mean I have to like it. I don’t want the She Wolf she’s trying to sell these days. I am not sold on the ethnically-diverse dancing she’s going for. All I want is the old Shakira. The Shakira whose hair was long and black. The Shakira who wrote beautiful lyrics and put them to music. The Shakira who sang in Spanish. The Shakira in this video is the complete opposite of the Latin artist I once loved. I’m just saying.
Por amor a tu gente y tu idioma, querida Shakira, regresa a tus raices. Tus fans, los que te queremos de verdad, esperamos que pronto nos vuelvas a cantar en español. Pronto, muy pronto.
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