by Shakira performed her breakup mega-hit, “BZRP Music Session #53,” live for the first time Friday night.
The 46-year-old singer, who collaborated on the Guinness World Record-breaking song with Bizarrap, joined the Argentinian DJ on stage as she performed for the studio audience during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
Released in January, “BZRP Music Session #53” is filled with references to her split from longtime boyfriend Gerard Piqué. Shakira opened up about the painful breakup that inspired the song during her interview with Fallon.
“I went through a very difficult year after my breakup and writing this song was so important to me,” she said.
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Shakira first performed her breakout hit “BZRP Music Session #53” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” (Getty)
“It was a healthy way to channel my feelings. And I feel like after we put that song out, I really felt like I don’t even have fans out there.
“I have a sisterhood of women who have been through the same things I’ve been through, who think like I think, who feel like I feel, who have had to put up with as much crap as I have.” she explained.
“And I wrote the song for me, but I also feel like it was meant for so many women out there who needed a forum and a voice to represent them in so many ways.”
The artist and former professional footballer, who have sons Milan, 10, and Sasha, 8, revealed they ended their 11-year relationship in June amid claims Pique had cheated on Shakira with his current girlfriend Clara Chia Marti, 23 years old.
The song is a collaboration with Argentinian DJ and producer Bizarrap, who joined her on stage. (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)
With the release of “BZRP Music Session #53,” Shakira has broken 14 Guinness World Records, the organization announced Friday. The song is the most streamed Latin track on Spotify in 24 hours, the most viewed Latin track on YouTube in 24 hours, the fastest Latin track to reach 100 million views on YouTube, and the most streamed Latin track on Spotify in an extra week setting other records.
Shakira and Bizarrap celebrated their achievement backstage at “The Tonight Show,” where they were presented with their certificates before their performance.
The Colombian shared her reaction to the song’s success, telling Fallon: “I’m just waiting for someone to pinch me and wake me up from this dream.”
“It’s incredible to feel the reaction of so many people,” he added. “I think people really connect with music when it’s really authentic, when it’s real, when it comes from a real place.
“And the thing about the song is that it’s become something of an anthem for so many women out there.”
The song’s lyrics refer to her split from her boyfriend of 11 years Gerard Pique, with whom she shares sons Milan and Sasha. (Joan Amengual/VIEWpress)
During her appearance, Shakira shared the song’s backstory, revealing that her son Milan urged her to work with Bizarrap. She joked that her sons, who were in the audience, “are like my career advisors these days,” but added that she “listens to everything they say because they actually have really good taste.”
He added that Milan, who noted that he was a musician, “has a very good ear, very good taste.
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“And he’s a big Bizarrap fan,” he added. “And he said, ‘Mom, you have to work with Bizarrap. You have to do a song with Bizarrap because you’re going to be No. 1.” And he sent a voice memo to my manager, Jaime. He said, “Jaime, you have to put my mom on a song with Bizarrap because she’s going to is No. 1.” And he was right.”
Bizzarap told Fallon that he reached out to Shakira on social media following the worldwide success of his collaboration with Spanish rapper Quevedo, “Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52.” The two later met at a studio in Barcelona, where he showed her two beats.
Shakira also explained the meaning behind her “hips don’t lie” line. (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)
“It reminded me a bit of Depeche Mode,” he recalls. “The song, if you listen to it, has a bit of that cool, dark tone to it. I love Depeche Mode. It’s my favourite.
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“I started to feel it in my body, you know. I usually have this visceral kind of physical reaction to music.
“And if you see me, you know, two-step, things don’t go well. I know? I know when a song is working because then all of a sudden I start moving, like, getting these little twitches from my tailbone to my hip bone, and then it just comes down to, you know, hip movements.”
“Are you telling me your hips don’t lie?” joked Fallon, referring to the title of her 2005 hit.
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“Yeah. I didn’t want to go there,” Shakira replied with a laugh.
“This is the best thing that ever happened to me!” exclaimed the host. “That’s the best. I can retire. That’s all I really wanted to know is if, really, your hips are lying or not. You’re actually telling us!”
“They don’t,” he said. “They never do. And I know when a song is right when they start moving.”
