Recently Shakira released her new single “Don’t wait up” two days after the pop diva teased it on her social media handle. Popstar Shakira has launched her new single, titled “Don’t Wait Up”.
Praised as a liberating up-tempo anthem for the summer, the new track comes two days after the pop diva teased it on her social media. “I’m excited to share my new song ‘Don’t Wait Up’ with everyone — the day we came up with this in the studio, I knew it would be perfect for summer and those nights where you just want to not think about tomorrow,” Shakira said in a statement.The 44-year-old singer Shakira also released an official video alongside the track. “Don’t Wait Up” has been written by Ian Kirkpatrick and Emily Warren. The song’s video, which has been directed by Warren Fu, was shot in Tenerife, Spain.
The video was filmed on the isle of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, a popular tourist destination with stunning natural landscapes.Shakira spent several days at Abama Resort Tenerife in the municipality of Guia de Isora, where she recorded some of the music video’s most memorable images. “Don’t Wait Up” is her first all-English track since the singer’s 2017 recordings “When a Woman” and “What We Said” ft. MAGIC!, which appeared on her album ‘El Dorado.’
A short brief of Shakira:Shakira Isabel Mebarak is a Colombian singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in Barranquilla, Shakira has been referred to as the Queen of Latin Music and is noted for her versatility in music. She made her recording debut under Sony Music Colombia at the age of 13. Following the commercial failure of her first two albums, Magia in 1991 and Peligro in 1993, she rose to prominence in Hispanic countries with her next albums, Pies Descalzos in 1995 and Dónde Están Los Ladrones? in 1998. Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service in 2001, which sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Buoyed by the international number-one singles “Whenever, Wherever” and “Underneath Your Clothes”, the album propelled her reputation as a leading crossover artist.
The BMI, the largest music rights organization in the United States, described Shakira as a pioneer who extended the global reach of Latino singers.Shakira has become the female Latin artist who has sold the most albums in history. Shakira has received numerous awards, including three Grammy Awards, twelve Latin Grammy Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, thirty-nine Billboard Latin Music Awards, six Guinness World Records, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was named the Top Female Latin Artist of the Decade by Billboard twice in the 2000s and 2010s. For her philanthropic work with her Barefoot Foundation and her contributions to music, she received the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year and Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year awards in 2011. She was appointed to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics in the US in 2011, and Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2012.