Singer-songwriter Shakira recently engaged in an open conversation and shared how her life looks now, all thanks to her smash hit song “Hips Don’t Lie.”
The entire discussion took place during her appearance on The Tonight Show.
“This idea came up and Wyclef and I met and we started working on this track,” she began.
“And, you know, the funniest thing is that I had a dream, the most random dream about Wyclef. It wasn’t a sexual dream! It was just a dream. And then I woke up and my manager called me and said, ‘Wyclef wants to work with you.’”
It was at that moment that she recalls thinking, “I had a hit.” This realization prompted her to call the head of her record label and request a recall of the albums from stores. “He did it, and we kind of had to repackage the albums, and it changed my story.”
“Since that song came about, people called me Shakira twice. Some people have used lie detectors on me.”
The conversation also captured her excitement about the subsequent events, specifically the sold-out shows in Mexico City and holding the No. 1 tour label for two consecutive months.
“It’s incredible,” she said of the experience. “I’ve been working on this tour for a year, preparing every single detail, from the visuals to the music.”
She also informed the host that she has “put together my biggest set list” for the Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour. “I’m singing some of my classic songs, from ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ to ‘Whenever, Wherever’ to the most recent ones. And it’s a pretty huge production.”
Furthermore, she noted, “it’s a huge effort to tour with this production around Latin America. It’s probably the biggest production that’s ever traveled Latin America. It weighs like 93 tons. The screen is huge and it’s 145 people traveling…”
Before concluding, she also shared, “when you show up and you see so many people dancing and singing and crying and getting emotional. It’s a party, but people really, really connect with this music. It’s been like the soundtrack of their lives, for many of my fans.”
