-Everything hooked up? -We're ready. ♪♪ -Okay. You know what to do. Shakira. -[ Sighs ] ♪ Oh, baby,
when you talk like that ♪ ♪ You make a woman go mad ♪ ♪ So be wise and keep on ♪
-♪ Sí, sí ♪ ♪ Reading the signs
of my body ♪ [ Click, music stops ] -It checks out. They're telling the truth. -Her hips don't lie. -I told ya. ♪♪ -When people are around you,
like, at a party or wedding, are -- it's intimidating, right? Do people even dance,
or do they just leave the room? [ Laughter ] -They do your moves. The one that's like --
-They're just sneaking out. -Yeah. Sneaking out. [ Laughter ] -Congrats on "Te Felicito." [ Cheers and applause ] -Well said. Well pronounced.
Have a good accent. -It was good?
-"Te Felicito," perfect. -"Te Felicito."
Yeah, it came out, and within a week,
it was the number one song, so congrats on that.
-Thank you. -I mean, come on,
how do you do that? That's got to feel good, right? -Yeah, I mean, I'm -- Yeah. You know, I don't put out music
too often, because to me, it's a priority to dedicate time
to my kids. But when I do it, I focus. So -- yeah.
-Yeah, you do it right. -Yeah, I had to -- I had to
dedicate, like, three months to just prepare the video.
And -- -I love the video, by the way.
-Yeah. -Where did the concept
of the video come from? -Actually, you know,
the creators of the video are my kids. -They are?
-They came up with the idea. -No way.
-Can you believe? -Yeah, they are pretty creative
kids. -Yeah.
-They just said, "Hey, what?" [ Cheers and applause ] -You know, I didn't have
any idea what to do. -Yeah.
-When I'm about to produce a video,
it's like a white canvas. And -- I have to kind of, like,
sit and think about what I'm going to do.
-Yeah. -And I had no idea
what I wanted to do. So I asked my kids to listen to
the song, close their eyes -- -Yes.
-And listen to the song. And my little one, Sasha,
came up with the robot idea. He said, "Mommy, I imagine you
dancing with a robot." And -- And Milan came up with
the green fire. And I loved those two ideas.
And I took them to a director. And that was the whole --
the departure. -I want to show -- I want to
show a little -- Let me show the clip. Here's a clip of the music
video, "Te Felicito." Check it out. -♪ Con tu papel continúa ♪ ♪ Te queda bien ese show ♪ ♪ Te felicito, qué bien actúas ♪ ♪ De eso no me cabe duda ♪ ♪ Con tu papel continúa ♪ ♪ Te queda bien ese show ♪ ♪ Te felicito, qué bien actúas ♪ -I mean, come on. Dancing with a robot? -Yeah, I think kids are
extremely creative, all of them. -Yeah, they are.
-And as adults, we just have to take their ideas seriously. -Yeah, I -- do you think they're
going to grow up and be in the music business
and be producers or musicians? -I don't know.
I don't know. And I want them to do whatever
they feel passionate about. But I would like for them to
have music in their lives, because music
gives them so much -- it's a good companion, you know?
In life. -It really is.
-And it's a good refuge. It's like -- [ Laughs ]
-Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ] -And --
-It's always there for you. -And they're learning piano,
they play the drums. -I heard when you were little,
you almost didn't get into choir or something.
Is that true? -That's true. Sadly. Yeah. -Who wouldn't have Shakira
in their choir?! [ Light laughter ] Really?
-My music teacher. -Wow.
-He didn't like my voice. He thought I was too disruptive
for the choir, because my voice
was too strong. And, yeah, he never let me
in the choir, and it was a huge frustration
for me. -Yeah.
-And even my classmates teased me.
They used to tease me, and they used to say that
I sounded like a goat. I hope it was a cute goat.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ] Now -- now you are the G.O.A.T.,
so there you go. You did it. [ Cheers and applause ] Showed them.
-Well, you know, my parents -- -A global music superstar. -Well, you know,
it was pretty hard because it was some sort of -- I think it was a way of
bullying, you know? -Sure.
-Like, I felt bullied in a way. -Yeah.
-But -- -Did you almost think about not
going forward, not singing? -Well, thanks to my parents,
I didn't, because my parents actually reinforced
and reaffirmed my identity as a singer. And they were --
they said -- especially my dad always said that I didn't have
to change my vibrato. I had to protect that vibrato
and never ever change it, because it was -- he always said
that a voice without vibrato is not worth it.
It's not a voice, you know? And so, I kept my vibrato,
and that's kind of my signature. -Wow.
-Yeah. -Thanks mom and dad.
-My goat signature. -Your goat signature, yeah. I know in New York, you were
recently at a Mets game and cheering on the Mets. And I was like, "Oh, yeah,
I wonder how you do cheer at a game," because you get very
excited when you're cheering for
your sons, for your boys. I've seen --
-I do. -I mean, I've seen video.
-I get carried away. -You are one of those people. [ Laughter ] -One of those moms. -Yeah, you're one --
-Annoying moms. -Yeah, you just like --
[screams] and you scream. -Yeah. Yeah.
-Can you -- I mean, do people tell you to, like,
chill out? -I embarrass my kids. Actually, yeah, during -- my
little one -- the both of them, actually, practice taekwondo. And whenever they participate in
a tournament, taekwondo, they -- I scream like a crazy woman. And the dojo master, last time,
he gave me two warnings. The second -- and he said --
-You can't warn Shakira. No, no, no, no, no.
-Yeah, he almost kicked me out. -Oh, my gosh.
-Because I was like, "Kick him in the head!
Kick him in the head!" You know, I -- [ Laughter ] -No, she's not kidding. In fact, we asked you if you
have any video of you. We have video of you cheering
your son on when Sasha won first place in karate --
in taekwondo. Look at this. -[ Speaking in Spanish ] [ Shakira screaming
and cheering ] -Oh, my God, Sasha!
Oh, my God, Sasha! [ Screaming ] [ Laughter ] [ Cheering ] [ Cheers and applause ] -That's a loving mom
right there. That is a good mom.
That is -- that's so funny. Oh, my gosh. You would have
thought that you won. Oh, my goodness.
That's great. Bizarrap.
Do I call you Bizarrap or Biza? Or -- What do I call you?
-It's fine. Biza, for you, is okay. -[ Laughs ] For me, it's okay.
Yeah. And I'm going to call you
Shakira, obviously. Welcome back.
-"Shak." -I can call you Shak, as well,
yeah, of course. Congratulations.
"Music Sessions, Volume 53." This is a global monster
of a song. Number one globally! [ Cheers and applause ]
Number one globally. Couldn't -- I mean,
couldn't be a bigger song. This is the truth.
This happened today. You and Biza, here are four Guinness
World Records you shattered. [ Cheers and applause ] And then -- And then
you went on -- Shakira -- went on and won 10 more
Guinness World Records. I'm not kidding.
Look at this. Look at this! [ Cheers and applause ] Look at all -- Look at you guys. Most viewed -- Most viewed Latin
track on YouTube in 24 hours. Fastest Latin track to reach
100 million views on YouTube. Most streamed Latin track
on Spotify in 24 hours. Most streamed Latin track
on Spotify in one week. You crushed it. [ Cheers and applause ] You crushed it! Uh, how did this song
come together? Did you know Biza?
Did you know Shakira? -Well, you know, my son, Milan,
who just turned 10. -I love -- -By the way,
they're so excited to be here. They're like --
I told them, "Guess what. We're going to New York."
And they said, "Are we going to Fallon?!"
I said, "Yeah." And they started,
"Fallon! Fallon! Fallon!" -That's my boy.
I love those two. They're the cutest, and they're
the most polite kids. I love them.
Every time I see them, they're so nice.
So they hooked you up? -Okay, yeah, so --
Yeah, well, actually, you know, they're like
my career consultants lately. -Yeah, of course.
-They pitch in for video ideas. I listen to everything they say because they actually
have really good taste. But I'm not objective, you know?
-Yeah, of course not. -And Milan --
he's also a musician. He has a very good ear,
very good taste. And he's a big Biza fan. And he told me, "Mom..." Like, a few months ago,
he told me, "Mom, you've got to collaborate
with Bizarrap. You have to get on a song
with Bizarrap because you guys
are gonna be number one." And he sent a voice note
to my manager, Jaime. He said, "Jaime, you got to put
my mom together with Bizarrap on a song because
they're gonna be number one." And he was right. [ Cheers and applause ] -He called it.
I love that he called it. -I still have that audio. -You have the voicemail.
-Yeah. -What's your version
of this story, Biza? -I was thinking
about the collaboration between Shakira and me,
but I didn't know how to reach her
because she's -- -She's Shakira.
-She's a superstar. -You have to put
a light up in the sky and hope that Shakira swings in. She's a superhero. Yeah. -By that time, I think it was
July of the past year, 2022. And I had, at that moment -- I had the number-one global song
with Quevedo. He's a guy from Spain. -I love that song.
It's amazing. -And I thought, like, this
is a moment to send her a DM. -To introduce yourself
to Shakira. -Yeah.
-He DM'd me. -You slid into her DMs?
-Yeah. -Yeah, but I didn't see his
until, like, three months later. I don't know why.
-Yeah, one or two months later. -Yeah, two months later. -And I remember it was -- -You made him wait two months? -Yeah, but it wasn't on purpose. -Yeah, we don't answer
every DM back. -Yeah, of course.
-She's Shakira. Yeah. -And it was August, I remember
because it was my birthday, and I -- We were in the studio. -It was your birthday?
-Yeah, I remember that. I started my --
We were in the studio, and I started my birthday
with Shakira singing me the "Happy Birthday." -Ohh!
-Do you remember that? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-How cool. -Yeah, yeah. That was --
-But what do you -- What's your pitch
when you're DMing Shakira? Like, "Let's do a song together.
Let's collaborate." -Yeah. I told her, like, "I would really like
to collab with you." And I had that --
that big song out there. -Yeah, and you were like,
"That's me." -Yeah. "That's me." -That was very easy, actually. -Yeah, but you made him wait
two months before even answering back. -But after I heard
that he actually DM'd me, then I wrote him back. And, you know, I showed Milan. I said,
"Look who's writing to Mommy!" And he said, "Oh, my God!
The Argentinian God!" -Oh, really?
-Yeah. -The Argentinian God?
-The Argentinian God. -And, Biza, when you have those,
did you think of a beat immediately and you go like,
"This is the one for Shakira"? And then how do you just go --
You don't just say yes to it. Do you go,
"Hey, I got some notes," or, "I'm don't know
if I'm feeling this"? -Well, he came
to Barcelona, right? -Yeah, I came to Barcelona. And one day before,
I made like two beats, I think. And then when I show
the two beats to her, she told me like,
"This is the..." -Yeah, because it reminded me
kind of like -- It reminded me of Depeche Mode
a little bit. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Right? -Depeche Mode?
-Yeah. Yeah. This song, if you listen to it,
it's got a little bit of that sort of, like,
cool, dark undertone. I love Depeche Mode.
It's my favorite. -Yeah, it has a lot of synths, and it sounds like
an '80s track, maybe. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -And, yeah, I really love
that kind of music. And I knew that Shakira
would love that. -I started to feel it
in my body, you know. I usually have this visceral sort of physical reaction
to music. And if you see me,
you know, two-stepping, things are not right. You know? Yeah. I know when a song works because
then I suddenly start moving, like, getting these
small contractions from my tailbone
to my iliac bone, and then it just results
into, you know, hip movements. -Are you telling me
that your hips don't lie? -Yeah.
I didn't want to go there. -This is the best thing
that ever happened to me! This is the greatest!
I can retire now. This is all
I ever wanted to know, is if, really, if your hips
do lie or don't lie to you. You're actually telling us -- -They do not lie.
-They do not lie. -They do not ever.
-You can feel it. -And I know when a song is right
when they start to move. -Wow! You know
what's great about this? People from all over the world
love this song, but also all ages
love this song. -I'm just waiting
for someone to just pinch me and wake me up from this dream. It's unbelievable to feel the
reaction from so many people. I think that people
really connect to music when it's really genuine,
when it's real, when it comes from a real place.
-Yeah. -And the thing with the song
is that it has become sort of like an anthem
for so many women out there. You know, I've had a very rough
year after my separation. And writing this song
has been so important to me. It's been a healthy way
to channel my emotions. And I feel that, you know,
after we put out this song, I really felt that I don't even
have fans out there. I have a sisterhood of women who have been through
the same things that I have been through,
who think the way I think, who feel the way I feel, who had to put up with
so much crap the way I had to. And, you know,
I did write the song for me, but, also, I feel
that it was meant to be -- and probably for so many women
out there that needed a forum, too,
and a voice to represent them in so many ways, so... [ Cheers and applause ] Hey, Jimmy.
-Shakira, what are you doing? You might want to move. ♪♪ Bull's-eye.
[ Chuckles ] -Welcome back to the show.
They love you. We love you. Oh, my gosh. You're one of my favorite guests
we've had on the show and one of my
favorite performers ever. The thing I love about you -- you've been here
all day rehearsing and you're just the nicest
and the coolest and just talented and gorgeous
and everything. And then you go, "Hold on.
I'll go do this. I'll be right back." And then you go --
And you're like 150 feet tall. And I'm like, "Oh, my God. I can't believe
I was just talking to her and she was so normal." You're just such
a great performer. You're amazing.
So thank you for coming back. [ Cheers and applause ]
-I love being on your show. -I love you.
-Yeah, I feel at home here. You guys treat me so well.
-Thank you. I want it to feel like home,
yeah. Congratulations. The album came
out on Friday, by the way. Congratulations on this. I want to share
how well it's doing. [ Cheers and applause ] In the first 24 hours
it was released, the album became
the most-streamed album of 2024 already. [ Cheers and applause ] Yeah.
They already know. It was certified
seven times platinum already. And it's been streamed
10 billion times globally. Come on! [ Cheers and applause ] I mean,
this is what I'm talking about. -I'm overwhelmed. I really am. I have the best fans
in the world. The best ones.
They're just insanely amazing. They've been with me in the good
times, in the bad times. They support me all the time. I feel accompanied through
each one of the processes that I have to go through
in life. They're just -- -But you keep delivering,
though. You keep delivering, and that's
why we are fans of you, because you put out
quality stuff every single time
you do anything. "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran." -Perfectisimo.
-Yeah? Close? Close? Yeah? Trying --
-Perfecto. "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran." -Yeah.
-"Women No Longer Cry." -Oh, I love that.
Where did that come from? -Because it's men's turn now.
-What?! What are you talking about?
No, I -- [ Laughs ] What? What? It's men's turn to cry?
-Yeah. I think so. I think so. We've done that for too long,
you know? -Yeah.
-Yeah. Like, for too long,
we've been sent to cry with a script in our hands
and without an end just because we're women. We have to conceal our pain
in front of our kids, in front of society. We have to heal
in a certain way. And I don't think anyone is
supposed to tell us how to heal. Like, no one is supposed to tell
a she-wolf how to lick her wounds,
you know? And, yeah, I think that
now women decide when to cry, how to cry, and until when. -Yeah.
-And -- Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Good for you. Yeah, no one is supposed to
tell us how to cope with the hardship of life. -Yeah. I mean,
this has been seven years since the last album? -Yep.
-Right? And, so, you put out songs here
and there that were awesome and you came on our show
and performed. Thank you for that. But what made you feel like, oh, now you have
a full album ready to go? -Well, yeah, I've been putting
out music here and there, but it was really hard for me
to put together a body of work. I didn't have time.
It was the husband factor. Now I'm husband-less. Yeah, the husband
was dragging me down. [ Cheers and applause ] Now I'm free. -Yeah!
-Now I can actually work. -Yeah. Now you can work.
Oh, my gosh, you are so funny. You are -- By the way,
in addition to this cover, you also released
three other covers to the album. I just want to show everyone
these, just so you all know. Look at this one. Ooh, ooh!
-"Emerald." -Yeah.
-This is "Emerald." -Ooh!
-This is "Ruby." -Wow!
-You can open it up. -Even the vinyl, too. [ Cheers and applause ] "Emerald," "Ruby"... Ooh!
-"Sapphire." -"Sapphire."
-And this is "Diamond." Look. This one is pretty cool
because it's clear. -It's a clear vinyl.
-It's clear vinyl. It's cute, huh?
-Now, why these -- -Look at that.
-Ooh! Wow! That's what I'm talking about.
-I still got it. I still got it. -Dude -- [ Laughs ]
You still got -- Absolutely. Why did you pick these gems? Any particular reason why you picked ruby and sapphire
and diamond? -And diamond. Yeah. Well, because, you know, when I was creating each one
of the 16 tracks in this album, I was raw. I was dealing with
a lot of stuff. And I was writing,
I felt at times, with a knife between my teeth. You know, I was picking up the
pieces of myself from the floor. I was trying to rebuild
myself, and music was the glue, but it felt like it was
in alchemical process in which I was transforming
pain and anger and frustration into creativity and productivity
and strength and resilience. The resilience of a diamond,
you know? So that's why I picked the
metaphor of the precious stones, because of the resilience
that us women have today when we have to face adversity. -Yeah.
-And how -- Yeah. And how I felt --
-No, all the pressure. -Yeah, like -- Yeah, exactly.
-All the pressure that's on you. You're in the public space
here and in a public place, talking about your stuff
in front of everybody. And you're like --
I don't know how you do it. I don't know how you do it.
It's amazing. -Well, now, when I'm sitting
in front of you, it's more like I'm synthesizing. But when I'm writing,
that's when I really find a therapeutic space to really elaborate my feelings
and those intense emotions. I really needed to
feel better about myself, and the only way -- My own -- You know, I was telling you
that I was rebuilding myself, and the only way I felt that I
was putting myself back together was through music,
because music was the glue. So each one of these songs really was like
a catharsis to me. And I felt better and better and better every time
I wrote something. -And how do the kids love it?
How are my boys? -Oh, they said hi.
-Yeah? -They wanted to come so badly.
-I love them. -They love you.
-We had so much fun. -Yeah, And they're like,
"Please say hi to Jimmy." -We were, like, karate-fighting
in the hallway and stuff. -Yeah.
They're on the album, too. -They're on the album?
-Yeah. -Oh, wow. Now big-time. -I wrote a song
for them called "Acróstico." And, you know, they hang out
in the studio sometimes. So they went to visit me, when I was
in one of the sessions, and they listened to a song. They knew it was for them
and they started to sing in front of the mic
and they sounded so amazing. And they said, "Mom,
we want to be on the album. We want to be on the album."
So... -Oh, my God.
-Yeah. So they recorded. Then they wanted to be
on the video. And now they're
asking for royalties. [ Laughter ] Seriously.
-Smart kids. -Oh, my God.
-Smart kids. They're saving. They have a piggy bank,
each one of them, and they're saving because
they want to buy a car when they're older. And I've told them, "I'm
not going to buy a car for you. Like, if you want to get a car
or a phone or whatever, you're going to have to get
it yourself." -They've got to earn this. -They're like --
Yeah, they have to earn it. So they're like, "Mom, please. So, when are
the royalties coming? Because we need to save
for the car." -They really are asking?
That's so -- They are the best guys
out there. Hi, guys.
They're awesome. I miss you. Next time, please come back.
I'd love to hang out with you. But you have some other
great guest stars in here. Ozuna. You have Karol G.
Come on. We love Karol G. -Yeah. Ozuna, Karol, Bizarrap.
We have him twice. -Bizarrap. I love him.
-Yeah. -He's so fun. Bizarrap.
-Cardi B. -Cardi B. Come on! Cardi B! -How was -- How did you
end up working with Cardi? Rauw Alejandro, as well. I mean, so many wonderful
collaborations in this album. With Cardi, I met her in Paris
during Fashion Week. And I just thought --
You know, I had this song, "Puntería," which is a focus track
of the album, and I thought,
"She would be perfect for this," because I think this album
needed a dose of someone like her. You know, she's,
like, the symbol of female empowerment to me. She's just so unapologetic.
She says what she thinks. She doesn't ask for permission. And this is an album that celebrates
that kind of strength in women. And so I thought she
was perfect for this album and for that song. And so I reached out to her,
and she said yes and she jumped on it. -Of course she said yes.
You're Shakira. Of course. But Cardi was excited
to work with you. We actually found a video
of Cardi B saying how she felt when you asked
her to be on your song. Take a look at this.
-I was so happy. I was like, "I don't care if she
wants me to meow, I'm doing it." -She wanted to meow.
-I love you, Cardi. I love you. -Yeah, we love you.
She is really great. -Yeah, she's really great.
-You don't meow on the album, but you do howl, by the way. -I meow, I howl, yeah.
Especially -- That's my specialty.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-You're great. People were --
Fans were howling today when I said that you were here. [ Audience howling ] Where did the howl
originally come from? -From my gut.
-Yeah. You know, wolves howl
not only when they're in pain, when they're in danger, they have as a way
to communicate and to connect with their pack. And that's
how I feel that I communicate with my audience
through my music, you know? It's like howling for me. But it's --
We have this friendship with my audience that has endured time
and all kinds of things. And it has remained alive
for so many years. And it's a true friendship. That's why I think that
my relationship with my fans is so special,
because they're my pack. You know, they got me.
They got my back. -You got the new album. Does this mean
that you'll be going on tour? -That's what I'd like, yeah.
I mean, you know how it goes. [ Cheers and applause ] First, you present an album,
and then you go on tour. I can't say when...
-Okay. No. -...or where we'll start
the tour, but -- -But maybe follow you
on the socials, right? -Follow me on my socials,
of course. And follow me on my socials for what's going to happen
tomorrow here in New York. There's something
happening tomorrow. -Okay. Tomorrow.
Tomorrow in New York. -In the city.
-Okay. -Yes.
-Okay. -I can't say much more.
-Okay. That's perfect. -But I just -- I'll give you the
details on the specifications on my Instagram
and all my socials. -Alright, perfect. Alright.
We'll take that. I'll take that. I love that. Congratulations
on the new album.
