This is the stunning transformation of Shakira.
By the next year, Shakira couldn’t keep herself from moving her body.
Fortunately her parents were 100 percent supportive of their daughter’s ambitions.
Her first was entitled “Your Dark Sunglasses,” which she composed when she was 8 years old.
“It was dedicated to a little boy in my imagination.
“Even when I was a little child, the subjects of my songs were romantic.”
Our girl was a lover from the start!
“Who does that?
What parent takes a treasure in his child’s scribbles?”
Apparently her father did, and he wasn’t wrong!
“Always I was dreaming of a record contract,” she recalled in an interview withThe Guardian.
“From 10 to 13 it was all I could think of.
I worked hard for this dream.
Nobody could say I didn’t try.”
She was signed with Sony within the week.
Was Shakira surprised, as you might think she’d be?
“There was no doubt for me, ever.
Call it a premonition, call it an instinct,” she continued.
“I was born to do this, to connect with a wide audience.”
She added that she knew that being a big performer was her destiny.
So yeah, no surprise there!
“It’s a very impoverished area, where kids have no access to a high-quality education programme.”
That is, until Shakira starting turning all of that around.
The charity has seen dramatic results, too, something that Shakira is incredibly proud of.
“It’s already having an enormous social impact on this area.
“I said, ‘Listen, this is her shot.
you could’t do it halfway.'”
Fortunately Estefan prevailed, and the album wound up selling millions of copies.
Shakira had successfully crossed over!
What’s the story behind “Hips Don’t Lie,” Shakira’s hit single?
Featuring Wyclef Jean, the song spent time at No.
1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it became one of the most popular singles, according toSony.
So what’s the origin story behind one of the catchiest pop songs ever recorded?
She continued, “So I used to say to my musicians, ‘my hips don’t lie!
They’re not moving!
So this is not ready.'”
Thus an anthem was born.
“I even had lost my faith for a while,” she lamented in an interview withElle.
“I was becoming … She added that she believes the existence of God can only be proven throughlove.
Fortunately, all of that changed when she met her partner, Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique.
“He’s a champion on early-childhood development strategies,” she continued.
A second child followed in 2015 another son according to herwebsite.
Congrats, you two!
“I’m never sure if I’m doing it right.
I’m always second-guessing myself.”
She added that she’s had to work to keep prioritizing her creative space.
It was my identity.”
Understandably, Shakira was depressed, so much so that she could barely get out of bed.
While doctors recommended surgery, Shakira wasn’t confident that it would help.
Thank goodness her voice eventually started to return on its own without any surgical intervention.
“It felt like I was having some kind of religious experience,” she added.
Given what a huge accomplishment this is, it’s definitely a cause for celebration!
As for what kind of message Shakira hopes to send during the performance, this time it’s personal.
“Listen, I’m a woman.
I’m a Latina,” she proclaimed in an interview withCBS News.
“It wasn’t easy for me to get to where I am.
And being at the Super Bowl is the proof that everything is possible.”
“And I’m gonna be there, giving it all.”
But as it turns out, that’s not quite the case.
One day I want to have a farm life.”
“I don’t think I could ever be bored of being in nature.
Eat all I want,” she continued.
“Sometimes I think there’s going to be more to life than my actual life.”
Perhaps that will be where she goes when she retires, if that day ever comes.
