- 2021-07-17
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Donate to support families affected by the crisis in Ukraine ➔ Shakira Releases New Song “Don't Wait Up”
Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira released a new song “Don't Wait Up” along with a music video on July 16, 2021.
It is her first new solo song since the 2017 album “El Dorado”.
Also, the song is her first all-English track since her 2017 recordings "When a Woman" and "What We Said" featuring MAGIC!.
It was written by Emily Warren, Ian Kirkpatrick and Shakira. Produced by Shakira and Ian Kirkpatrick.
“I have to say, I'm very nervous because it's my first English song in a long time because I've been focusing on Spanish songs only lately, but this song came about and I'm like, yeah, it's time,” Shakira told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. “It's time to do this again and I'm happy, and I'm so inspired right now.”- The music video was filmed in Tenerife, Spain. In the clip, she is surfing at the wave pool.
“Those scenes of me riding those waves, it was at two in the morning. From two to five in the morning, three hours in the water,” she said. “I made sure that the water wasn't cold because I'm such a chicken for cold water unless I have a full wetsuit. But the director was like, you're not going with a full wet suit on this video. You're going to be in a bathing suit, in a bikini. I'm like, no, no, no, I'm not going to be in a bikini, surfing in a bikini. I'm not that fit. I need to wear something to hold everything in properly, but okay, I'll give you some legs. I said that. So we kind of compromised.” - source : Spotify
