Colombian singer, Shakira, and the Argentinian producer traveled from their respective cities of residence to New York, to appear on Jimmy Fallon’s well-known late night show. The singer was accompanied by her children.

For Shakira it was not the first time: she had been there in 2014 with the release of her tenth studio album, in which she performed a song with Rihanna (Can’t remember to forget you), which helped to relaunch her career after her marriage to Pique.

This year, the singer came to perform the song whose release became a huge hit due to its lyrics and hints about her husband’s infidelity. Impressively, a month on, the song is number one worldwide: “It’s a huge hit,” Fallon said at the start of the interview with the singer and producer, in which they both revealed the secrets of the process behind its creation. piece.

Shakira, after clarifying that her children were in the audience, told Fallon that the original idea to do the song with Bizarrap came from her son Milán: “He’s also a musician and my kids are generally my advisors. Milán was the one who told me: “You have to work with Bizarrap”. He even sent a voicemail to my manager saying we had to do it because we were going to be number one.”

Before performing the song live, the singer explained the immense emotion she felt at the fact that people immediately “embraced” this song. On the other hand, Bizarrap said it was inspired by two Depeche Mode beats.

“The song has become an anthem for many women. I had a rough year after my breakup. Writing this song was a very healthy way to channel my feelings. Since we released it I don’t feel like I have female fans out there, but a sisterhood of women who have been through the same thing and endured just as much bad stuff as I have. A lot of women out there have found a voice that represents them.”