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Shakira has caused a disturbance with her latest song, featuring lyrics that look to people her ex, Gerard Piqué.
The Colombian musican divided from the erstwhile Barcelona footballer successful June 2022, amid rumours that Piqué had been unfaithful.
In a caller way produced with Argentinian DJ Bizarrap, entitled “BZRP Music Sessions #53”, Shakira seemed to instrumentality purpose astatine her erstwhile spouse of 11 years.
The song’s lyrics marque thinly veiled references to Piqué, arsenic good arsenic his caller woman Clara Chia Marti.
Here are 8 of the astir savage barbs successful the track...
1. “So overmuch speech of being a champion / And erstwhile I needed you, you gave maine the worst mentation of you”
2. “Sorry baby, I should person thrown you retired a portion agone / A she-wolf similar maine is not for rookies”
3. “This is for you to beryllium mortified / Chew and swallow, swallow and chew”
4. “I lone marque music, atrocious that it splashed you”
As sung successful Spanish, this enactment goes, “Yo solo hago música, perdón que te salpique,” making the past connection (salpique) a pun connected Piqué’s name.
5. “You near maine my parent successful instrumentality arsenic my neighbour / Media outlets astatine my doorway and successful indebtedness with the government”
This enactment is simply a wide notation to Shakira’s legal conflict implicit alleged taxation fraud (which she has denied).
6. “She has the sanction of a bully idiosyncratic / It’s intelligibly not what it sounds like.”
The Spanish connection for “clearly”, “claramente”, is utilized present arsenic an evident pun connected Clara Chia Marti, with Shakira articulating the connection to emphasise this.
7. “I’m worthy 2 of 22 / You traded a Ferrari for a Twingo / You traded a Rolex for a Casio”
Piqué’s caller girlfriend, presently 23, is rumoured to person begun seeing the footballer backmost erstwhile she would person been 22. The lyric besides alludes to Piqué’s extremity celebration, successful which helium forms a 2 with some his hands, successful tribute to his and Shakira’s shared day connected 2 February.
8. “Lots of clip astatine the gym, but your encephalon needs a small enactment too”
Piqué has not yet responded to the caller song. The Independent has contacted a typical for comment.