The singer was celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the hit single
Shakira stopped by The Tonight Present to revisit her hit single “Hips Don’t Lie” with the assistance of unique collaborator Wyclef Jean.
The Colombian took the sand-covered late-night present stage in a pink ensemble and spent the primary minute of the track proving she nonetheless has the identical hip-wagging expertise that made the track so iconic. Jean then joined her for the efficiency alongside a bunch of dancers and a reside band.
“Hips Don’t Lie” was initially written by Jean, Lauryn Hill, and Pras for the Fugees reunion, but it surely was by no means accomplished. Epic Data initially steered that Shakira seem on a remix of the observe, however by then the Fugees had cut up up. Jean produced the observe alongside Shakira and Jerry Duplessis, and appeared because the visitor vocalist. With Shakira’s enter, the track was modified with a hard-hitting reggaeton beat, and topped off with a jubilant trumpet loop from the 1992 salsa hit, “Amores Como el Nuestro,” as immortalized by the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Jerry Rivera.
The track was the second single off Shakira’s 2005 platinum-certified album, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2. It was later nominated for the Grammy for Greatest Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
Shakira will movie a number of extra TV appearances across the anniversary of the only. She’ll return to The Tonight Present on Thursday, Might 8, for a sit-down interview with host Jimmy Fallon. Later this month, she’s slated to carry out her 1996 ballad “Antología” on the late-night present.
Shakira launched her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour in Brazil in February, and will kick off the North American leg of the tour on Might 13 on the Financial institution of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. She can even carry out in Washington, D.C., on Might 26 because the headliner of WorldPride DC.
