This 2023, Shakira will remember it as her triumph over the man she loved so much and who ended up causing her the most painful and humiliating wound of her life. Although not a few value his latest works as the result of revenge, his fans understand it as the resurgence of ‘La Loba’. When she removes the last page of the calendar, there will be no echo in her heart of the pain she felt at the end of 2022. This has been a triumphant year. The final balance indicates this.
It is true that he acknowledged his guilt regarding six tax crimes, but two monosyllables and a “thank you” were enough for him to shelve the episode and forget about it. There was no bench penalty and when there is plenty of money, paying what is due hurts much less. Days before she reigned in Seville starring at the Latin Grammy gala, to which she was accompanied by her children, Milan and Sasha: she arrived to bathe in flashes and left Spain in the same way. From Miami today she sees it differently.
Shakira started the year in the most impressive way possible: with a hit whose echo still resonates throughout the globe. On Monday, January 9, two small planes flew over the coast of Miami and Mar del Plata with a proclamation that predicted something transcendent: “A she-wolf like me, she is not for guys like you. 11.01.23”. It was not necessary to be versed in Nostradamus or Saint Malachy to deduce that on Wednesday the new single from the artist whom her hosts adore as ‘La Loba’ would arrive. Thus, on Wednesday, January 11, Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 arrived, half with the famous Argentine producer and rapper Bizarrap and which broke shock wave records: in the first 24 hours it achieved almost 15 million views on Spotify and more than 50 million on YouTube.
In its lyrics, the most acidic of all the musical invectives launched against Gerard Piqué, who comes out especially damaged is Clara Chía, current partner of her ex and whom Shakira degrades to the quality of Casio and Twingo compared to herself (Rolex and Ferrari) . For the rest, the father of her children is reduced to a little boy more concerned with the gym than with his cultural training. He responded sarcastically, arriving at the studios where Kings League is broadcast driving the modest Renault model and giving a Casio watch to some of those present. The next volley came halfway with Karol G and the single TQG, whose content revolves around the same theme, published on February 24, 22 days after her birthday: Shakira was born on the second day of the second month, like Piqué, meaning that the date seems chosen based on numerological variables.
However, it was not until April of this year that ends when Shakira fulfilled her goal of moving to Miami with her children. The move was scheduled to take place after Epiphany, but her father’s state of health did not make it advisable for her to move. When the doctors at the Teknon Clinic gave the green light, she packed her bags.
Meanwhile, she traveled to the US at least twice: to New York the first week of March, to participate in Jimmy Fallon’s show, and at Easter also accompanied by her children, perhaps for a first acclimatization. The children began classes on April 11 at the Miami Country Day School, an institution located among the 20 best in the state of Florida and whose tuition ranges between $33,000 and $46,000 annually, half of which Gerard Piqué must pay, according to La Vanguardia was able to advance.
At the end of May she returned to Barcelona by surprise, invited to the Montmeló GP by none other than Lewis Hamilton. He had just released Acróstico, a single in which Milan and Sasha participated, and which the children’s father did not like at all, but at least it saved him a trip to Miami because he brought them with him and left them in his care in Barcelona those days. : The initial agreements were reformulated and the visitation regime is quite flexible. The artist and the British pilot enjoyed a sumptuous dinner at the Japanese Parco surrounded by friends. She also went to Paris to attend Viktor’s show
June brought her bad news of a judicial nature: the artist anticipated a quiet summer even with her sights set on the media trial in November for six tax crimes, but on the 18th of that month it was leaked that the Court of Instruction 2 of Esplugues de Llobregat admitted The complaint filed by the Barcelona Provincial Prosecutor’s Office for two other alleged crimes against the Public Treasury is being processed. Presumably, an agreement will be reached to end this process in the same way as the one seen in November. At the end of June she published the single Copa Vacía with Manuel Tourizo and in which, surprisingly, there were no direct or indirect comments against her ex or against her family. On the contrary, the lyrics refer to a lover who does not seem to respond to her passionate interest.
The start of the new course once again raised controversy. If she already dealt with her ex-mother-in-law by placing a witch on the terrace focusing on her house before leaving Spain, in The Boss, released in September, the Colombian’s anger is directed at Joan Piqué: “They say that there is no evil that It lasts more than a hundred years, but my ex-father-in-law is still there and has not set foot in the grave.” She also accused him of having fired her nanny without compensation. Sources close to the former soccer player explained to La Vanguardia that it was Gerard Piqué who had her registered with Social Security and that by choosing to go with Shakira to Miami, changing employers but not duties, he signed his voluntary discharge.
As we pointed out at the beginning, autumn brought her back to Spain for two very different reasons. Seville hosted the 24th edition of the Latin Grammy Awards and she, in addition to performing – with her children in the front row – won three awards out of a total of seven possible awards: Best Urban Fusion Song for TQG, with Karol G, and Best Pop Song as well as Song of the Year by Music Sessions vol. 53 with Bizarrap. With those credentials – she has a total of 14 Latin Grammys – she landed in Barcelona to appear before the Provincial Court and answer for alleged tax fraud.
The night before the hearing, set for November 20, he met with his team of lawyers and they agreed that the Tax Agency is not an enemy that can be defeated by force of attrition, as happened with his ex, but rather a merciless rival. and his case, very complicated. Thus, on Monday morning it was already circulating among the press before the hearing began that there would be an agreement to avoid any risk of prison. Shortly after, it was confirmed. Shakira admitted the charges and the last signature of the year that she would sign in our country was to agree to the payment of 25.2 million euros, the sum of the amount defrauded, the interest and the corresponding fine.
This Christmas will be the second that Milan and Sasha will live without dad and mom eating nougat together. After a year and a half of a very bloody war, the little ones have learned to accept their new life.
