The Colombian singer-songwriter spent a decade crafting her own vision. Now she’s breaking records.
From there, her triumphant subsequent releases made it feel like she was on a victory lap, claiming her image on her terms; they also showed her most significant departures from middle-ground norms. In 2020’s “Bichota,” she sings about looking for a guy who can wreck her, but crows that nobody can keep up with her “boom boom.” “Bichota” is Puerto Rican slang, the term itself translated from English — big shot, bichot — which she repurposed in femme form as “bichota.
Giraldo had long been wanting to collaborate with Shakira, so it felt like a full-circle moment when they worked together after Karol G’s. Shakira has only ever recorded songs with two women — Rihanna and Beyoncé — so this collaboration felt like an anointment. Last year, while Shakira was in the midst of her “boy, bye” singles trilogy, the pair worked on the Karol G–penned “Te Quede Grande”: “I got too big for you.
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