Shakira set YouTube records with a song about her ex-boyfriend Gerard Pique who cheated on her.
Out of Your League’s music video has received more than 63 million views in 24 hours, making it the most popular Latin song during that time.
After dating for more than ten years, Shakira, 45, and former Barcelona footballer Pique, 35, split up in 2022.
Additionally, the couple has two kids together.
This four-minute pop song is the first time Shakira and Argentinian producer and DJ Bizarrap have worked together.
Shakira joins a hallowed list of Latin performers to break YouTube records – including J Balvin, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee.
It’s not her first song about the breakup – Monotonia came out three months ago, but was more of a heartbreak song than one vying for revenge.
In the diss track, Shakira sings about Pique’s new alleged 23-year-old partner.
She says she is “worth two 22-year-olds” and compares the relationship to swapping “a Ferrari for a [Renault] Twingo” and a “Rolex for a Casio” in Spanish.
The Colombian singer also references her run-in with the Spanish authorities, who claim she has failed to pay €14.5m (£12.8m) in income tax.
Shakira appears to say in the song that Pique left her whilst all this was going on, with her in-laws as neighbours.
She criticises his workout technique too – singing “lots of time at the gym, but your brain needs a little work too”.
Gerard Pique has not responded to the song online, but has been posting about his new seven-a-side project, King’s League.
The pair released a statement when they split in June last year, saying they were focusing on co-parenting their children Milan, nine, and Sasha, aged seven.
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