Shakira's star-studded music video for her official World Cup song features an array of top footballers. The 49-year-old singer, known for "Hips Don't Lie," released the video for her new record "Dai Dai" with Burna Boy on Saturday, and it is full of familiar sporting faces.
Football Stars Make Cameo Appearances
Harry Kane, Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, and Kylian Mbappé are among the famous cameos. The video also features the singer dancing with children from Ghetto Kids Uganda, a dance and music group based in the Katwe slums of Kampala.
World Cup Final Performance
Shakira will perform the catchy hit at the World Cup final's half-time show at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on July 19.
Personal Life Reflections
The music video release comes just after Shakira said she has no "time or space in her life" for love, four years on from her very public split from Gerard Piqué. The Colombian pop superstar and Spanish footballer, 39, who share sons Sasha, 11, and Milan, 13, confirmed they had separated in June 2022, after she learnt he had allegedly been unfaithful.
While Gerard swiftly went on to date Clara Chia, 27, for three years, Shakira has remained single and said she is enjoying time with her kids and focusing on her career. She told The Times: "No romance for me for now. There's no space or time in my life for that. My plate is quite full. My kids are my priority. And my career. Strangely enough, I'm in love with my career like I've never been in my life. I'm enjoying my time alone as well."
In her rare comment about her split, she reflected on going through the "darkest moment" which happened the same time as her father William was hospitalised following a severe fall, but she ultimately feels stronger for her experiences. She said: "[I was living through] the darkest moment - when I saw the dissolution of my family. The family that I had dreamt to keep forever. I've been through so much pain, but it has made me perhaps in an unforeseen way a wiser person - or stronger, at least. They say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and it is true. It's amazing to learn that humans have a resilience that we can resort to at any moment in our lives."
Shakira went on to say that she believed there are always lessons to learn from hardship. And the star will always be grateful to her ex for the impact he had on her life, saying: "I will always have that gratitude in my heart for the father of my kids, and [for] turning me into the mother that I am today."
In 2022, amid rumours of cheating after 11 years, Shakira announced the couple were breaking up. She has since gone on to brand him "Voldemort" among other digs in her music. Gerard told CNN, via AS at the time: "In the end, the truth or what happens or occurs is not told in the way it was. I cannot control this. The best thing is that in the end I am surrounded by my loved ones, my family, my friends, the people who really know you. They know what you are like and what you do, and that gives me a lot of peace of mind. I am very happy, I have a great time and I feel privileged. The life I have had, being able to play for the club of my life for more than twenty years, wonderful children, an incredible family, lifelong friends, those from school that I still have."
Tax Fraud Case Resolution
It comes as Shakira fired a parting shot at the Spanish government last Monday evening after an exhaustive tax-fraud case ended with the Colombian star winning an enormous €55 million refund. The singer has been cleared of alleged fraud relating to a 2011 tax return following a lengthy legal dispute with Spanish authorities that began in 2023. She will now be awarded a €55 million refund and celebrated the victory by sharing one of Rihanna's best known lyrics alongside a series of new photos on social media.
Taking to Instagram, Shakira accompanied her latest posts with a snippet from the Bajan singer's 2015 single, "B***h Better Have My Money" - a less than subtle reference to her incoming refund - while modelling a distinctive multi-print co-ord. Shakira had previously confessed to six tax fraud crimes at a Barcelona courthouse in 2023, accepting a suspended three-year prison sentence and a €7.3 million fine. She admitted to wrongdoing for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 on the first day of a scheduled trial as part of a plea bargain deal, despite accusing the Spanish Treasury of "publicly burning her at the stake" like a witch during the Inquisition in a subsequent no-holds-barred attack from her new home in Miami.
