In the middle of a tour that has turned each stage into a chapter of his personal story, Shakira lived in El Salvador one of those moments that confirm why Women Don’t Cry Anymore WorldTour It is also a real-time narrative. During one of his recent presentations at the Jorge ‘Mágico’ González National Stadium, the figure of Gerard Piqué was unexpectedly present among the public, causing a spontaneous reaction in the artist that did not go unnoticed. It happened while I was playing Music Sessions, Vol. 53collaboration with Bizarre which became the most direct account of their breakup.

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Since the separation became public in 2022, music has been the vehicle with which the Colombian has told her version of the events. Each verse of that session – sung loudly in every country he visits – refers to a story that for more than a decade had Barcelona as its main stage. Therefore, when the image of the former soccer player emerged among the Salvadoran crowd, the gesture inevitably acquired a symbolic dimension.

Among the attendees, one of them held up a peculiar mask with the face of Gerard Piqué, which quickly attracted attention for its cartoonish style and an expression that many described as “diabolical” due to the way it was drawn. The artist noticed that, among the people, someone was holding the face of the former player with his eyes on fire, a long red tongue and horns simulating a figure of the devil, right in one of the most chanted fragments of the song.

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Although the image was about to go unnoticed, the person insisted on approaching the barrier and getting their attention. Shakira’s reaction – between surprise and frank laughter – unleashed collective laughter. The video went viral on social networks and her followers celebrated both the fan’s ingenuity and the naturalness with which the Barranquilla native integrated the moment into the show, without losing the pulse of the interpretation.

Will Shakira return to live in Spain?

While her tour through Latin America will say goodbye on February 27 in Mexico City and continues on April 4 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the artist is already planning her next move. Despite his complex past in Spain, a country that he left after his separation and in the midst of an intense battle with the Treasury, he would return this year to temporarily settle in Madrid, a city that will function as the logistical epicenter of his next European tour.

“She is ready to return starting in October and for several months to Madrid as the epicenter of her European tour and not Barcelona as had been mentioned due to a logistical issue,” declared photographer Jordi Martin, correspondent for El Gordo y La Flaca. The singer will travel accompanied by her children, Milan and Sasha, who “will have private teachers who will teach them their classes,” she added. Thus, while the past continues to appear, sometimes even among the public, Shakira continues writing a new era with the same determination that has marked her return to the stage.

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