Shakira - "She Wolf"

[dperkins]

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According to these two articles the new single is called "She Wolf":

new.e1.music.yahoo.com/blogs/el_playlist/11775/shakira-la-herona-de-la-educacin/

Por último, y a manera de cierre, se ha conocido que el primer sencillo del nuevo álbum de Shakira se llamará “She Wolf” y se espera sea lanzado a finales de este mes.

www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2009/05/handicapping_the_summer_song_of_2009.php

Handicapping The Summer Song Of 2009

That's not the full list of likely songs that will be hits this summer. There's a new Jordin Sparks and a new all-format single from Green Day, as well as Drake's fast-breaking Urban hit, "Best I Ever Had," but they're all ballads. Who else might weigh in? Besides Rihanna, there's a forthcoming Mariah Carey single, a new Shakira ("She Wolf"), Diddy, Paramore, Demi Lovato, and an uptempo Colbie Caillat with a "Soak Up The Sun"-type feel.

Jairo Martinez posted this info on his facebook:


Jairo Martinez has been with Shakira since the beginning of her career. Here's some info on him:
JAIRO MARTÍNEZ La mano derecha de Shakira
www.enelmedio.com/artcontenido.asp?Categoria=18057&Articulo=277491


The song should be out by the end of June. The Spanish version of the song will be called "Loba."

[CLEM]

LMAO at the title. Is this like... "Maneater"?

[dperkins]

Probably. She's apparently worked with Toby Gad & Redone too. So I hope we get some HOT dance-pop tracks. I know she did some tracks with Timbo, but not sure if those made the album or not.

[Grenade]

The title reminds me of "She Bangs."

[I HATE LA REID]

Jun 8, 2009 9:32:06 GMT -5 Grenade said:

The title reminds me of "She Bangs."

[Chains]

Jun 8, 2009 9:32:06 GMT -5 Grenade said:

The title reminds me of "She Bangs."

[Dance In The Dark]

Odd title, but whatever. I'm confident it will be hot.

[Chains]

Jun 8, 2009 3:21:01 GMT -5 @dperkins said:

Probably. She's apparently worked with Toby Gad & Redone too. So I hope we get some HOT dance-pop tracks. I know she did some tracks with Timbo, but not sure if those made the album or not.

As much as they pay for Timbo tracks, they better at least make the alberm.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

The title reminds me of "Maneater" more.

Anyway, who cares? I sure don't.

[Mr. Birdy Sound]

This is a hot title.

I can imagine Shakira going wild while performing this. lol

[-m-]

Jun 9, 2009 10:40:17 GMT -5 TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur said:

The title reminds me of "Maneater" more.

Anyway, who cares? I sure don't.

[Chains]

On the set of "She Wolf":

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

She looks like Beyonce there.

[Chains]

[Chains]

The new Shakira single: it's literally very good
A lady from Shakira 's record label came to play us the big comeback single 'She Wolf' earlier this morning, then she left the building with the CD.

Fortunately we had secretly wired up our office with hundreds of high quality microphones, allowing us to bootleg the song - an MP3 of which we will put online later.

In the meantime, make do with the news that...

» It doesn't sound like anything Shakira has done before - it's a bit dancey and a bit electronic with a quite organic disco feel - but even as an instrumental there would still be a feeling that this is very much a Shakira-sounding track. We know a lot of people (including Shakira) are very protective of Shakira's sonic identity and we think they'll be satisfied that she's gone in a slightly new direction wiht this while keeping herself right in the centre of the mix. From this jumping off point the rest of the album could go in any direction - it's quite exciting.

» To underscore the 'a bit dancey' claim above: everyone report to the dancefloor, it's 125 beats per minute.

» The chorus goes "there's a she wolf in the closet, open up and set it free (howling noise), there's a she wolf in the closet, let it out so it can breathe". To be absolutely clear on this, Shakira does indeed make a wolf noise. (Amazing.)

» As opening lines about werewolfism go, "a domesticated girl, that's all you ask of me - darling it is no joke, this is lycanthropy" is up there with the best. Definitely in the Top 20.

» The bridge has a slight feel of a song we won't name because if we do it might be interpreted as some sort of statement that 'She Wolf' sounds like the song in question, which it doesn't. But it does sound a bit like the song we are thinking of. It also has a great lyric: "I've been devoting myself to you Monday to Monday and Friday to Friday, not getting enough retribution reducing incentive to keep me at it."

» Best line: "LIKE A COFFEE MACHINE IN AN OFFICE".

» There's a sort of harmonised vocodered filtery "there's a she wolf in disguise, coming out, coming out, coming out" bit at the beginning; there are some brilliant Boney M 'Rasputin'-style strings near the end.

» Structurally the song's intro / vocoderybit / verse / bridge / chorus / postchorus / verse / bridge / chorus / vocoderybit / Boney M-style strings bit / tiny bit of chorus / sudden end.

» ONLY MAJOR FLAW: There isn't a bit where she goes 'Beyonce Beyonce' and then Beyonce comes and goes 'Shakira Shakira'. Gratuitous retreading of former glories fail.

» In summary: it's a new sound for Shakira but only Shakira could make a song like this and get away with it. Singers and songs often revolve in different spheres - sometimes seemingly reliant on whose A&R team is quickest to answer Ryan Tedder's emails - but 'She Wolf' represents a brilliantly tight bond between art and artist. It's fun and deranged, too, like pop music at its best sometimes needs to be.

In other news:

» Shakira has, apparently, gone 'platinum blonde' for this release.

We were joking about the bootlegging-it-and-putting-it-online business by the way. That would be ridiculous - and illegal.

www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3758&Itemid=206

[Robert J]

Sounds hot. I cannot wait.

[lenor]

cant wait! this sounds hot!

[I'M ON ONE]

[angeltimes]

Its like any woman with light skin and a curly weave "looks like Beyonce" these days. Maybe Beyonce actually tries to look like her?

Anyway here is the clip:



Sounds HOT!

[dperkins]

This sounds like its going to be interesting. Its like some retro disco track.

[Chicken Tetrazzini]

Jun 19, 2009 12:48:45 GMT -5 @dperkins said:

This sounds like its going to be interesting. Its like some retro disco track.

I agree. It sounds quite promising. This is already screaming for a Freemasons mix.

[dperkins]

I know this sound isn't big in the US, but I think it has a chance as long as it has a bangin hook & great verses.

[angeltimes]

I think it would be huge at pop.

[irice22]

It's so hard to tell based off that clip.

[l'homme dimanche matin]

I don't know that clip is very misleading as to whether this will be a hit.