Shakira has been in the midst of a lot of news following her breakup with Gerard Pique. The Colombian singer is now set to leave Spain and move to Florida with her children. She already has her mansion set up in the American state and is now looking to sell her family home in Barcelona. Pique will have visiting rights to his children, including 10 days a month and holidays.
it’s world cup season and this is a reminder shakira made the best world cup song ever pic.twitter.com/xn3xfKfLNf
— NOSTALGIA (@notgwendalupe) November 11, 2022
Shakira is one of the most popular singers on the planet. Besides her album releases, she has also been a singer at FIFA World Cups. Her songs ‘Waka Waka’ and ‘La La La’ for the South Africa World Cup in 2010 and Brazil World Cup in 2014, respectively, have broken all sorts of records. Unfortunately for this World Cup, Shakira has said that she will not be performing.
Fans react to Shakira’s decision to abandon FIFA World Cup 2022
Fans were unhappy that Shakira chose not to perform at this World Cup, citing personal reasons. She performed in 2006, 2010, and 2014 World Cups. She had also chosen not to perform at the 2018 edition in Russia, but same as this year, did not give any public statement about not performing.
WE LOST
— mïa ⚽️ (@jkoostiII) November 16, 2022
Some fans remembered Shakira’s iconic song for the 2010 World Cup as Qatar 2022 is set to kick off soon.
We have never been closer to peace than when Shakira released Waka Waka https://t.co/2egIDuys3T
— sara fan account (@lovedbywine) November 11, 2022
Some fans have called for Spanish media to leave the Colombian singer alone after the difficult time she has faced in her personal life.
The fact that Shakira NEVER confirmed her performance at this year’s World Cup or even hinted at it, the Spanish press invented the rumors about her performance at the World Cup and now she has “stepped down” something that she wasn’t confirmed..
Please leave her alone. https://t.co/EZB0vZ1i7z— Fati | MONOTONÍA 🫀🗡️ (@fatishakifan1) November 16, 2022
Fans were disappointed that Shakira would not be performing at the opening ceremony of the World Cup.
I need everyone to understand that a World Cup without Shakira is like Christmas without Mariah https://t.co/b6xut8dLIn
— Spicy Jarrita (@lali_lafresa) November 17, 2022
Jung Kook, Black Eyed Peas, J. Balvin, and Nora Fatehi are some of the stars set to perform at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Shakira has become a World Cup legend in her own right
Fans have already said that a World Cup without one of Shakira’s songs felt bizarre. Shakira’s song ‘Waka Waka’ has over 3.2 billion views on Youtube and around 600 million streams on Spotify alone. Her other World Cup song ‘La La La’ however was not as popular as ‘Waka Waka’. Despite this, the song had over 1.2 billion views on YouTube.
Greatest Worldcup EVER. pic.twitter.com/CHSh8Z0fkt
— 🔗 (@nuevezon) November 10, 2022
1.2 billion views on ‘La La La’ is still more than what Pitbull’s ‘We Are One’ garnered in the same World Cup (857 million). Shakira’s personal life is what some feel to be the reason for her not choosing to perform at the World Cup. Shakira had become synonymous with World Cups for 12 years, but now it seems that time has passed.