base talk Will Shakira ever release another English album?

[prettyinpink940]

Why or why not?

[PaloSanto]

hopefully not, her best work is in spanish. A couple of songs in english or english versions of a single or two should be fine though

[JBJT2786]

The real question is does she ever really need to? She still doing well with just latin music and Latin music has more WW appeal in the last decade, there is no point for her to release another English album.

[ChooseyLover]

I think she's too comfortable doing what she is doing right now so that's extremely unlikely.

But when she makes English music it feels like she expands sonically to places she wouldn't go with her Spanish music so I hope her next album is an English one. Maybe with a Spanish counterpart like Loba and Servicio de Lavandería. And it would be clever to venture into the English speaking market again now that she's living in the States.

Edited November 6 by ChooseyLover

[theweekend]

her English albums have been underperforming since she wolf while her Spanish records have been hits. why would she?

[UnusualBoy]

I doubt it, probably an english song here and there but not a full album.

[minajatropolis]

i would love an oral fixation / fijación oral vol.3. those two albums CHANGED MY LIFE. she could also just release some vault tracks on an anniversary and i'd be happy with that. she had like over 60 songs to choose from for those projects. there are bound to be smashes that pull at the heartstrings. 

[DemDam92]

Let's hope not, her English stuff is low quality tbh. Not comparable with the Spanish stuff

[KillingYourCareer]

No, there's zero market for it, standalone singles that are awful attempts at getting a hit is all we can hope for unfortunately.

[Bocanada]

32 minutes ago, JBJT2786 said:

The real question is does she ever really need to? She still doing also with just latin music and Latin music has more WW appeal in the last decade, there no point for her to release another English album.

Latin music is becoming less and less successful WW especially the reggaeton style. The period 2015-2023 lasted a long time. 

Hope she will release material in English soon to explore new sounds. 

Edited November 6 by Bocanada

[AvadaKedavra]

1. I been noticing how Americans haven't fully embraced Shakira's English records, possibly due to her identity as a Latina and someone from a distant land. While she has a strong Latino fanbase, she has struggled to attract the Black and White audiences. She does have some good fans from these groups, but not as many.

I dont wanna be annoying with race talk but i think white artists have it easier to appeal to all the ethnicities-races than black-latino artists. 

2. Shakira's English albums are all pop-rock influenced (Laundry Service, Oral Fixation Vol. 2, Shakira). Shakira is obssesed with showing her pop rock to the States and they just dont care. Look the cant remember to forget you situation. We all wanted electroop and she went for rock-ska
Shakira should move to World Music experiments/Latin Ones/R&B-Urban/Synthpop/Arabic Music

3. Shakira appears to struggle with insecurity and imposter syndrome. Fans have noticed this, especially in recent years. She seems to have taken the flop of "Don't Wait Up" hard. Though I love Shakira, that song is one of her weakest in English, Its so stripped of everything. I often wonder what went wrong.

4. Shakira is from the developing world. Her idiosincracia and ideas and vibe is mostly Global and mix of so many things.
I think shes too exotic for anglo countries. Theyre more about manufactured pop products and Shakira is a bit odd.
She's more successful in Europe, where audiences enjoy her energetic hits, especially during the summer and theyre more open to different genres-languages

5. Shakira is in RCA. She signed the worst label ever in english.
She's also a cash cow for afo verde (Sony latin ceo) He's usin her to promote his reggaeton artists-newcomers 

6. Shakira mainly surrounds herself with Latino friends, and fewer American friends from diverse backgrounds who could provide her with fresh perspectives. She used to be more in touch with American culture but is now more rooted in her Latina identity.

Latinos are today very anal about our culture. Less open to external influences. They want her to sing in spanish mostly. The GP

Her deep fans are the only ones who want her to release english music

7. Her Spanish-language songs are performing well, helping her climb the Billboard Hot 100, which might make her feel less compelled to release English music.

8. Shakira is too lazy. She's focused on her kids. Helicopter mom. She doesnt have the same ambition from years ago. Music is more like a side gig for her

9. Are her english albums good? decent? listenable?  Im a native spanish speaker so i cant judge them to 100% extent.
Same as an american native english speakers judgin a spanish record. 


I miss her english music so much. Those are my favorite albums from her  
I would give everything for a final english record from her
Sus albums en español son muy buenos pero en ingles ella es mas experimental y edgy. Me gustan mas la verdad  Se sienten mas maduros
En español a veces shaki viene con musica predecible que le gusta a nuestra comunidad. El track reggaeton, el track bachata..  

Edited November 6 by AvadaKedavra

[Vixen Eyes]

only if she works with spanish and hispanic/latin producers and cowriters!

[Daniel767]

5 minutes ago, AvadaKedavra said:

1. Americans haven't fully embraced Shakira's English records, possibly due to her identity as a Latina. While she has a strong Latino fanbase, she has struggled to attract a broader Black and white audience. She does have some fans from these groups, but not as many as hoped.

2. Shakira's English albums are all pop-rock influenced (Laundry Service, Oral Fixation Vol. 2, Shakira). Shakira is obssesed with showing her pop rock to the States and they just dont care. Look the cant remember to forget you situation. We all wanted pop rock 
Shakira should move to World Music experiments/Latin Ones/R&B-Urban/Synthpop/Arabic Music

3. Shakira appears to struggle with insecurity and imposter syndrome. Fans have noticed this, especially in recent years. She seems to have taken the flop of "Don't Wait Up" hard. Though I love Shakira, that song is one of her weakest in English, Its so stripped of everything. I often wonder what went wrong.

4. Shakira is from the developing world. Her idiosincracia and ideas and vibe is mostly Global and mix of so many things.
I think shes too exotic for anglo countries. Theyre more about manufactured pop products and Shakira is a bit odd.
She's more successful in Europe, where audiences enjoy her energetic hits, especially during the summer and theyre more open to different genres-languages

5. Shakira is in RCA. She signed the worst label ever in english.
She's also a cash cow for afo verde (Sony latin ceo) He's usin her to promote his reggaeton artists-newcomers 

6. Shakira mainly surrounds herself with Latino friends, and fewer American friends from diverse backgrounds who could provide her with fresh perspectives. She used to be more in touch with American culture but is now more rooted in her Latina identity.

Latinos are today very anal about our culture. Less open to external influences. They want her to sing in spanish mostly. The GP

Her deep fans are the only ones who want her to release english music

7. Her Spanish-language songs are performing well, helping her climb the Billboard Hot 100, which might make her feel less compelled to release English music.

8. Shakira is too lazy. She's focused on her kids. Helicopter mom. She doesnt have the same ambition from years ago. Music is more like a side gig for her

9. Are her english albums good? decent? listenable?  Im a native spanish speaker so i cant judge them to 100% extent.
Same as an american native english speakers judgin a spanish record. 


I miss her english music so much. Those are my favorite albums from her  
I would give everything for a final english record from her
Sus albums en español son muy buenos pero en ingles ella es mas experimental y edgy. Me gustan mas la verdad  Se sienten mas maduros
En español siempre viene con musica predecible 

Solid points ... Don't Wait Up was horrible and the video even more.

[Katy V.!]

She should stick to bilingual singles imo.

[AvadaKedavra]

11 minutes ago, Daniel767 said:

Solid points ... Don't Wait Up was horrible and the video even more.

The song was produced by the producer of Dont Start Now by Dua Lipa. I expected a big smash but it was such a  dissapointment
I wonder if Shakira stripped all the magic from the song to cater to Tiktok   the song feels like a demo. The video was clearly intended to appeal to Tiktok

i have to be honest. as a longterm fan sometimes i worry and i wonder if her midas touch in english or inspiration is gone 
I see her  english interviews and shakira is as smart-cerebral as before...so, i dont get it. Sometimes i wonder if she's just lazy

 

[EtherealCat]

no after all those years in spain she forgot the language

[Daniel767]

1 hour ago, AvadaKedavra said:

The song was produced by the producer of Dont Start Now by Dua Lipa. I expected a big smash but it was such a  dissapointment
I wonder if Shakira stripped all the magic from the song to cater to Tiktok   the song feels like a demo. The video was clearly intended to appeal to Tiktok

i have to be honest. as a longterm fan sometimes i worry and i wonder if her midas touch in english or inspiration is gone 
I see her  english interviews and shakira is as smart-cerebral as before...so, i dont get it. Sometimes i wonder if she's just lazy

 

LOL shes busy on tiktok creating "dances" for her songs that dont even work .. 

[Bookmark99]

The real question is whether she'll release a quality album (not a generic playlist) ever again....

[Shinkirou]

She originally crossed over to reach a bigger audience, but she doesn't need that anymore. Latin artists can tour the world with their Spanish catalogues alone

[Night Howler]

She's never really been an albums artist, even in Spanish if you exclude her 90s work, but there should definitely be new English singles. Its like people forget her biggest hits are all in English. You dont become a global powerhouse by singing in Spanish  

[Night Howler]

On 11/7/2024 at 7:00 AM, Shinkirou said:

She originally crossed over to reach a bigger audience, but she doesn't need that anymore. Latin artists can tour the world with their Spanish catalogues alone

Yeah by focusing on the latino audience in non-hispanic countries, but Shakira doesnt need to limit herself like that when she's already global. Idg

[AvadaKedavra]

13 minutes ago, Night Howler said:

She's never really been an albums artist, even in Spanish if you exclude her 90s work, but there should definitely be new English singles. Its like people forget her biggest hits are all in English. You dont become a global powerhouse by singing in Spanish  

This and we clearly can see how all the spanish newcomers are highly ignored by the american industry-european (rosalia-karol g) cause they sing in spanish only

If they were native english speakers releasing english songs.........the things would be very different
English after all is the language of the planet  Shakira was ahead of everyone cause she was battling in both markets. Local and Global and doin it exceptionally good

Rooting for this zootopia 2 song to be a hit  and i hope is not produced by bizarrap or written by sia. Theyre not trendy anymore 
 

[allforyou]

As others have said, there's not really a point for her to do that. Latin music is global now and look how successful her singles from last year were while being in spanish, meanwhile Don't Wait Up didn't do much.

[Night Howler]

24 minutes ago, allforyou said:

As others have said, there's not really a point for her to do that. Latin music is global now and look how successful her singles from last year were while being in spanish, meanwhile Don't Wait Up didn't do much.

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