It’s already been released Shakira’s aim with Cardi B!

I have dreamed of a planet where women rule everything, and Shakira just created it together with Cardi B for his new single and video clip, Aim. The duo play the daughters of Artemis who hunt what Shakira describes to Allure as ecstatic centaurs with six-packs. «On this planet, men are happy to be dominated by women,» he said.

Inventing a matriarchal fantasy planet warranted a dreamy pastel backdrop with matching hair and makeup. Shakira’s signature textured blonde waves are tinted pastel pink in some scenes; In others, she opts to wear the color on the face with a bright pink eyeshadow bordered by aquamarine winged eyeliner. (Cardi B, for her part, alternates between two wigs almost as long as they reach the floor, one black and one white.)

The story behind Shakira’s Aim with Cardi B

The collaboration itself was born somewhat by chance: Shakira and Cardi B They first crossed paths when they sat front row at Fendi during Paris Fashion Week last July. «The only time in my life I’ve been to a fashion show,» Shakira said, «And there, in the front row, I meet Cardi B.»

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At that point she had already outlined the song’s lyrics, but there, sitting in a sandwich of high-profile artists (Camila Cabello was sitting among them), the singer found her perfect collaborator. «The song represents the newborn woman,» Shakira explained. «After going through the storm, you begin to connect with the woman inside you, with those feminine needs, your desires and your passions.» I can think of few women who express their passions and desires more freely than Cardi B.

The video clip also serves as an introduction to Shakira’s new album, Women No Longer Cry/Women No Longer Cry, which launched at the same time. It is the first album he has released in seven years. Together, the 16 songs are an ode to self-preservation in the midst of difficulties, something that Shakira knows well after a very public breakup with former soccer player Gerard Piqué: «I was in the mud,» she confessed. «Making this music has shown me that my pain can be transformed into triumph.»