omg at Gag's label reporting fake numbers to try and cover up the embarrassment. This era is so tragically hilarious to witness, and it only gets better.
Hmm at lot of people accused her of this but I think it was mainly because of her look, not her actual performance style or music. Laundry Service isn't bubblegum pop, and she never had choreo with backup dancers during that era like Britney. She was more of a pop rock girl who had little dance breaks.
bonus: Shakira nailing the "bleached blonde + huge glasses" look Gaga then sported 8 years later
She was a pop-rock girl. More comparable to Alanis tbh.
But yeah, it's all due to her look. In the U.S., she def. was marketed as the sexy/bleach blonde Britney lookalike. The denim, the crop top, the blonde hair, the dancing. Nobody even knows Shakira plays guitar here but she does.
Ke$hit was actually smart. She started her career trashing Britney for being as useful as a condom with a tear in it. Unfortunately she's a slave so she was forced to pretend to like her.
But if she'd continued down the P!nk-like path of trashing Britney's lack of talent, she might still have a career today.
She was a pop-rock girl. More comparable to Alanis tbh.
But in the U.S. she def. was marketed as the sexy bleach blonde Britney lookalike. The denim, the crop top, the blonde hair, the dancing. Nobody even knows Shakira plays guitar here but she does.
And harmonica!
But yes I know. When I show my friends old Shakira videos and her album tracks they are amazed.
She was a pop-rock girl. More comparable to Alanis tbh.
But in the U.S. she def. was marketed as the sexy bleach blonde Britney lookalike. The denim, the crop top, the blonde hair, the dancing. Nobody even knows Shakira plays guitar here but she does.
Right.
Shakira as a pop rock artist sounds weird to me.
Stop trying to make Britney's impact look more impressive. She had a lot to do with the teen pop phase not with the blond popstar phase. That was Madonna's lane.
Her hair was red in the music video.
I'm just saying it wasn't a coincidence they made her change her look from alternative or whatever that was to clean blonde, because the biggest popstar in the world at that time had the same look.
And let's not act like she wasn't known and labeled as the 'Latina Britney' when she came out.
I will fight against them for Shaki 