¿¿Están locos estos spaniards ??
Shakira has been criticised for singing new track, ‘Boig per tú’, in Catalan, which translates as ‘Mad For You’ in English.
The song, originally performed by Catalan group Sau, is one of the singer’s favourite tracks. (see video Sau with Carles Sabater -en pau descansi- & spanish singer Luz Casal -1992-)
Colombian artist dubbed ‘disgusting’, ‘stupid’ and a ‘traitor’ by Spaniards, they claim it shows the 37-year-old ‘openly supports’ the idea of an independent Catalan state. She has not hit back at the online insults. In past interviews, she’s carefully avoided getting mixed up in Spain’s politics.
See news in New York daily news; The Wall Street; Daily Mail (UK); ElPeriodico.
Her interest in singing in Catalan actually seems personal rather than political. She lives in the Catalan capital of Barcelona with local football star Gerard Pique and their son Milan.
See video of Shakira -Empire- in Montserrat, the so-called ‘sacred mountain’ in center of Catalonia.