Shakira has officially begun work on her 8th studio album, and it’s not going to be another Latin-rock affair — Shakira’s reinventing herself as a club queen!
While she hasn’t started recording yet, Shakira’s been having meetings and listening sessions with some of the top dogs in the dance world, starting with Dutch DJ Afrojack. According to Shakira-Media, she’s also planning to listen to material from some of top forty’s biggest hitmakers, like Dr. Luke, RedOne, Max Martin, and Benny Blanco, as well as world-renowned DJ Tiesto.
But don’t worry – Shakira isn’t going completely generic mainstream on us. She’s also enlisted underground New York club queen Venus X to help with the album, almost like a creative adviser, who will help her tap into dance sounds that haven’t been butchered to death on the Hot 100 just yet.
“I’m sending her a lot of hyrbrid-oriented stuff—Turkish reggaaton, a lot of kuduro that sounds like African trance,” Venus X tells The Fader. “Hopefully I’ll be able to introduce her to things that are working on the dance floor so she can translate and re-interpret them for universal pop.”
“Shakira wants to make dance music. She’s always been ahead of the curve. With “Ojos Asi,” she was doing Arabic instrumentals with Spanish vocals.”
The pair will hit the studio at the end of this month to begin working on new music.
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