Cardi B manifested in the future working with Shakira, and the possibility to collaborate with the Colombian icon got here earlier this 12 months after assembly at Paris Style Week. “Punteria” is ready to reach on Friday (March 22) as a part of Shakira’s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran album.
Cardi and the Queen of Latin Music sat all the way down to interview one another whereas taking a break on set for the collab’s music video, the place they gushed about being followers of each other and detailed how “Punteria” happened.
“Once I first met Shakira, it was in Paris on the Fendi present, and I used to be very, very nervous,” Cardi B admitted. “I used to be nervous as a result of I wished to get subsequent to her, however I used to be like, ‘I’m not gonna get subsequent to her till they name me.’ I manifested it, however I didn’t know when it was coming.”
Shakira returned the favor and waxed poetic about Cardi B’s work ethic whereas championing 2021’s Billboard Scorching 100 No. 1 hit “Up” as her favourite observe from the Bronx bombshell. “‘Up,’ I like that tune. Such a superb author — she’s such a professional and an incredible lyricist and performer,” she stated.
The “Hips Don’t Lie” singer defined how she’s “at all times wished to” work with Cardi, and the timing was lastly proper for “Punteria.”
“I wished to do one thing with Cardi. We had been at all times discussing internally if it was a good suggestion to place somebody on this tune. I at all times pictured Cardi on this tune. I reached out, and right here we’re,” she added. “It’s been so enjoyable to work with you. It’s really easy, actually. She’s like, ‘I’ll do every thing.’ I’m like, ‘Are you able to work lengthy hours? As a result of I work lengthy hours.’ She’s like, ‘I’ll be there from 6 to six a.m.’”
Cardi was ecstatic to get the decision from Shakira, which she dubbed a “dream.”
“I knew it. I knew at the present time would come. It got here. God is sweet, Jesus,” Cardi B gushed. “I don’t care if she desires me to meow — I’m doing it. I can’t wait. Critically, that’s my dream.”
“I at all times take a look at your movies,” she added, “and it’s so loopy doing a video with you as a result of all your movies, you may simply let you know take your time from the angle, to the dancing, to the issues that pop.”
Shak’s new album follows the Colombian hitmaker’s 2017 set El Dorado, which spent 5 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard‘s High Latin Albums chart, and included hit songs resembling “Chantaje” with Maluma, “La Bicicleta” with Carlos Vives and the Prince Royce-assisted “Deja vu.
Watch the total interview between Cardi and Shakira beneath. “Punteria” arrives on Friday (March 22).
