Shakira Brings Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran to Sueños Competition in Chicago

When Shakira introduced the stadium tour dates for her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran trek, Chicago was not a part of the listing, leaving followers questioning why the Windy Metropolis was omitted. Quickly after, it was unveiled that she’d headline Sueños Festival and on Saturday (Might 24), the Colombian star closed out day one of many two-day occasion in Chicago’s Grant Park.

What was initially billed as a two-hour efficiency beginning at 8 p.m., Shakira went onstage nearer to eight:30 p.m. and performed a 90-minute set. The group — which had rapidly dispersed after Peso Pluma’s set — slowly returned to search out a great spot to observe Shakira and the empty spots stuffed up, particularly when the principle stage lights had been turned on.

Shakira’s crowd was multigenerational, which is noteworthy on condition that Sueños caters to a youthful, maybe Gen Z-leaning crowd. Many ladies in attendance paid homage to Shakira, carrying her signature belly-dancing hip belts. And Colombians proudly waved their flags, keen to listen to La Loba howl.

“I used to be actually wanting ahead to being with you tonight,” a beaming Shakira mentioned, talking in a mixture of English and Spanish. “That is unimaginable. This metropolis, wow I’m in love with this metropolis, it’s so stunning. Thanks for making me really feel at residence. There may be positively no higher reunion than a she-wolf along with her pack. Chicago, tonight, we’re one.”

Whereas it’s exhausting to duplicate a stadium tour stage in a competition setting, it’s protected to say Shakira gifted Chicago followers an unforgettable night time. Going from carrying a shimmery white jumpsuit and huge black sun shades to a glittery pink gown in a blink of an eye fixed, the “Pies Descalzos” singer, backed by a troupe of fierce dancers, kicked off with bangers, together with “Woman Like Me,” “Las de la Intuición,” “Estoy Aquí,” “Inevitable,” “Te Felicito,” “TQG” and “Don’t Hassle.”

“These previous couple of years haven’t been simple for me, no one is saved from falls. But when I’ve realized something, it’s that the autumn isn’t the tip however the starting of a better flight. We, ladies, rise up slightly stronger, slightly extra wiser, each time we fall,” Shakira mentioned, a nod to the empowering theme of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran period, impressed by the therapeutic that comes from a heartbreak. 

Throughout her 90-minute set, Shakira’s hypnotizing dance strikes and choreography had been on full show, together with her unmatched belly-dancing in “Ojos Asi” and the champeta and calypso footwork throughout “Waka Waka.” However a fan favourite second was when Shakira revisited her rockera roots, singing “Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos” and “Antología.”

In fact, she closed with the worldwide hit “Bzrp Music Periods, Vol. 53,” which had all the ladies in attendance singing on the prime of their lungs, ending an epic reunion between a she-wolf and her pack.

Sueños continues on Sunday (Might 25) with Grupo Frontera and Don Omar as headliners. In the meantime, Shakira’s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran is ready to go to Boston, Atlanta, Miami and Los Angeles subsequent.