Shakira on " Much On Demand "

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> Leah: WELCOME BACK TO "MuchOnDemand." WE'VE GOT SHAKIRA RIGHT HERE ON "M.O.D." NEXT. (Cheering and applause)

> Leah: ALL YOUR FANS ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.

> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

> Leah: ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT YOU IS YOU ARE A POWERFUL WOMAN. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.

> LIKEWISE.

> Leah: YOU NEVER CROSS THE LINE, THOUGH. YOU'RE VERY CLASSY. SHE SOLD OVER 30 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE. (Cheering and applause)

> Leah: SHE'S INTELLIGENT, BEAUTIFUL--

> WHEN WAS THAT?

> Leah: THAT'S A LOT OF ALBUMS. DO YOU EVER THINK, "WOW"?

> I NEVER THINK OF THE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S REALLY OVERWHELMING WHEN SOMEONE REMINDS YOU OF FACTS. LIKE THIS ONE IS UNBELIEVABLE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS I FEEL I AM NOT ALONE. I HAVE HAD THE COMPANY OF MY FANS. THEY'VE BEEN ACCOMPANYING ME THROUGH SO MANY YEARS OF THE CAREER AND I THINK-- IT'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT I HOPE LASTS MANY, MANY YEARS SO... HOPEFULLY. AMEN.

> Leah: NOW, ONE THING YOU ALWAYS HEAR-- YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY ABOUT YOU IS YOU ARE EXTREMELY GROUNDED AND DOWN TO EARTH. HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THAT AMID EVERYTHING, TRAVELLING AROUND THE WORLD AND BEING SO SUCCESSFUL?

> WELL, TO ME IT'S FUNDAMENTAL TO HAVE MY FAMILY AROUND ME. I TRAVEL WITH MY BROTHER. FOR EXAMPLE, HE'S MY GUARDIAN ANGEL, AND I USED TO TRAVEL WITH MY DAD AND MOM A LOT IN THE PAST, BUT THEY KIND OF GOT TIRED OF THIS. "YOU GO. LEAVE US ALONE." BUT IT HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY LOVE ME FOR WHAT I REPRESENT BUT FOR WHAT I AM IN REALITY. THAT'S KEY, I THINK.

> Leah: YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST OF EIGHT?

> THAT'S RIGHT. I'M THE LAST EFFORT.

> Leah: I'M THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR. THAT'S GREAT TO HAVE SO MANY SIBLINGS. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE GROWING UP?

> IT WAS SORT OF AN UNUSUAL SITUATION BECAUSE I WAS THE YOUNGEST OF A REALLY BIG FAMILY, BUT ALSO I WAS THE ONLY CHILD IN MY MOM'S MARRIAGE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MY DAD MARRIED MY MOM--

> Leah: THE NOISE BEGINS. OH, NO.

> WHAT WAS THAT?

> Leah: ALL YOUR FANS OUTSIDE.

> I HAVE TO SAY HI.

> Leah: WE WILL. WE WILL. (Cheering and applause)

> OH, THERE THEY ARE. HELLO. OH, MY GOD! THEY'RE IN THE FREEZING COLD.

> Leah: IT'S FREEZING. IT'S LIKE MINUS I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUT THERE.

> WOW! THAT'S LOVE. THANK YOU, GUYS. WOW!

> Leah: SO YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT GROWING UP BEING THE YOUNGEST.

> YEAH. WELL, YEAH, I'M THE ONLY CHILD OF MY MOM'S MARRIAGE WITH MY DAD, WHICH WAS MY DAD'S SECOND MARRIAGE, YES. SO-- BUT I GREW UP BEING REALLY CLOSE TO MY SIBLINGS. AND THAT'S THE EVIDENCE RIGHT THERE. THAT ONE OVER THERE, THAT'S MY BROTHER.

> Leah: WHERE IS HE?

> DONNY. HE'S VERY SHY. SO DON'T ASK HIM ANY QUESTION BECAUSE HE WILL RUN AWAY AS FAST AS HE CAN.

> Leah: BUT IT MUST BE SO GREAT TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT, AS YOU SAID, HAVE YOUR BROTHER WITH YOU.

> VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

> Leah: WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN E-MAIL QUESTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO. THIS IS FROM FRANK IN OTTAWA AND HE SAYS: (Blank for graphic)

> YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO SOUND A BIT STRANGE, BUT SINCE THE VERY MOMENT I REMEMBER I EXIST, I WAS ALWAYS DREAMING ABOUT TRAVELLING THE WORLD, AND I KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO BE SOMEHOW A PUBLIC FIGURE AND I WAS IN LOVE WITH MUSIC, AND I KNEW-- YOU CAN CALL IT A PREMONITION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. I AM NOT USUALLY THAT METAPHYSICAL, BUT YES, I WOULD THINK THERE WAS SOME KIND OF INSTINCT INSIDE ME TELLING ME WHAT I WAS DESIGNED FOR, YOU KNOW, AND I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE MUSIC. AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE A WRITER, YOU KNOW, BUT SOMEHOW THAT'S WHAT I DO BECAUSE I'M A SONGWRITER, BUT PROBABLY THE FACT THAT MY DAD WAS A WRITER AS WELL-- HE IS A A WRITER, THAT WAS A HUGE INFLUENCE ON ME. HUGE VISUAL REFERENCE, AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 7 YEARS OLD, I ASKED SANTA CLAUS TO BRING ME A TYPEWRITER, AND THAT'S HOW I STARTED WRITING MY FIRST POEMS AND PROSE. AND LATER ON, I DID MY FIRST SONG WHEN I WAS EIGHT AND THAT'S HOW MY WHOLE CAREER STARTED.

> Leah: UNBELIEVABLE THAT YOU STARTED GUITAR AT 11, A MUSICAL PRODIGY.

> NOT SO MUCH.

> Leah: TALENT COMES NATURALLY. IT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU FELT INSIDE OF YOU. THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE, RIGHT?

> I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO IMPROVE EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY IS A PROCESS. IT'S A LEARNING CURVE. OF COURSE I DON'T LIKE AT ALL MY FIRST ALBUM OR SECOND ALBUM. BUT FOR MY THIRD ALBUM ON, THINGS STARTED TO GET A BIT MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF ME, AND IT'S BEEN A PROCESS.

> Leah: SO WHAT IS IT LIKE GOING BACK HOME NOW, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE BIGGEST MUSIC STAR TODAY? SO WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU GO BACK?

> YEAH. WELL, PAPARAZZI ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE, MIAMI, EVERYWHERE. THAT'S WHY I LIVE IN AN ISLAND TODAY. OH, THANK YOU. BUT I AM--

> Leah: YOU LIVE IN THE BAHAMAS.

> YEAH. I LIVE IN BAHAMAS. IT'S GREAT. I CAN LITERALLY GO IN MY PJs TO THE SUPERMARKET.

> Leah: THAT'S WHAT I READ.

> IT'S TRUE. WHICH IS SOMETHING I CAN'T DO IN COLOMBIA TODAY.

> Leah: THEY WOULD BE TAKING PICTURES.

> EXACTLY.

> Leah: THERE WERE SOME OTHER FUN THINGS I READ. ONE OF THEM WAS OF YOU SHOPPING IN YOUR PAJAMAS. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OTHER ONES. IT SAYS YOU SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME COLOUR-COORDINATING YOUR CLOSET.

> THAT'S ONE OF MY NEW HABITS. AS I AM APPROACHING MY 30s, WHICH I STILL HAVE TWO MORE YEARS TO GO, BUT THINGS ARE STARTING TO CHANGE WITHIN ME. I NOTICE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, DOING MY OWN GARDENING AND COLOUR-COORDINATING MY OWN CLOTHES, WHEN IT WAS A MESS. I USED TO THROW MY SHOES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIVING ROOM, AND NOW I'M BECOMING VERY NEAT, WHICH IS WEIRD. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE ME. I HAVE THIS WEIRD THING LIKE I LOVE CHINA, FOR EXAMPLE, AND PICKING GOOD CHINA, YOU KNOW. THESE ARE LIKE-- I'M STARTING TO TURN INTO MY MOM, I THINK.

> Leah: THAT'S A GOOD THING

> I DON'T KNOW.

> Leah: OKAY. THIS IS ONE MORE THAT I READ: YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING COFFEE FOR SO LONG THAT YOU NEED AT LEAST 20 CUPS TO STAY AWAKE.

> NO, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. I COULD, IF I'M WORKING UNTIL LATE HOURS AND IF I'M FALLING ASLEEP, YES. BUT I SAID I WOULD HAVE TO DRINK 20 CUPS OF COFFEE IF I WANTED TO DO ANY KIND OF EFFECT ON ME. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, BECAUSE I'M SO USED TO DRINKING COFFEE SINCE I WAS A BABY. SINCE I WAS 2 YEARS OLD, THEY'VE BEEN FEEDING ME COFFEE.

> Leah: THAT'S WHAT I READ. IN THE BABY BOTTLE?

> NO, NO, NO. NO, AS SOON AS I LEARNED HOW TO GRAB AND HOLD A CUP, THEN I STARTED DRINKING COFFEE, BUT ONE CUP A DAY. I CAN'T START MY DAY UNLESS I HAVE SOME COLOMBIAN COFFEE WITH SKIM MILK, AND-- BUT I DON'T DRINK THAT MUCH. I JUST NEED ONE A DAY; THAT'S IT.

> Leah: WELL, I THINK YOUR FANS NEED YOU RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING OUTSIDE IN THE COLD. DO YOU WANT TO GO SAY HELLO TO THEM?

> THAT'S GREAT, YEAH.

> HI. HOW ARE YOU?

> Leah: SHE'S COMING, GUYS. ALL THE PICTURES ARE SNAPPING RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE ALL SNAPPING WITH THEIR CAMERAS. RIGHT NOW, SHAKIRA IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU, AND WE'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT HER VIDEO, "DON'T BOTHER." HERE SHE IS, SHAKIRA. (Cheering and applause) \S Shakira (Cheering and applause)

> Matte: HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? WELCOME BACK TO "MuchOnDemand." STILL HERE WITH SHAKIRA, AND IT'S STILL BANANAS IN HERE. SHAKIRA, I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR LINER NOTES AND THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE INSIDE.

> THANK YOU.

> Matte: LOOK AT THAT, EH? SORRY. NOW-- (Cheering and applause)

> Matte: IS THIS THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE HERE? IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE?

> YEAH, THAT'S IT.

> Matte: MY QUESTION IS: YOU ARE HOLDING THE FRUIT. YOU ARE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT THERE? WHAT'S THE METAPHOR HERE?

> IT'S FOR YOUR INTERPRETATION. I THINK THAT'S THE FUNCTION OF ART. EVERYONE CAN GET TO THEIR OWN CONCLUSION, BUT I ALSO PROBABLY WANTED TO IMPLY THAT EVE ALSO HAD AN INNER ORAL FIXATION BECAUSE IF SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BITTEN THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT, WE WOULD ALL BE IN PARADISE. SO SHE HAD AN ORAL FIXATION LIKE ALL OF US.

> Matte: SO METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING, YOU MIGHT BE EVE THERE?

> I AM EVE THERE. HOW COME YOU MIGHT-- I AM EVE, NO? I AM EVE. AH, NO.

> Matte: NO, IT'S KIND OF IRONIC BECAUSE COINCIDENTALLY THEY TELL ME I LOOK LIKE ADAM, SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF FUNNY. IT WAS IRONIC THERE.

> I THINK YOU AND I ARE THE PERFECT COUPLE.

> Matte: YOUR ALBUM "ORAL FIXATION VOLUME 2" IS YOUR FIRST ENGLISH ALBUM IN FOUR YEARS. THE COUNTERPART-- HOW DO YOU SAY IT? (Speaking in Spanish)

> Matte: (Speaking in Spanish)

> PERFECT. OH, MY GOD! FIRST TIME!

> Matte: YOUR FIRST SPANISH ALBUM IN SEVEN YEARS. YOU HAD SOME TIME OFF. YOU GOT ENGAGED. I WAS WONDERING HOW HAVE YOU GROWN AS A PERSON DURING THAT TIME OFF?

> NO TIME OFF AT ALL. I KNOW PEOPLE MIGHT THINK THAT I'VE BEEN SCRATCHING MY BELLY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY. I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING REALLY HARD. YOU KNOW, IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO WRITE-- A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO YEARS AFTER THE TOUR OF THE MONGOOSE. I JUST SECLUDED MYSELF IN A RECORDING STUDIO AND STARTED CREATING SONGS AND ARRANGING THEM AND ARRANGING THE DEMOS, AND THEN DOING THE FINAL TRACKS. SO IT WAS QUITE A LONG PROCESS, YOU KNOW, AND WORKING EVERY DAY UNTIL LATE HOURS AT NIGHT.

> Matte: AND YOU WROTE A LOT OF SONGS, 60 SONGS.

> I WROTE 60 SONGS, WHICH IS A LOT OF MUSIC, AND THEN I HAD TO PUT MYSELF IN THE DIFFICULT TASK OF PICKING MY FAVOURITE SONGS, WHICH ENDED UP BEING 20, BUT THAT WAS STILL TOO MUCH MUSIC TO PUT IN ONE CD, SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO SPLIT IT IN TWO AND-- 20 SONGS DIVIDED INTO "ORAL FIXATION ONE" AND "ORAL FIXATION TWO."

> Matte: AND YOU PUT OUT YOUR SPANISH ALBUM FIRST BECAUSE YOU KIND OF WANTED YOUR NONHISPANIC AUDIENCE TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH YOUR OTHER ARTISTRY. WHY WAS THAT IMPORTANT?

> WELL, BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED MY NONHISPANIC FANS TO SORT OF GET FAMILIAR WITH THE OTHER SIDE OF MY ARTISTRY, LIKE YOU SAY. I'VE BEEN SINGING IN SPANISH FOR 14 YEARS, AND I HAD A SECRET ILLUSION OF LIKE HAVING SOME DAY ON THE RADIO, ON NONHISPANIC RADIOS, A SONG THAT WAS WRITTEN AND RECORDED IN SPANISH AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. SO MY DREAM CAME TRUE AND THIS TIME ONE SONG WAS PLAYING IN SO MANY RADIOS ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT-- (Applause) (Cheering)

> --YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN IN MY BEST DREAMS I WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED, BUT IT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW.

> Matte: WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE QUESTION FROM ELENA.

> HI. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU EVER THINK THAT YOUR LYRICS GET LOST IN TRANSLATION, AND IF SO, WHAT LANGUAGE DO THEY HAVE DEEPER MEANING IN?

> FOUR YEARS AGO, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A STRUGGLE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO ACTUALLY WRITE SONGS IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN WHATEVER REPRESENTED ME AS A SONGWRITER IN SPANISH. SO THAT WAS AN INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE BACK THEN, BUT THIS TIME FOR "ORAL FIXATION," I ACTUALLY FOUND MYSELF WRITING IN ENGLISH WITHOUT EVEN PLANNING IT. SO IT WAS SUCH A NATURAL PROCESS, AND I THINK THESE SONGS ARE SO REPRESENTATIVE OF MY POINTS OF VIEW, AND I ACTUALLY GET TO TOUCH CERTAIN THEMES AND CERTAIN TOPICS THAT I DIDN'T TOUCH IN THE SPANISH ALBUM. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME SOCIAL ISSUES. THIS ALBUM HAS SO MUCH DIVERSITY IN REGARDS TO THE SUBJECTS THAT IT EMBRACES.

> Matte: WICKED. YOU WROTE YOUR FIRST SONG WHEN YOU WERE EIGHT. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS ABOUT?

> I REMEMBER THE SONG, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

> Matte: DO YOU? CAN YOU SING A LITTLE BIT FOR US?

> NO, NO. NO. (Cheering and applause)

> NO.

> Matte: JUST A LITTLE BIT.

> NO.

> Matte: OKAY. OKAY.

> IT IS SUCH A DRAMATIC SONG FOR AN 8-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, YEAH.

> Matte: THAT'S WHY I WANT WANT TO HEAR IT. I THINK IT WOULD BE FABULOUS.

> TAKE ME, PROTECT ME UNDER YOUR DARK SUNGLASSES. DON'T ALLOW THE SUN TO TOUCH MY SKIN. DON'T ALLOW IT TO BURN ME. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS LIKE BEYOND... (Laughing)

> Matte: NOW, DID YOU MIX--

> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A DRAMA QUEEN, EVEN AT EIGHT.

> Matte: SPEAKING OF DRAMA, YOU DID SOME ACTING, RIGHT, BUT YOU CAME BACK TO MUSIC. SO I WAS WONDERING: IF YOU COULD ACT OUT A HOT, STEAMY KISSING SCENE WITH ANY HOLLYWOOD ACTOR, WHO WOULD BE YOUR CO-STAR?

> NO. DON'T DO THIS TO ME!

> Matte: WHO WOULD BE THAT PERSON?

> I HAVE MY FANTASIES, TOO, YOU KNOW, BUT, I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE THEM ON PUBLIC TELEVISION.

> Matte: OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH. HOWEVER, YOU ALSO--

> MY BOYFRIEND DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

> Matte: FIANC‚, RIGHT?

> YEAH. YEAH, YEAH.

> Matte: NOW, YOU ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER CREATIVE OUTLETS. YOU SCULPT?

> YEAH, I LIKE SCULPTING. IT'S ONE OF MY HOBBIES, ACTUALLY.

> Matte: I INVITED YOU TO HERE TO DO SCULPTING TODAY. IT'S PERFECT. WE HAVE-- NOW--

> NO, I DON'T SCULPT LIKE THIS. THIS, I HAVE TO BUILD A BUST.

> Matte: YOU HAVE TO BUILD SOMETHING BIG?

> I ACTUALLY SCULPTED-- THE LATEST THING I DID WAS MY BOYFRIEND'S-- HIS WHOLE UPPER--

> Matte: YOU DID THE FULL UPPER--

> I MELTED IT IN BRONZE AND ALUMINUM.

> Matte: REALLY?

> YEAH.

> Matte: SO YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN SCULPT ANYTHING IN THREE MINUTES? WE CAN TAKE A BREAK AND SEE WHAT YOU MADE IN THREE MINUTES. IS THAT POSSIBLE OR NO?

> OKAY. I'VE GOT A VERY GOOD IDEA.

> Matte: WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THE BREAK AND SHE WILL HAVE SOMETHING SCULPTED. (Cheering and applause) ("MuchOnDemand" theme)

> Leah: MORE WITH SHAKIRA UP NEXT. ("MuchOnDemand" theme) (Cheering and applause)

> Matte: WELCOME BACK TO "MuchOnDemand." WE HAVE SHAKIRA.

> Leah: WHAT IS THAT?

> THAT'S MATTE RIGHT THERE.

> Matte: AND I MADE LEAH.

> Leah: SHAKIRA'S IS SO MUCH BETTER, MAN.

> Matte: THIS IS LEAH AND MYSELF, CO-HOSTS OF "MuchOnDemand."

> YOURS IS BETTER, I'VE GOT TO SAY.

> Leah: REALLY?

> Matte: MINE LOOKS LIKE YOU. THE PIERCING EYES, THE POUTING LIPS AND THE BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN LOCKS.

> THIS IS CALLED THE SCREEN, YOU KNOW, OF MATTE. THAT'S THE Much AND YOU. THE LETTER Much AND YOU.

> Leah: I LIKE IT.

> Matte: OH, MY GOSH!

> Leah: WE'RE GOING TO STOP YOUR VOTE-O-MATIC.

> I'M GOING TO SEND YOU PICTURES OF WHAT I CAN, A SAMPLE OF MY WORK.

> Matte: WE'RE GOING TO STOP THAT VOTE-O-MATIC.

> Leah: PEOPLE ARE VOTING ON-LINE RIGHT NOW TO PICK ONE OF YOUR VIDEOS. LET'S STOP IT.

> Matte: BOINX! WHAT HAVE WE GOT?

> Leah: "WHENEVER, WHEREVER." THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE. ARE YOU EXCITED TO SEE THAT ONE?

> AM I GOING TO SEE THAT ONE?

> Leah: WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IT OUT.

> OKAY.

> Matte: THANKS A LOT FOR STOPPING BY.

> MY PLEASURE. (Cheering and applause)

> Leah: --SHAKIRA AND TUNE IN TO THE MuchMoreMusic LIVE TONIGHT WITH SHAKIRA AT 7 p.m. HERE IT IS! (Cheering and applause) (Playing video) ("MuchOnDemand" theme) (Cheering and applause).

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