Much expectation had been generated by the announcement of a collaboration between Shakira and Rauw Alejandro; even a few days ago the barranquillera announced, through her social networks, the release date of the single 'Te Felicito'.
On April 14, the Colombian public the official poster indicating that April 22 would be the release day of the song. The fact is that both the impact that the Puerto Rican has had and Shakira's need to please her audience with a new single.
And it is that the urban artist has been leading the new generation of Latin musicians since his career became known in 2017; since that year, many of his successes have achieved Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum certifications, consolidating even in the midst of the pandemic, because during the compulsory confinement he made one of the most iconic virtual concerts of the year in front of more than one million YouTube viewers in real time from the Puerto Rico Colosseum.
Thanks to that presentation, it managed to become a trend in 14 countries, and that was a reason for Shakira to focus on him in order to make a new collaboration in Spanish, since his latest releases have been in English.
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“I congratulate you, that you act well, I have no doubt about that. With your role continues, that show suits you. I congratulate you, that you act well, I have no doubt about that”, were the lyrics of the song that, as an advance, la barranquillera had shared on its social networks before the premiere this Thursday.
Finally, the video was released in the last few hours, surprising her millions of followers who thought it would be released on Friday the 22nd, which is why on social networks the Colombian artist became a trend within a few minutes; and while some celebrated the anticipated release, others dared to make memes with some scenes from the video related to 'Encanto'.
Here is the video for the new song 'Te congratulito' by Shakira and Rauw Alejandro
Now, what other merits has Rauw Alejandro had for being with Shakira?
It is worth mentioning that the latest album is 'Vice Versa', which was released in June 2021 receiving acceptable comments from critics. He even debuted as number one on Billboard's Top Latin Album chart, as well as on the podium in the 'Top debut album' of the Spotify platform.
In addition, it was in that same year that he made his front row with all the tickets sold in the United States, with stops in Spain and his hometown in Puerto Rico, which had four sold-out shows. It was also recently known that he will be part of the artists invited to the Latin America Music Awards 2022 and is a trend in social networks.
And it is that a video was recently leaked of the singer originally from San Juan -Puerto Rico- with his gloves on and hitting the same sack as the Mexican boxer, Canelo Álvarez. Although both characters performed the same movement for a few minutes, the difference in technique was noticed when it came to executing the guantazos. In another publication, Reynoso himself confirmed Alejandro's presence when he showed himself bandaging his fists.
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