Shakira - Oral Fixation / Don't Bother

The first single to be taken from 'Oral Fixation vol. 2' will be 'Don't Bother'. Evocing destructive passion, 'Don't Bother' is an emotional ménage of pre and post breakup frustration directed at the man who is cheating on Shakira with a woman who 'went to private school' and is 'tall and fat free'. Released in early February 'Don't Bother' is the perfect antidote to Valentine's Day schmaltz, the unconventional lover's anthem.

Indeed the unconventional approach to things is characteristic of Shakira and is no more evident than in the artwork of 'Oral Fixation vol 2'. A depiction of Shakira as Eve tasting the forbidden fruit in Renaissance style hints at Shakira's fascination with the traditional iconography of the female as both deceiver and mother, with the mouth as the instrument of both song and spite: "Mother and child and original sin are recurrent concepts of the Renaissance period, and I wanted to (use) the historical character, I wanted to attribute to Eve more reason to bite the forbidden fruit"- she says.page << 1 2 3 4 >>