After a brief hiatus, Colombian pop artist Shakira is back on radio and in the tabloids with a new, scathing break-up song she produced with Argentine DJ-producer Bizarrap.

Shakira’s ex-partner, the retired Spanish soccer great Gerard Piqué, is the target of a vicious new diss track by the singer dubbed “Bzrp Music Sessions #53.”

Fans circulated a particularly scathing line throughout the internet, “Women don’t cry anymore / Women cash in,” which resulted in 50 million YouTube views in the first 24 hours of the song’s release.The reigning music queen of Latin America has been involved in multiple scandals, and this primer will help you catch up if you haven’t been following the news.

Let’s start with the obvious question: who is Bizarrap?

Bizarrap, a 24-year-old producer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, was born Gonzalo Julián Conde. He rose to fame as a key figure in Argentina’s burgeoning Latin trap movement. He got his start in the late 2010s mixing freestyles for Argentine rappers including Duki, Nicki Nicole, and Paulo Londra, all of whom had been nominated for Latin Grammys.

Since then, Bizarrap’s “Bzrp Music Sessions” YouTube series has become incredibly popular beyond the Southern Hemisphere. These exclusives feature a lone vocalist or MC and the producer himself as he crafts brash, electronic dance music–influenced trap beats in his Barcelona studio.

A 2022 collaboration with Spanish rapper Quevedo, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” racked up 88.3 million Spotify streams and went straight to the top of the Global Songs chart. (One of The Times’ Top 100 Songs of 2022 was a collaboration with Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano.)

If Shakira is as famous as she claims to be, why would she want to collaborate with him on a song?

These sessions have become emblems of success for many people, not simply rising rap stars. Nicky Jam and Anuel AA, two of the most prominent figures in the urbano genre, have each recorded solo sessions, while Skrillex, a major inspiration for the up-and-coming artist Bizarrap, stopped by to collaborate.

Shakira, 45, wished Bizarrap a happy birthday on Twitter in August after following him for some time. We are still in awe of her amazing Super Bowl performance, and it’s safe to say that this latest collaboration has the potential to become Bizarrap’s first significant radio smash in the United States.

Shakira and Piqué seem to have had a falling out

The couple, who had been together for 11 years and had two children together (Milan and Sasha), announced their separation in June. We’re sorry to say that we’ve decided to end our marriage. Our children’s safety is our top concern, so please don’t pry into our personal lives. In a statement, the couple thanked readers for their compassion.

What appeared to be a standard celebrity breakup was actually quite unusual. There was news that Piqué was seeing his coworker at his TV production company, 23-year-old Clara Chá Mart. They were caught kissing at a music festival in August, although it’s unknown when they first started dating.

Exactly what does Shakira have to say about Piqué in her new song?

She sings, “A wolf like me isn’t for guys like you,” a great reference to the Spanish version of her 2009 electropop hit song “She Wolf,” which she covered in the song “Loba.”

But in the next sentence, she makes an even more direct reference to Pique by making a pun on his surname: “Yo solo hago msica, perdón que te salpique.” What this means in English is “I merely make music; I’m sorry that it splashed you.”

As if that weren’t bad enough, Piqué’s new girlfriend is slung into the mud as well: “Tiene nombre de persona bueno / Claramente no es como suena,” When singing about Clara, Shakira uses the word claramente as a play on the name, singing, “She has the name of a good person / Clearly it’s not as it sounds.”

To that, she says, “No hard feelings, sweetie / I wish you the best with my purported substitute.” You gave up a Ferrari and got a Twingo; you gave up a Rolex and got a Casio; I’m worth two 22s.

Shakira isn’t shy about spilling the beans, as evidenced by the following verse: “You left me a neighbor to [my] mother-in-law / Press at my door and in debt with the Treasury / You thought you harmed me, but you made me stronger.”