Month: February 2023

Shakira has made it clear that it is better not to mess with her. Ever since she called it quits with Gerard Piqué, the former FC Barcelona player and founder of the Kings League, the Colombian artist has been billing like no one else with songs of spite and heartbreak.

At the moment, there are already four songs that talk about the subject: Te felicito with Rauw Alejandro, Monotonía with Ozuna, the session with Bizarrap and the upcoming TQG (Te quedó grande) with Karol G. However, although this breakup has been so hard for him, it is not the first time he talks about his relationships in his songs.

In fact, it could be said that he has made a whole career out of talking about his partners and ex-partners, and his compositions have always been linked to his personal life. Let’s take a look at some of her timeless hits she has released over the years to analyze how her career has evolved in this regard.

The first Shakira: before love

Shakira’s career began when she was only 14 years old. Her first studio album was Magia, released in 1991, and included songs she had composed when she was only eight. The second, Peligro, came two years later, but both proved to be flops. In the end, Shakira had to grow up and experiment, and when she did, she released Pies descalzos in 1995, at which point her successful career officially began.

In this album we could already glimpse some of Shakira’s hits related to love, such as ¿Dónde Estás, Corazón, Te necesito or Un poco de amor. However, they are still generic songs since she had not had any big official relationship.

It was in 2000 when all this changed. With a grown-up Shakira and a promising future ahead of her, she fell in love with Antonio de la Rúa, son of former Argentinean president Fernando de la Rúa. After a few months they officially dated and De la Rua became her manager. Here appears the first song directly dedicated by Shakira to a couple: Suerte. Remember all her music trajectory here:

Within the album Laundry Service, this song is based on all the adversities that, according to Shakira, they had to go through before getting together. The song has very clear phrases that explain how their relationship was:

Lucky that you were born in the south

And that we make fun of distances

Lucky to have met you

And for you to love foreign lands

I can climb the Andes alone

To count your moles

With you I celebrate and suffer everything

My joys and my woes

The refrain was also clear, “Contigo, mi vida, quiero vivir la vida y lo que me queda de vida, quiero vivir contigo” (With you, my life, I want to live life and what’s left of my life, I want to live with you). But not all her life would be with him, as we would soon learn.

Antonio de la Rúa: a beautiful heartbreak

Antonio de la Rúa undoubtedly marked Shakira’s life, and the proof is in the songs he released in the following years. Día de enero is one of the most beautiful, which is dedicated directly to their relationship and everything they lived together, from the trips to the wounds suffered by De la Rúa himself, which according to Shakira managed to heal thanks to their love:

I met you one day in January

With the moon in my nose

And as I saw that you were sincere

In your eyes I lost myself

What a clumsy distraction

And what a sweet sensation

And now that we walk the world

Like Aeneas and Benitin

I’ve already found you several scratches

That were done to you out there

But my crazy love

Is your best doctor

And the chorus, again, makes it clear that this was Shakira’s most fruitful songwriting period: Voy a curarte el alma en duelo / Voy a dejarte como nuevo / Y todo va a pasar / Pronto verás el sol brillar / Tú, más que nadie, mereces ser feliz. (I’m going to heal your grieving soul / I’m going to make you as good as new / And everything will pass / Soon you’ll see the sun shine / You, more than anyone else, deserve to be happy.)

This song already made it clear that something was not quite right with their relationship, but that they still loved each other and were going to overcome everything together. Many others of the time also spoke of De la Rúa, but the relationship was not eternal: in 2010 she left him, apparently because of wear and tear and the “monotony” of which Shak has spoken so much later. Although the truth would soon be known: that was the time when the singer started with Gerard Piqué.

Sale el Sol, released in 2010, is one of Shakira’s first straightforward heartbreak songs. But nothing to do with Casios and Twingos. Her relationship with her manager was beautiful, and she makes it clear in the lyrics:

These weeks without seeing you

Seemed like years

I wanted to kiss you so much

That my lips hurt

Look how fear made us

To commit stupid things

It left us deaf and blind

So many times

The chorus is finally hopeful and talks about coming out after a breakup, but without the toxicity he would later flaunt. Another heartbreaking song of the moment was Lo que más, in which he directly cites what it costs him to leave his relationship. But back then there was no such thing as hate. Everything was beautiful.

The arrival of Piqué: love and bicycles

Shakira’s life reached a new point after the World Cup in South Africa. The young Gerard Piqué filled the Colombian’s life with color, and she showed it in several songs that made it clear that she would do everything for her footballer. The clearest of them all was Me enamoré, from 2017, in which she explains how their relationship began:

Life began to change me

The night I met you

I had little to lose

And it went on like this

Me in my striped bra

And my hair half done

I thought: This is still a boy

But what am I going to do?

The chorus, already at a somewhat less compositional level than the previous songs, made his feelings clear: “Me enamoré, me ena-ena-namoré / Lo vi solito y me lanzé / Me ena-ena-namoré” (I fell in love, I fell in love, I fell in love).

But shortly before, Shakira already released an even more viral song that talked about her “Pique”. In La Bicicleta, together with Carlos Vives, she left the following verses that showed that she was not for anyone else:

Everybody says (Take me, take me on your bike)

So that we can play rag ball over there in Chancleta

That if you show Piqué the Tayrona one day

Then he won’t want to go to Barcelona

So much so that she even sang a version of Boig per tu, a classic Catalan ballad that is one of Piqué’s favorite songs. This, perhaps, was the best moment that Shakira left us in her relationship with the founder of the Kings League. But Clara Chía arrived… and everything changed.

Shakira’s rebound arrives in her life

Not that Shakira had waited to end with Piqué to write a song of spite. One of her biggest hits is Renuncio, from 2001, in which she became a cartoon (as in the later tribute of Bizarrap‘s Session) to end a bad love affair. But at that time he spoke in general, without having yet experienced the real betrayal.

When Piqué ended the relationship through the back door, Shakira was waiting to return to music. But she did it through the big door. First she made clear Piqué’s coldness with Te felicito, in which she dedicated verses to him like “Por completarte me rompí en pedazos / Me lo me lo advieron pero no hice caso / Me lo cuenta que lo tuyo es falso / Fue la gota que rebasó el vaso” (For completing you I broke into pieces / They warned me but I didn’t pay attention / I realized that yours is false / It was the straw that broke the camel’s back).

But there was still a lot left to say. Months later, she released Monotonía with Ozuna, in which she blamed the routine more than her own relationship, although she already made it clear that she owed nothing to Piqué with verses like “Nunca dije nada, pero me dolía, yo sabía que esto pasaría / Lo tuyo y haciendo lo mismo, siempre buscando protagonismo” (“I never said anything, but it hurt, I knew this would happen / Your thing and doing the same thing, always looking for the limelight.”).

Finally, he brought out the session with Bizarrap in which he even hit him in the ID card. He attacked him so much that it is almost in bad taste to put the lyrics, but come on, they charged from Clara Chia to Piqué’s mother.

Now, with Karol G, he is about to release a new song, addressed to both the ex-football player and Anuel AA. At the moment, we only know a couple of phrases that will come out, but they make clear the path that the song will take:

“You going out for food and me thinking it was the monotony.”

“At least with me, I was keeping you pretty.”

Everything is about to change in the DC Comics film division. With James Gunn and Peter Safran as the new heads of what has been called DC Studios, Warner wants to completely turn around its productions and bring long-awaited titles like Superman: Legacy or Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow to fruition. But before that, there are still DCEU films to be released, which are in a strange limbo.

One of those movies that is about to be released is The Flash, the film starring Ezra Miller that will bring the return of Michael Keaton as Batman. But there is also another movie that is eagerly awaited by the public: Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom. The sequel to Aquaman will arrive for Christmas, on December 25, 2023. And later it will arrive for HBO Max. But its first reviews do not seem very satisfactory.

What do the first reactions to Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom say?

As Viewer Anon explains via Reddit, the hype for Aquaman 2 may soon volatilize. James Wan’s film makes it clear that “it’s not as good as the first one”, and may even become the worst of the DCEU so far. This is what he explains in words reinforced by Big Screen Leaks on his Twitter:

“I’ll be honest, we’re half a dozen test screenings in and it doesn’t look very good. I’ve heard incessantly, over the last half year or so, that it’s boring, not as good as the first one and potentially one of the worst movies in the DCEU.”

ViewerAnon on ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’: "I’ll be honest, we’re half a dozen test screenings in and it’s not looking great. I’ve consistently heard over the last half year or so that it’s boring, not as good as the first, and potentially one of the worst DCEU movies." from DCEUleaks

Apparently, the film will keep Amber Heard, as Mera, despite the controversies in which the actress has entered after her trial with Johnny Depp. But this is far from being the only one of her problems:

“I’m not happy to back this up and tell you that test screenings for this film have not been good. I really hope James Wan fixes the film before December. Honestly, they need to fix it and quickly”.

Disney Plus continues to expand its catalog. In the middle of the streaming war, in which Netflix seems to be losing points after its latest policies on shared accounts, the Mickey Mouse platform continues to grow more and more.

Next week a big premiere will arrive on Disney+ that many of us have been waiting for months: the third season of The Mandalorian. But, in the meantime, the streaming service continues to release new fiction for its users to enjoy. This week, from February 20 to 26, 3 interesting new releases are premiering:

Fleishman Is In Trouble – February 22

Jesse Eisenberg, the Lex Luthor actor in Batman V Superman, stars in this miniseries in which he brings to life Toby Fleishman, a 41-year-old newly divorced man who plunges into the new world of online dating with a success he never had in his youth. But as he begins his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife Rachel disappears, leaving him with their children Hannah, 11, and Solly, 9, and no clue as to where she is. This is a short series of 8 episodes.

Call It Love – February 22

Disney+ is also getting its hands on Korean fiction. Call It Love is a South Korean melodrama with a 16-episode season. This story explores the relationship between a man and a woman who are plunged into a grand plan for revenge, and how their relationship begins to affect that plan.

The Low Tone Club – Season 2 – February 22

The second season of The Low Tone Club, a Colombian series starring Carlos Vives, also arrives on the platform. It tells the story of an unconventional music teacher, Amaranto Molina, who teaches at a school specializing in music education.

ChatGPT has managed to blow our minds in recent months thanks to its abilities as a conversational chatbot and its great potential as a tool (for programming, text writing, calculation, etc.). And if that’s not enough, you can also use ChatGPT on your website and build your own virtual assistant.

Although Microsoft has spent millions of dollars to integrate this technology into Bing, that doesn’t mean you have to. Thanks to a free plugin, you will have your chatbot ready in a matter of minutes.

Before starting the process, you must make sure of several things. First of all, your website has to use WordPress, which is essential. Next, you will need to register with OpenAI if you haven’t already done so and finally, download Jordy Meow’s AI plugin. It’s free and it’s designed to be used in WordPress.

Create your own chatbot based on artificial intelligence

To get started, you will need to install the Jordy Meow plugin. Once you have done so, look for Meow Apps in your WordPress dashboard menu. Next, select AI Enginle from the submenu and click on the Chatbot tab.

When you are inside, you will find a wide range of options that will allow you to adjust the behavior and appearance of your chatbot to the millimeter. You will also be able to add more than one chatbot in different locations within your website.

One of the settings you should take into account is the “context” section, which is what allows the AI to have personality. This is important because you will be able to tailor your “virtual assistant” to what your website offers. For example, if you are developing a website aimed at children, you may want the chatbot to respond in a cheerful and simple way. In the box that appears, you only have to describe how you want it to be.

The built-in Chatbot Builder will also let us name our chatbot and even leave a predefined greeting or initial message. The conversation style is almost identical to ChatGPT, as it uses their technology to function. Jordy Meow’s plugin allows you to adjust more technical details, many of them related to the AI model you choose to use for your website.

Although the free version of the plugin allows you to do many things, the truth is that there are others that are reserved only for the Pro version. If you finally decide to checkout, the chatbot will do things like read your website and respond to your visitors based on that. For example, if a customer wants to know something specific about a product you sell, they can ask the chatbot directly. Pro accounts start from a base price of $30, so it’s not too expensive an option either.

How do I implement the chatbot on my website?

Luckily, the chatbot integration process is quite easy. You’ll find a code below the creation panel that you can then insert into your WordPress page. Note that you’ll be able to customize the design of the chatbot in all areas. Do you want it to appear as a pop-up window? Or do you prefer it to be full screen? What colors will it wear? It’s up to you.

Be careful with the price

It is true, we said that the plugin was free. However, access to the OpenAI server is not. Although its price is not unreasonable for what it offers (basic questions and answers cost a fraction of a cent), its cost can increase if the chatbot on our website is heavily used.

The plugin itself will count the cost of each request made to the ChatGPT servers. However, if you don’t want to get a surprise on your bills, you will need to configure your account on the OpenAI website to set a monthly billing limit. You can find this option by clicking on your profile and then in the top right corner under Manage Account > Billing > Usage limits.

When you reach your billing limit, the chatbot will stop working and return an error message to users. Although it may not be the best possible option, we must keep an eye on our wallet first and foremost.

Power your website with ChatGPT

As you have seen, implementing a chatbot on your website couldn’t be easier. Thanks to the potential of artificial intelligence, we can take our website to the next level and offer better customer service. Will you try using ChatGPT on your website?

Shakira continues with her musical revenge. After releasing Te felicito with Rauw Alejandro, Monotonía with Ozuna and her Session with Bizarrap, she will release next Friday TQG (Te quedó grande), a new song with Karol G in which the other singer will also throw her own jabs against her ex Anuel AA.

In case it wasn’t clear that women don’t cry anymore, they bill, the launch of the song is going big. Shakira and Karol G have released a small teaser trailer of what will be the music video, and they have done it in Times Square, no less.

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On Wednesday, the artists revealed the first official image of the duet, and announced on their social networks that fans would have a very special surprise, but only people who were in New York at the time would be able to see it.

Gathered at 6:45 pm New York time, Shakira and Karol G’s fans gathered in front of the screens in Times Square, where a preview of TQG’s music video was projected. The footage showed the Bichota singer throwing herself from the top of a building. For her part, Shakira dances in her usual way in a blue dress.

Without a doubt, the music video promises to live up to a song that will once again drag Gerard Piqué, the founder of the Kings League, through the mud. We’ll see if he comes out of this one with a Twingo or a Casio. He certainly doesn’t seem to be able to sink any lower.

The Mandalorian is Disney Plus’ most iconic series. When the streaming platform launched in 2019, it did so alongside this Jon Favreau-directed series, which has not stopped winning fans among both the biggest Star Wars fans and casuals or those new to the franchise.

The reasons are many, from a sublime performance by Pedro Pascal to a structure based on a very consistent role-playing game. The Mandalorian is even a thread through the other Star Wars fictions (from Ahsoka to The Book of Boba Fett). And we still have a lot more to see. Season 3 of the series premieres this year, so we’ll summarize everything we know so far.

The Mandalorian S3 Release Date

The third season of The Mandalorian will premiere very soon. Next Wednesday, March 1, it will land on Disney Plus. However, it will not have a simultaneous premiere of the whole season as it happens with Netflix fictions. As with The Last of Us, each week we will have a new episode of the series.

What happened between Seasons 2 and 3 of The Mandalorian?

The second season of The Mandalorian ended in style. After following Mando and Grogu (formerly Baby Yoda) in their adventures throughout space for many episodes, the series ended when Grogu ended up going with none other than Luke Skywalker to be instructed by him.

The ending of this season was incredible. However, the series will not pick up where it left off. In between these two seasons there has been another series that has directly affected the events that will occur in Season 3 of The Mandalorian: The Book of Boba Fett.

The character we already saw in the original Star Wars trilogy has a substantial weight in the plot of the series. His last two chapters are, as with Marvel events, indispensable to follow in the footsteps of Mando and Grogu. They are more than necessary to see them to follow everything up to date. So you know, if you haven’t seen them yet, you have time before March 1.

What will Season 3 of The Mandalorian be about?

As we could already see in the official trailer of the season, The Mandalorian T3 will continue the story of Din Djarin (who we know as Mando) after what happened in The Book of Boba Fett. The Mandalorian is back alongside Grogu after confronting Luke Skywalker, and the two travel aboard a ship known to fans as the Naboo fighter from the run of The Phantom Menace.

Mando will travel to his original planet, Mandalore, which has been ravaged by the Empire during the war. After discovering that the different clans of his planet were dispersed throughout the galaxy, Mando must atone for his offenses against his faith and obtain forgiveness from his culture. To do so, he will have to pass a test in the underground tunnels of his planet, for which he will have the help of the (no longer so small and weak) Grogu.

This challenge will be the backbone of the first episodes of Season 3 of The Mandalorian, but it will not be the only one. After getting the Darksaber, Mando must claim the throne and leadership of his planet Mandalore. It is a position he does not initially want, but which is also sought by Bo-Katan Kryze, who seeks to unite all the scattered clans of the planet, so they will surely end up facing each other for it at some point.

Also, there is one loose end left to resolve, which will surely come in this season: how did Grogu escape from Order 66 and Darth Vader’s Jedi Purge? will we see it in the next chapters? will we know who rescued him? We will soon find out.

How many episodes will The Mandalorian T3 have and who will direct them?

Once again, the Star Wars series will have 8 episodes, which have been written by showrunners Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni. Favreau has signed all of them and Filoni has only been directly involved in the fourth and seventh. In addition, Noah Kloor (The Book of Boba Fett) is co-signing the script of the third chapter with Favreau, so it may have something to do with his series.

As for the directors, although we do not yet know them specifically by chapters, we know that they will be the following:

• Rick Famuyiwa (repeats as director).
• Bryce Dallas Howard (repeats as director).
• Carl Weathers (moves from series actor to director).
• Rachel Morrison (new addition).
• Lee Isaac Chung (new addition).
• Peter Ramsey (new addition).

Cast of The Mandalorian S3

Very few details have been revealed about the characters of the new batch of episodes of The Mandalorian, probably because there are many surprises in store for us. But we do know of some notable actors returning or joining this season:

• Pedro Pascal will return as Mando.
• Carl Weathers will return as Greef Karga.
• Katee Sackhoff will return as Bo-Katan Kryze.
• Giancarlo Esposito will reprise his role as Moff Gideon.
• Amy Sedaris will return as Peli Motto.
• Emily Swallow will return as Armera.
• Omid Abtahi will return as Doctor Pershing.
• Simon Kassianides will return as Axe woves.
• Tait Fletcher will return as Paz Vizsla.
• Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown from Back to the Future) will have a surprise new role.

Trailers and posters for The Mandalorian S3

Finally, we leave you with some trailers and posters that have been released about the new season of the series.

A Stranger Things star returns to Netflix: the week’s premieres

Netflix is trying to combat massive user churn following the announcement that subscribers can no longer share their passwords. And to balance the scales a bit, the platform is releasing several exciting new movies and series.

This week, from February 20 to 26, Netflix will release some very interesting fictions. Below we leave you with some of the most outstanding ones. There are for so many tastes that surely some of them are worth watching.

Latest Netflix releases

We Have a Ghost- February 24

The biggest news of the week on VOD platforms is that David Harbour is returning to Netflix. The leading character of Stranger Things premieres a movie on the streaming service: We have a Ghost.

This is an all-ages film that mixes comedy and horror. Harbour steps out of the moody Hopper from Stranger Things to take on the role of a kid-friendly ghost. We will also see Anthony Mackie, the new Captain America, and Jennifer Coolidge, Emmy winner for The White Lotus, in the film.

Formula 1: Drive to Survive – Season 5 – February 24th

A curious Netflix product is Formula 1: Drive to Survive. It is a documentary series that serves as a recap of the previous Formula 1 season before the races for the next season begin to take place.

Season 5 will review the last season, in which Max Verstappen managed to become the champion, followed by Charles Leclerc, and in which Red Bull completed the game with the Constructors’ World Championship. It will undoubtedly be exciting for motor racing fans.

Triptych – February 22

One series that is now available for viewing is Triptych, a Mexican thriller and drama fiction that has been produced by Argos TV for Netflix. The series is based on hard-hitting true events, and follows the story of Rebecca, a girl who discovered that, at birth, she was separated from her two identical sisters. Rebecca undertakes a dangerous quest to find out her origin, which will lead her to learn much more about herself.

Call Me Chihiro – February 23

No, although we would like to, this is not a remake or anything similar to Spirited Away. Call Me Chihiro is a Japanese film directed by Rikiya Imaizumi, director of such gems as Just Only Love and Over the town. In this film she plays the role of an ex-prostitute who does not hide her past. The protagonist starts working at a food stall in a small coastal town and comforting the lonely souls who pass by, in a small but very thoughtful story.

Outer Banks – Season 3 – February 23

One series that Netflix has not cancelled and already has quite a few fans under its belt is Outer Banks. The story is about a teenager who recruits his three best friends to search for a legendary treasure related to the disappearance of his father. Gradually, he realizes that nothing is what it seems. The third season arrives this week, and promises a major plot twist.

All the Netflix premieres this week

These aren’t the only Netflix premieres this week, so we’ll leave you with a full list of everything the platform is bringing:

• Triptych (series) – Feb. 22
• Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal (docuseries) – February 22nd
• The Strangers (movie) – February 22
• Call Me Chihiro (movie) – February 23rd
• Outer Banks S3 (series) – February 23
• We Have a Ghost (movie) – February 24
• Formula 1: Drive to Survive S5 (docuseries) – February 24
• Oddballs S2 (series) – February 24