{"id":231001,"date":"2023-05-21T02:35:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T06:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=290171"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:09:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:09:01","slug":"shakira-is-again-accused-of-plagiarism-for-acrostic-to-the-third-time-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/shakira-is-again-accused-of-plagiarism-for-acrostic-to-the-third-time-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakira&#8217;s &#8216;Acrostic&#8217; Under Scrutiny: Is the Singer in Hot Water for Plagiarism Yet Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plagiarism like you-u-u-u-u-u-u-it&#8217;s happened again. After being accused of <strong>plagiarizing her session with Bizarrap by using the same cadence as a Venezuelan singer <\/strong>named Briella (the comparisons, truth be told, leave no room for doubt), now Shakira has been pilloried again for copying in the exam. And the fact is that &#8216;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/shakira-doesnt-get-tired-in-acrostic-throws-more-taunts-at-pique-while-showing-love-for-her-children?ex=DINS-635.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acr\u00f3stico<\/a><\/strong>&#8216; <strong>looks suspiciously similar to a song by Paula Mattheus.<\/strong> What an eye, Shak.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Spotify\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/0d7f88f0-96da-11e6-9120-00163ed833e7\/2539294922\/spotify-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Spotify<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/spotify.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/spotify.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Just like you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This case may not be as flagrant as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/bzrp-music-sessions-54-full-lyrics-arcangel-bizarrap?ex=DINS-635.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bizarrap&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong>, but it is true that it leaves the door wide open to possible coincidence. The fact is that &#8216;<strong>Te lo dije de verdad&#8217;, which came out a year ago, shares chords and melody<\/strong> with the song that Shakira plays on the piano with her children (that&#8217;s another controversy for another time). The lyrics are radically different, but anyone would say that the singer likes to compose &#8220;by ear&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paula Mattheus -  Te lo Dije de Verdad (Videoclip Oficial)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cEan0egmJqM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattheus, of course, has come to the fore explaining that let&#8217;s see. That surely it&#8217;s a coincidence and nothing has happened here, right? <strong>These are things that happen in music, everything is invented <\/strong>and, in the end, it will serve to promote the career of a singer much less known than the Colombian but who has great collaborations with David Otero, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-serrano-videoclip-fran-perea?ex=DINS-635.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Despistaos <\/a><\/strong>or Rozalen. Not with children, for whatever reason. Shakira 1-Paula Mattheus 0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shakira - Acr\u00f3stico (Official Video)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PWmJhh_qTSY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are not the first times <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/shakira-speech-woman-of-the-year?ex=DINS-635.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shakira <\/a><\/strong>has faced accusation for plagiarizing a song. <strong>In 2019 she went to trial along with Carlos Vives for the composition of &#8216;La bicicleta<\/strong>&#8216;, of all songs in the world. In this case it was Liv\u00e1n Castellano Vald\u00e9s who denounced them for the song &#8216;Yo te quiero tanto&#8217;, from 1997. The singer herself said that there was nothing similar and the judge gave her the reason, but has not ruled on the comparisons with Mattheus and Briella: although never of the two has any interest in getting into a trial, you never know if you can sal-picar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakira has once again been in the pillory for cheating on the exam. And it is that looks suspiciously like a song by Paula Mattheus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":231002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2381,4299,4300,4266],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-231001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionspotify","tag-cancion","tag-plagio","tag-shakira"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320187,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231001\/revisions\/320187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231001"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=231001"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=231001"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=231001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}