Shakira Explains Why Her Old Music Makes Her Cringe While Trying Not to Throw Up on ‘Hot Ones’

Spicy wings can be la tortura. Shakira found that out for herself when joining Sean Evans on his Hot Ones web series Thursday (April 4), where the pop star fought her way through painfully hot sauces while opening up about her older music — including what makes her cringe when listening to it now.

When asked by Evans which aspects of her earlier songs make her “wince” now that she’s nearly 30 years into her career, Shakira replied, “so many things.” “I think I used to overdo the cries in my voice,” she continued, before replicating her old style: “‘Lo de lo de lo de’ — it’s too much. I think I was exaggerated. Too much, Shakira.”

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“I noticed that after my pregnancies, my voice got thicker, more rounded, more full,” she added. “My choices are more mature. I have evolved as a woman, as a person. My intellect has evolved.”

Soon afterward, the “She Wolf” singer tasted a hot sauce that was so intense, she had to submerge her tongue in a glass of milk for several seconds. “I feel like I’m going to throw up,” she said, her eyes intermittently welling up with tears.

Luckily, she rallied, going on to reveal which of her songs she’s most likely to hear fans shout at her in public: “Hips Don’t Lie.”

“‘Shakira! Do your hips lie?'” she mimicked. “I’m like, ‘I have other songs, you know.'”

The new episode comes a couple weeks after the superstar dropped her new album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, which recently debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart. It features collaborations with Cardi B, Bizarrap, Rauw Alejandro, Karol G and more.

Watch Shakira’s Hot Ones episode above.

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