The show of Shakira at the gala of the MTV VMAs came to an end when the audience at the Prudential Center in Newark handed him a typical Colombian hat, changing the direction of his performance. The singer has now told What did you feel when you saw it? and what did it mean to her at such an important moment in his career.
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Shakira made history at the gala the MTV VMAs 2023 by becoming the first Latin artist to win the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. The Colombian singer celebrated the moment by reviewing her career in a performance of just over ten minutes, considered one of the best of these awards held for the first time in 1984.
The artist from Barranquilla prepared her musical number with care, as she showed on her social networks days before, and tried (unsuccessfully) not to miss any details. At the end of the performance, just before singing a part of the Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 burst onto the scene a typical vueltiao hat from Colombia that was not part of the script.
“I have no idea where the hat came from because it was not planned,” said the artist during her visit this Saturday to her hometown, where she also explained what she felt when she saw it. “It was like when a shipwrecked person in the middle of the sea receives a life preserver.”
The singer saw it and put it on without hesitation. “It was very nice because I feel that that hat It represents each of us Barranquilla residents and also represents my culture. “It represents the work of artisans who work every day, my indigenous culture, my Colombian culture, who I am, my Colombianness,” the singer continued, for whom the hat was more than an accessory.
For Shakira it was feeling “accompanied in such an important moment.” “It was like when someone gives you a hug just when you need it.”, he explained. “That’s what I felt.”
The performance of Shakira at the gala of the MTV VMAs came to an end when the audience at the Prudential Center in Newark handed him a typical Colombian hat, changing the direction of his performance. The singer has now told What did you feel when you saw it? and what it meant to her at such an important moment in her career.
The vueltiao hat, typical of the Caribbean coast of Colombia, is one of the garments that Colombians use when they want to show their national pride, especially abroad. This press has been considered a Cultural Symbol of the Nation since 2004 and in 2021 it was declared a cultural, material and artisanal reference in the Andean region. In Colombia, June 18 is considered Vueltiao Hat Day.
