Shakira Shares Glimpse Into Grammy Rehearsals Ahead of Award Show Performance on Her 48th Birthday

Mar. 15, 2025

Shakira in March 2024.Photo:Shareif Ziyadat/Getty

Shareif Ziyadat/Getty

Leave it toShakirato celebrate her birthday on theGrammysstage!

The pop superstar is turning 48 on Sunday, Feb. 2, the same day she is slated to take the stage at the2025 Grammy Awardsfor a performance — and she teased some of the moves she’ll debut at the Crypto.com Arena ceremony ahead of the big day.

In one shot, she grabs her hair and pops her hip, and in another, she gets down low and shows off her flexibility on a rehearsal mat, resting on her calves and hands as she pushes out her abdomen in a classic Shakira pose.

“I’m coming back to the GRAMMYs stage and on my birthday!” the singer wrote in the caption. “See you tomorrow night. 🎶✨ #GRAMMYs.”

And, like her fellow performers, Shakira isalso nominated for an award at the ceremony. The singer is up for best Latin pop album for her 12th studio album,Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran. Released in March 2024, the record — which translates toWomen Don’t Cry Anymore—marked her first album release in seven years.

Shakira’s birthday performance at the Grammys also comes as the star is preparing to hit the road for her2025 Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour. The North American leg, which waspreviously postponed, will now kick off in May and run through June, and includes several added stadium shows to accommodate more fans.

Shakira in 2023.CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP via Getty

CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP via Getty

The tour also marks Shakira’s first world tour since 2018’s El Dorado World Tour, as well as an emotional moment for the singer, for whomLas Mujeres Ya No Lloranwas a crucial part of her grieving processfollowing her2022 splitwith exGerard Piqué(Shakira sharessons Milan, 12, and Sasha, 10with retired athlete.)

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“For many months after my separation I had been silent, trying to begin my mourning, but I couldn’t really begin to grieve until I started writing music,” she toldGQ Spainin October 2024. “It was my way of healing. And it continues to be.”

“Grief is a process that is not linear,” she added at the time. “It is full of peaks and valleys.”

The Grammy Awards takes place on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. ET at the Crypto.com Arena. Viewers can tune in live on CBS and Paramount+.

source: people.com