Shakira, Eres Tu? / Are You Shakira?

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Shakira, ¿Eres Tu? or Are You Shakira? in English refers to a TikTok video of an impersonator of pop musician Shakira mimicking the singer's voice and dance moves. The video went viral on December 2022, starting a TikTok trend in which people replicate @jaycolindres' original video.

Origin

On December 20th, 2022, the TikTok creator @jaycolindres^[1] uploaded a video dressed as the Colombian pop musician Shakira. In the video, a person walks behind him and says, "Shakira, ¿eres tu?" (Shakira, is that you?). The creator turns around and does a dance in ironic confirmation that he is Shakira. The video received 211 million views and 20 million likes in one month.

Spread

As of January 23rd, 2023, the viral video posted by @jaycolindres's inspired 35,800 other creators on TikTok. elmosquitobaby^[2] recreated the scene on January 1st, 2023, receiving 16 million and 1 million likes in four weeks (below, left). The cartoon account @nobodysausage^[3] shared an animated version of the original video, garnering 53 million views and 4.5 million likes in four weeks (below, right).

On December 22nd, 2022, user @faresletunisien^[4] uploaded an alleged Shakira video reacting to @jaycolindres's comedy skit. The singer's reaction video received 88 million views and 5.5 million likes (seen below).

On January 17th, 2023, TikTok user @daddyraidan^[5] posted a video with a friend wearing the same clothes as Shakira for the Bizarrap Sessions #53 music video, pretending as if the singer joined the trend. The video garnered 23.3 million views and 2.2 million likes (seen below).

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