“This Doesn’t Work in America No?” – Shakira Rightly Predicted the Global Smartphone Culture in a 20-Year-Old Resurfaced Footage

The fans consider Shakira one of the greatest Latin American artists to ever exist. Over the years, the Colombian star has gained expertise in quite a few genres of music. The 46-year-old has been composing and writing music for over two decades. Recently, an iconic 20-year-old video of the ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ singer has surfaced on the internet. At that time, Shakira was just establishing herself in the music industry.

The video seems to be from the time she was traveling overseas. In this interesting clip, the Latin American singer accurately predicted a certain type of technology while it barely existed back then.

Shakira correctly predicted the use of phones!

The Twitter account that posted that video claims that it was from 2002. The video is seemingly from when Shakira was touring Japan. In the video, she is around a few of her Japanese companions. All of a sudden, one of them pulls out a flip phone and takes a picture of the Colombian star. However, Shakira seemed extremely confused by what was happening around her.

She inquisitively asked, “Is that a camera?”. Her Japanese friend immediately agreed. A surprised Shakira gets hold of the flip phone and begins inspecting it. She then says, “This one doesn’t work in America no? Because I think all the paparazzis will click”. Everyone in the room then has a good chuckle at the singers’ comments. She then asked whether the flip phone could take videos or not.

Little did they know that Shakira was accurately predicting the use of smartphones in the future. It’s now safe to say that every person that meets the Latin American star on the road wants to click a picture with her on their smartphone. Shakira was still building her loyal fanbase back then, but no fan can stop smiling even after watching that video today.

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Let’s have a look at how Shakira’s life eventually panned out.

Without a doubt, she’s come a long way!

It’s safe to say that Shakira has been through a lot since 2002. She has won numerous awards and accolades over the years, including three Grammy awards too. She also composed and wrote ‘Waka-Waka’ one of the headline songs during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. However, the Colombian star’s life has taken a drastic turn in recent times. Last year, she broke up with her ex-boyfriend, Gerard Pique.

But the saga started to attract more eyes when she released a hard-hitting diss track several months later as an act of indirect revenge for the same. As of today, she’s seeming happy and much calmer in life with her two children. To honor her contributions to the music industry, the Grammy Museum will be showcasing her musical evolution in the coming months. Shakira has truly become one of the greatest role models to every young woman out there.

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