Trap (Shakira song)

"Trap"
Single by Shakira featuring Maluma
from the album El Dorado
Released26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)
Genre
Length3:21
LabelSony Latin
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)
Shakira singles chronology
"Perro Fiel"
(2017) 		"Trap"
(2018) 		"Clandestino"
(2018)
Maluma singles chronology
"Hola"
(2017) 		"Trap"
(2018) 		"Sólo Mía"
(2018)
Music video
"Trap" on YouTube

"Trap" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira released as the seventh official single from El Dorado on 26 January 2018. The track features another Colombian singer Maluma, who had previously worked with Shakira on "Chantaje", the lead single of El Dorado and the remix of Shakira and Carlos Vives' single "La Bicicleta", also included on El Dorado.[1][2][3] Its lyrics were written by Shakira and Maluma. Its musical composition was done by Shakira, Maluma, Rene Cano Rios, Kevin Mauricio Jiménez Londoño and Bryan Snaider Lezcano Chaverra.

Music video

Shakira and Maluma filmed the music video for the song in Barcelona in March 2017. It was filmed on the same day as Shakira's album photoshoot. It was directed by her longtime collaborator Jaume de Laiguana. Shakira began posting different teases of the video on her social networks on 23 January 2018, and Maluma did the same on his social media the following day. Shakira announced the release of the video the day before its release.[4] It was eventually released on 26 January.[5][3]

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[6] 25
Romania (Airplay 100)[7] 98
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[8] 17
US Latin Airplay (Billboard)[9] 34
US Latin Rhythm Airplay (Billboard)[10] 18

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[11] Platinum+Gold 90,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Shakira and Maluma Turn Up the Heat in New Video 'Trap': Watch". 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Shakira y Maluma revelan video de Trap, su nuevo trabajo musical conjunto". 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "SHAKIRA ESTRENA VIDEO MUSICAL DE SU NUEVO SENCILLO "TRAP" FEAT. MALUMA". 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Mañana / tomorrow. 9am EST #TrapVideo @maluma" (in Spanish). 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Shakira - Trap (Official Video) ft. Maluma". 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Mexico Airplay: The Week of February 17, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. ^ Arvunescu, Victor (February 12, 2018). "Top Airplay 100 – Post Malone remains the king of the chart" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Latin Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  10. ^ "Shakira Chart History (Latin Rhythm Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  11. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 3 May 2022. Type Shakira in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Trap in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.