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I wish that was the cover :( It's just a new poster from the official store but it's soooo good!

http://media.fanfire.com/images/product/large/SKR/SKR47146.jpg Shakira To Debut, Give Away 'She-Wolf' On ABC Music Lounge July 10, 2009 10:36 AM ET Ayala Ben-Yehuda, L.A. Shakira's new single, "She-Wolf," will be available as a free download at the ABC Music Lounge from Sunday, July 12 at 7 p.m. ET until Monday, July 13 at midnight ET."She-Wolf," written and produced by Shakira and John Hill, is the first single from the artist's English-language album, due on Epic in October. ABC's first crack at the song recalls the network's debut of another Epic single, The Fray's "You Found Me."Unlike that promotion, which debuted The Fray's track during a promo for the new season of "Lost" and led to an iTunes purchase opportunity, "She-Wolf" will be given away as a free download Sunday-Monday. Plans are in the works for integrating Shakira's music into more ABC platforms, though a specific promo campaign or program synch hasn't been announced.A Spanish version of "She-Wolf," "Loba," debuts at No. 23 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart this week. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/shakir...003992629.story

The first picture is stunning. Not sure about the open shirt pic though...maybe a bit much even for Shakira...

This probably won't get many points but I stand my artistic decision to do a female cover without the female ;) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/pudsack/vvbrown.png

The instruments and the chorus as mimed. The drummer drops his stick at 1min: 2Mwz-QaXSiM

Then they are completely misguided then. I heard that their new record label wants to break them in America and that's what this song is for. This isn't why people love the Sugababes. Masterpieces like Freak Like Me and Push The Button are the reason people love them. They could've gone off and created something in that vein and got another hit in the UK.

I have no problem with generic - I mean, give me a Timbaland beat and I'm halfway there to loving a song. But this is just so bad. I can't work out what song the pre chorus rips off yet...something like Fergie maybe. But it's the lyrics that get me...I feel like they typed "female act, sexy, club" into a machine and using every other crappy club banger out there they came up with this. "Hey sexy, look but don't touch, I'm so sexy in this club." I just can't even begin to articulate how terrible that excuse for a chorus is. It makes me physically sick. It's like it was written by the manatees that write Family Guy in South Park.

But what she says isn't edgy - it's boring and idiotic. I'm all for pop stars having an opinion and voicing it, my point is that I don't think La Roux is endearing anyone to her by voicing hers. When Lily Allen slagged Madonna off, people went "yeah, Lily's right, Madonna is irrelevant." When La Roux starts talking about why woman are abused she sounds like an idiotic 13 year old.

That's the point I think she's constantly trying to make too, "I don't use sex to sell"/"my music sells itself" blah blah etc etc but I think this is so tired and boring now. Maybe that would've been applicable in 1999 but not now. I think there are loads of females out there now that don't use sex to sell or sacrifice anything to sell their music; all your Lily Allens, Kate Nash, Santogold, MIA, Florence etc etc. So I don't think she's an antithesis of a pop star at all. I think she fits in quite neatly with the current trend that list makers seem to love; girls doing it for themselves. And this is why she pisses me off; because her music does sell itself, I enjoy it and think it's good. Yet she's constantly coming out with these silly quotes trying to look like the hard done to pop star who's made it despite being surrounded by silicone boobs and fake hair. Yawn yawn yawn.

And I've just realised they say "mall." THEY'RE NOT AMERICAN.

I think this is one of the worst things I've heard. I thought it was a joke at first. I think they threw in possibly every lyrical cliché there was. It sounds like something Flight of the Conchords would record taking the p*** out of Lady Gaga.

I posted a request in the art forum for a new forum banner if anyone is feeling inspired by the new Shakira era ;) HERE

Look at this quote...jeez: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/...women-beaten-up

The beat is what makes this song. The chorus isn't that catchy but it's still pretty good...reminds me of stuff from the 90s.

I think this song and I Gotta Feeling just make the perfect soundtrack for Friday night. Yeah the lyrics are pretty dreadful, but who can't relate to wanting to go out and get smashed.

This is a grower and will probably do ok on the back of Knock You Down. It should keep the album selling as well.

The thing with Lily is she was usually spot on with her remarks and slagged stuff off that needed slagging off. La Roux on the other hand is just whining about stuff we already know in such a banal and snotty way and is acting like she's above everyone because she's topped a few "trendy 09" lists.

Great image for the single cover. The text is $h!t though. Oh well...I think people will be more concerned about how hot she's looking anyway :D

Woo! Portugal and UK - hopefully I'll get to see her on TV here! I think she's gonna promote this song heavy in Europe, especially in the UK. The way her people have been previewing the song to big sites like Popjustice and Digital Spy makes me think they're gonna go all out for this one.

The video looks like it could be great! I don't wanna get my hopes up though....

She kind of has a point but La Roux is starting to annoy me a bit now. She's coming across as some grumpy teenager whinging about $h!t that we already know. We know R&B generally has pretty crappy lyrics but we enjoy because it's fun and you can get your groove on to it in a club. So get over it.

C=10 F E I A J H M B G=1 Whoever did C I think that that picture is the most perfect image for that song. Love it.

I think the video should be out around mid july, the same time that She Wolf is released to radio and also the same time it is released to iTunes. I've read lots of different dates and I'm not sure how they all coincide yet.

I don't think it'll make top 40. Something like 44 on downloads.

Thanks to Dave (Viva La Vida) for this translation of an interview Shakira gave about the new album: And from another article we learnt this: -CD out in October -Song titles revealed: Ultimamente, Why Wait, Good Stuff, Did It Again.