Shakira Avoids Genre Label

Shakira explained to Billboard why there is no clear stylistic element or ethnic influence that identifies it as her work. “I don’t like labels, because I’m an artist on a permanent search. If there is any label I like, it is the ‘pop’ label, because it’s a very flexible world,” Shakira says. “I’m afraid of getting married to one sound forever. I want to have Don Juan’s liberty within music, and do what my instincts tell me.”