This Latin pop and reggaeton song is a duet between Shakira and her fellow Colombian singer Maluma. The sultry tune is the first collaboration between the Latin superstars, although Maluma did record a remix of Shakira and Carlos Vives' single "La Bicicleta."
It was Sony Music who proposed the idea for the collaboration following the "La Bicicleta" remix. "I was in Barcelona working with Shakira and it was an amazing experience," Maluma told Billboard magazine about working with the songstress. "She's a great artist and I learned a lot while working with her."
The song is a battle of the sexes, where the singers croon back-and-forth about their relationship. Shakira has moved her hips to great effect in the past and here she is a temptress, seducing Maluma without making clear to the reggaeton prince where he stands with her. The song title is Spanish for "blackmail." "'Chantaje' is so smooth and sexy and modern and different and simple, minimalistic," Shakira told the New York Times. "I wanted to give it a different spin, where the girl is the mean one, because I'm tired of hearing songs where women complain about how mistreated they feel. This time, I wanted to take control. I wanted to represent the mean one in the relationship - the careless one, the free-spirited one."
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