"Don't Wait Up" is a song by Colombian singer and songwriter

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. It was released on 16 July 2021 via

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in partnership with

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. The song marked Shakira's first completely English single since 2016's "

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Background and release

Shakira initially announced that a single accompanied with a video would be released in July 2021, in the cover story of the July edition of ''

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''. The singer first teased the single on 12 July, on her social media by changing her profile pictures to a summery color palette, the change resulted in the hashtag "Shakira is coming" to trend worldwide on

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. Upon the announcement along with the hashtag Shakira's name immediately started trending on Twitter's worldwide trends. On 13 July, the artist shared a 30-second video of what could potentially be the name and part of the lyrics of her future track. Later the same day Shakira revealed the cover artwork and its title.

Music video

The music video for the song was released on 16 July 2021. Directed by

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, it was filmed on the

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island of

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in June 2021.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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– vocals, songwriting, production *

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– songwriting, production, engineering, recording *

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– songwriting, vocal production * Adam Ayan – mastering * Dave Clauss – mixing, engineering, recording, vocal production * Josh Gudwin – mixing * Andros Rodriguez – engineering, recording * Roger Rodés – engineering, recording

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References

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