She Wolf

The most sonically adventurous thing in Shakira's catalog — a dark, electronic-inflected track built around the werewolf as metaphor for female desire that refuses domestication. Wyclef Jean's production is minimal and propulsive, leaving room for Shakira's vocal to prowl through the arrangement. The lyric works in the specific register of myth being reclaimed for self-expression, the monster as self-portrait. There's something genuinely disquieting in its undertow, a refusal of the vulnerability that pop typically requires from women. For late-night listening when you're feeling feral and un-apologetic.