Shakira teases new song Monotonia with social media post of a human heart being stepped on

Shakira teased her new song Monotonía with cryptic social media posts.

The 45-year-old singer-songwriter shared several videos over the weekend before releasing a photo of the song’s cover.

The Hips Don’t Lie singer has shared three quick videos, all in Spanish. The three clips translated to: ‘It wasn’t your fault’, ‘nor was mine’ and ‘it was the monotony’s fault’.

Loud typewriter sounds accompanied the words in the social media clips.

The next video showed a black loafer crushing a realistic-looking human heart.

“Nunca dije nada, pero me dolía,” she wrote in the caption. “Yo sabía que esto pasaria.”

Her caption translates to, “I never said anything, but it hurt. I knew this would happen.’

Finally, the Colombian-born artist shared the album cover for her single, which will be released on October 19.

The video showed a black heart with a black and white sword stabbed through the top.

A banner reading ‘Monotonía’ unfolded across the front of the heart.

Her social media posts came after the singer was seen outside a law firm with her former partner Gerard amid their efforts to settle their divorce proceedings following their shocking split in June.

The couple announced their breakup in July after 12 years of marriage and accusations of cheating soon began to swirl in Spanish tabloids.

The outing came after it turned out that Shakira seems to settle accounts with her ex through her music after the Spanish footballer is said to have been unfaithful.

She first appeared to include a jab at Piqué in her single Te Felicito (I Congratulate You).

A key line in the song is translated as: ‘To make you whole / I broke myself to pieces / I was warned but I didn’t listen / Don’t tell me you’re sorry / I know you well and I know you’re lying. ‘

In an interview with Elle Magazine, the hitmaker was asked about the rule and its apparent connection to her marital problems.

“Is that the feeling you had that you had to give a part of yourself during that relationship that might have been hard to get back?” she was asked by Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

“I can only say that, consciously or unconsciously, everything I feel, everything I go through, is reflected in the lyrics I write, in the videos I make,” said Shakira. “If the glove fits, it fits. As I said before, my music is that station.’

Shakira’s song and accompanying video feature Puerto Rican singer Raw Alejandro, who is currently in a relationship with Rosalía.

In the video, he appears to be playing both a romantic interest for Shakira and a robot clone of the same person, which Shakira tinkers with until it comes to life.

It comes as Shakira and Pique continue to try to come to an agreement about their divorce, with the couple recently seen outside the office of a law firm.

In addition to dealing with her impending divorce, Shakira’s legal woes also include an imminent trial on charges of tax fraud.

Spanish prosecutors charged the entertainer in 2018 with failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9 million) in income taxes between 2012 and 2014. Prosecutors are seeking an eight-year prison term and a hefty fine if found guilty of tax evasion.

Shakira has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing and turned down a deal with authorities to avoid a lawsuit. Her public relations firm has said she has already paid everything she owed and another $3 million ($2.8 million) in interest.

The court in the city of Esplugues de Llobregat near Barcelona said Shakira will face six charges of tax fraud. The date for the trial has yet to be set.