Colombian superstar Shakira was seen shrieking in horror as a rat crawled toward her head during the shoot of a music video. The ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ singer was filming the video for her new song, ‘Copa Vacía’ when she was nearly ambushed by the rodent.
Famous Colombian singer, Shakira was seen screaming in terror when a rat crawled toward her head on the filming set of a music video.
The incident happened when the ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ singer was shooting the video on the set of her upcoming song ‘Copa Vesia’ when she was almost ambushed by a rat.
Two days ago, Shakira shared a clip of the unpleasant incident on Instagram. In the clip, she is seen in a Mermaid outfit with pink extensions in her hair. She appears to be lying in a pile of trash and water when she is startled by the rat’s sudden appearance.
Shakira was screaming and trying to get up, but her mermaid tail was giving her problems while getting up. She could only sit in the trash and watch the mouse crawling around in horror.
She also captioned the post in Spanish, “Cosas que le pasan hasta a las sirenas 🤷♀️” which means “Things that happen even to mermaids.”
Last month, The singer had a conversation on the Spanish news program Primer Impacto, where the singer also revealed how she was rescued with a crane after a fish tank broke during filming.
“The fish tank broke, the set began to flood and they had to take me out of there,” Shakira said. “I couldn’t go out because I had a mermaid tail, and I couldn’t climb out.”
You can see the ‘Copa Vacía’ youtube video below:
Shakira Update (2026)
Updated July 2026. That “Copa Vacía” shoot was an early moment in what became Shakira’s biggest era yet. Her 2024 album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran swept the Latin Grammys and set first-day streaming records, and the tour behind it is now the highest-grossing ever by a Latin artist, more than $421 million and 3.3 million tickets sold across 86 shows since it launched in 2025. Shakira picked the U.S. leg back up in summer 2026, playing smaller venues than the tour’s original stadium run, and dropped a new collaboration, “Algo Tú,” with Colombian singer Beéle.