{"id":318,"date":"2022-02-10T04:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T04:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/?p=318"},"modified":"2022-02-10T18:26:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T18:26:02","slug":"blog-post-4-what-is-your-wildest-song-release-your-inner-she-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/2022\/02\/10\/blog-post-4-what-is-your-wildest-song-release-your-inner-she-wolf\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 4: What is Your &#8220;Wild(est)&#8221; Song?- &#8220;She Wolf&#8221; by Shakira"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cShe Wolf\u201d by Shakira was released in 2009 on her album <em>She Wolf<\/em>. There are two versions of this song, Spanish and English. I will be focusing on the English version in my post. This is a pop song that incorporates various sounds such as electronic beats, violins, and howling. In the song, Shakira sings about a woman who is \u201cdomesticated\u201d during the day, but at night becomes a she-wolf. This song narrates the feelings of a woman who feels trapped but is freed through the she-wolf persona. The line \u201cNot getting enough retribution or decent incentives to keep me at it\u201d displays her discontentedness within her relationship. She then sings about being on the prowl to find single men to have a good time with.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This song is \u201cwild\u201d because it is about a woman exploring her \u201cwild\u201d side and feeding into temptation. Women embracing their sexuality and desires is taboo. Under the patriarchy, women are expected to keep their sexual desires to themselves. A woman would be looked down upon by her peers if she openly embraces her sexual cravings. Shakira is reclaiming her sexuality through this she-wolf character. In the first verse, she describes her hunger and sexual desire. She sings, \u201cThe moon&#8217;s awake now, with eyes wide open my body&#8217;s craving, so feed the hungry.\u201d These lyrics openly express the innermost desires of the subject through the she-wolf persona. She also describes sexual liberation through the lyrics from the chorus. She sings, \u201cOpen up and set it free (Ah-ooh) there&#8217;s a she wolf in your closet. Let it out so it can breathe.\u201d These lyrics are about letting go and releasing one\u2019s inhibitions. The closet is a metaphor for being trapped and being closed-in. The she-wolf character is the personification of the subject being liberated sexually. Overall, I think this song is \u201cwild\u201d because it describes a woman freely embracing her sexuality and willingness to break societal standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Shakira - She Wolf (Official HD Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/booKP974B0k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-Anna Allen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cShe Wolf\u201d by Shakira was released in 2009 on her album She Wolf. There are two versions of this song, Spanish and English. I will be focusing on the English version in my post. This is a pop song that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/2022\/02\/10\/blog-post-4-what-is-your-wildest-song-release-your-inner-she-wolf\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":414,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welcome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/414"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/wild-things\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}