- Shakira’s outfit for the premiere of her new show Dancing With Myself was absolutely stunning.
- The singer wore a sheer corset and neon yellow cropped jacket.
- Fans loved the bright look and the new TikTok-inspired reality competition show.
If you’ve ever dreamt of learning choreography from dancing queen Shakira, now’s your chance. In her new reality show Dancing With Myself, the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer teaches contestants and the masses TikTok-approved moves. The NBC show premiered on May 31, and her look for the first episode—a sheer corset and neon yellow jacket—was just as iconic as her kick-ball change.
The pop star posed in the outfit on Instagram to gauge fan reactions to the series premiere. “I want to see your favorite moments from tonight’s show! #DancingWithMyself,” she captioned the post. In the episode, content creators and dancers from across the country learned a dance inspired by social media viral jigs and then competed against each other by performing it for a live audience. The judges—Shakira, Liza Koshy, and Nick Jonas—narrowed it down to a final two contestants, and the winner earned a cash prize of $25,000, per TV Insider.
By the looks of Shakira’s comments section, fans loved the new competition and her inaugural judging look. “You are my favorite moment,” one person commented. “Such a fun show 🙌🙌,” another added. “Q U E E N ❤️,” someone else wrote.
For someone who has danced all her life (and started belly dancing as a child, per the Los Angeles Times), the show really puts Shakira in her element, which is made clear by how much fun she has on set. Exhibit A, the studio audience cheering on her amazing behind-the-scenes freestyle:
While the show may provide another platform for Shakira to show off her skills, it’s really about bringing together all types of dancers—not just professionals. “I wanted to capture the language of social media, what’s going on in social media, and how people like to express themselves right now,” she told the blog Nerds of Color. “The idea of this show came from the pandemic when people were in their living rooms, dancing, and coming up with ideas and choreography. We thought that it would be a good opportunity or a good idea to actually create a platform for all of those people from all walks of life and ages, so they can express themselves and express their love for dance.”
And that expression isn’t limited to the studio stage. The show started a hashtag, #DancingWithMyselfAtHome, that encourages viewers to join the fun—after Shakira provides a video tutorial, of course. The best submissions have a chance to be featured in the following week’s show.
Dancing With Myself may seem like all fun and games (which it mostly is), but Shakira hopes it reaches people on a fundamental level. “We often don’t realize how many people dance and how many talented people are out there; people who want to be seen, people who want to be taken seriously, people who just dream about being on stage for once in their lives,” she told Nerds of Color. “Dance is such an intrinsic thing to human beings. It’s one of the oldest rituals of human social life.”
The show airs on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. EST on NBC.
Kayla Blanton is a freelance writer-editor who covers health, nutrition, and lifestyle topics for various publications including Prevention, Everyday Health, SELF, People, and more. She’s always open to conversations about fueling up with flavorful dishes, busting beauty standards, and finding new, gentle ways to care for our bodies. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ohio University with specializations in women, gender, and sexuality studies and public health, and is a born-and-raised midwesterner living in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and two spoiled kitties.
