Shakira twisted her ankle and hit the stage hard during a concert in San Salvador on Tuesday night, falling on her elbow mid-performance while carrying her mic stand through "Si Te Vas." She got back up and finished the show.
The 49-year-old pop star posted a video of the spill to her Instagram Story, brushing it off with characteristic flair:
"Don't worry, I'm made of rubber hahah."
It's the second time the four-time Grammy winner has gone down on this tour. She took a similar fall during a show in Montreal back in May 2025 and handled it the same way — recovered, finished, posted the evidence. After the Montreal incident, she wrote in Spanish:
"Like I say… nobody escapes falls!"
According to Fox News, the fall came during Shakira's Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, which launched in Rio de Janeiro in February 2025 and is scheduled to run into April 2026 with stops across North America, Latin America, the Middle East, and beyond. It's her first tour in seven years, built around her twelfth studio album of the same name.
The numbers behind the tour tell a story of their own:
Those aren't numbers that happen by accident. They happen because people show up — and because the performer on stage gives them a reason to come back.
Fans flooded social media after the fall. One fan account on Instagram captured the general mood:
"Even unexpected moments can't dim Shakira's light. Seeing how quickly she got up and carried on after slipping and falling on the El Salvador stage was truly inspiring. She's not just an artist, she's a warrior!"
On X, the reaction split between wincing and admiration. One user wrote:
"Only the brave rise up, and keep going like nothing happened. Congratulations to @shakira for setting an example for all women, that no matter how many times we fall, what matters is getting back up and continuing to sing and be happy in life."
There's something genuinely refreshing about watching someone eat a public fall — literally — and refuse to make it a drama. No cancellation. No statement from a publicist. No weeklong media cycle about "the pressures of touring." She hit the ground, stood up, and kept singing.
In a culture that increasingly rewards fragility, that treats every setback as a reason to stop and every stumble as someone else's fault, the simple act of getting back up and finishing what you started resonates more than it should have to. It shouldn't be remarkable. But it is — because so few people do it anymore.
No medical update has been provided on whether Shakira sustained any injury beyond the obvious impact to her elbow. Given that she finished the show and joked about it within hours, the safe bet is that the tour rolls on.
The woman fell on her elbow in front of a stadium full of people, got up before the song ended, and posted the video herself. That's not damage control. That's confidence.