UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES Love and sexual fantasies are often openly expressed in music. Occasionally, artists will conceal secret messages in their love songs. “Underneath your Clothes” by Shakira is a beautiful example of a love song with tainted intensions. Shakira uses many innocent phrases to hide her true intensions of sex because she wants to eventually use sex to achieve control over men. The lyrics of “Underneath your Clothes” show how Shakira repeatedly uses innocent …showed first 75 words of 648 total…

…showed last 75 words of 648 total…doing so, Shakira reveals her true intensions of sex and using the sex to own or control men. In “Underneath your Clothes” Shakira employs various innocent phrases to mask her real intensions of sex because she has plans eventually use sex to attain control over men. The song “Underneath your Clothes” has sexual intensions covered up with innocent words and phrases. The intensions are disguised because Shakira has an ultimate goal of control over men.