Shakira has said her forthcoming 12-show residency in Madrid was partly conceived as a response to the fear and persecution she has witnessed within Latino communities. Writing in an editorial for El País, the singer said the project "started with pain" after seeing "our people persecuted simply for being Latino, families forced to live in fear," with the piece linking her remarks to ICE enforcement and the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the United States, though Shakira herself did not specify a location. She said that while "anger is legitimate," she chose to answer it with "the biggest celebration we could imagine," and explained she picked Madrid because Latin American immigration there "isn't tolerated, it's celebrated," having made Spain "younger, more dynamic, more creative."

The residency runs from 18th September to 11th October at a temporary stadium being built at Madrid's Iberdrola Music complex, expected to hold more than 50,000 people a night across six sections of stands and floor space. The surrounding site will also host "Mundo Macondo," an eight-pavilion cultural experience inspired by Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, featuring areas dedicated to music, literature, art, fashion, film and food.