Shakira records with Blake Shelton for her new album

After recording a song together, Shakira and Shelton are gearing up to reprise their roles as coaches on ‘The Voice’. (Reuters)

Pop star Shakira has announced that country superstar Blake Shelton will make a guest appearance in her upcoming self-titled album. The 37-year-old Latin singer said the track is a country, folk song, reported Ace Showbiz.

“We just (recorded it)- it’s a country, folk song. I kind of directed him. I wrote the song with some people from Nashville and I sent it to him and I was super-nervous. “I was like, ‘Oh my God. What’s he going to think?’ And he loved it. He said, ‘Wow! This is exactly what you were talking about. I love this song,'” she said.

After recording a song together, Shakira and Shelton are gearing up to reprise their roles as coaches on ‘The Voice’. The new season of NBC’s popular singing competition is set to begin on February 24.

“I think the chemistry is better than ever,” Shakira, who coached the show for the first time in its fourth season, said of rejoining Shelton, Adam Levine and Usher.