In 2000, Aguilera released her second studio album
Mi Reflejo, her first Spanish-language album, which went on to be ranked number ten on the
Billboard's Top 20 Latin Albums of All Time and become the best selling Latin pop album of 2000. Aguilera began teasing the release of her second "overdue" Spanish-language album two decades later in late 2020, noting in a
Health magazine interview in April 2021 that, "I'm months away from anything being announced [...] I am reinspired and have reconnected with myself. I've fallen in love with music all over again, which is a really big thing to say, having spent my entire career in music". Aguilera noted that she took advantage of the
COVID-19 pandemic to retreat to
Miami,
Florida in a COVID-safe writing camp with the intention to pay homage to her Ecuadorian heritage. The album was recorded over four weeks, with the first song recorded being the album's
lead single, "
Pa' Mis Muchachas". Aguilera further teased the release of the album in an interview with
Insider in September 2021. Aguilera revealed that she planned to release the album "throughout the next year in sort of six song increments every few months". In an interview with the
Los Angeles Times, Aguilera revealed that the album would be released in three pieces, confirming that the first part of the album would be titled
La Fuerza and that it would celebrate her power as a woman. The full Spanish album,
Aguilera was released on May 31, 2022 and features all of the songs from the EP
La Fuerza as well as its follow-up
La Tormenta. ==Music and lyrics==