Now that Shakira is “husbandless”, the three-time Grammy Award-winning artist is focused on the future.
On Monday, the singer spoke about how her breakup with longtime boyfriend Gerard Pique has affected her career.
“I’ve been releasing music all over the place, but putting together a body of work has been really difficult,” said Shakira, who recently released her 12th studio album, Las Mujeres Ya No Loran. Told. “I didn’t have time. It was my husband’s fault. Now I don’t have a husband. Yes, my husband was dragging me around. I’m free now. I can actually work now.”
“Now it’s the men’s turn,” Shakira added of the album’s title, which means “women don’t cry anymore.” “For too long we have been forced to cry endlessly with a script in our hands simply because we are women. We hide our pain in front of our children, in front of society. I have to.”
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Shakira has opened up about the aftermath of her breakup with Gerard Pique. (John Parra/Wire Image)
Speaking to Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show,” she said: How to lick her wounds. ”
Shakira and Pique first broke up in 2022 after 11 years together. They have two sons, Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9.
After Fallon unveiled the star’s emerald, ruby, diamond, and sapphire vinyl cover, Shakira explained its symbolism.
“I was raw. I was dealing with a lot of things. At times it felt like a knife was being held between my teeth,” she said of making her first album in seven years. “I was picking up the pieces of myself from the floor. I was trying to rebuild myself. Music was the glue.”
Two years after her breakup with Gerard Pique, Shakira isn’t sure if she’ll ever find love again. (Getty Images)
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“I was translating pain, anger, and frustration into creativity, productivity, strength, and resilience…Did you know the resilience of diamonds? That’s why I chose the gem metaphor, which is why today’s “It’s because of the resilience that we women have. We have to face adversity,” she added.
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In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe last week, the singer explained that they are prioritizing their “friendship” after ending their 11-year relationship.
“I think friendship lasts longer than love,” Shakira said. “I still think that experiencing love, experiencing love fully through its peaks and valleys, is a very important thing in human life.”
Shakira and Gerard Pique have two children, Milan (11 years old) and Sasha (9 years old). (João Amengual/VIEWpress)
“I love love, but I think I love friendship a little bit more, too, because I thought love was forever for me. And that, you know, is one of my broken dreams. “Maybe it will. I don’t know.” “I’d like to find it again. Probably not. Well, I don’t know. But we do have a friendship.”
Shakira explained that while she has always valued her “family and partner first,” she has since learned the power of true friendship.
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“But when I didn’t have that, when I lost my sons, when I had to face the darkest and most difficult moments of my life, my friends were there and kept me together. ” said Shakira. “Those people actually taught me the true true meaning of life. I may not grow old with my partner, but I will grow old surrounded by good friends. Masu.”
