Since she broke off her relationship with Gerard Piqué, Shakira has spoken through her songs. Thanks to the lyrics of ‘Te congratulations’, ‘Monotonía’, ‘TQG’ and, above all, ‘Session #53′, with which the singer has managed to express her feelings and the pain she felt following their separation and, incidentally, attack the former soccer player and his new girlfriend, Clara Chía.
However, The Colombian artist also took advantage of this media ‘boom’ that she has had to talk regarding several of her facets as a person and as one of the most influential and important singers on the pop scene and music in general.
Along the same lines, in his most recent interview with the Mexican journalist Enrique Acevedo on the program O’clockthe barranquillera He spoke regarding the Spanish Alejandro Sanz and his relationship with the singer.
“Back then there were no pop artists experimenting with reggaeton. I find out what is happening in Puerto Rico and I say ‘oops, this mixed with dance and flamenco can be,’” she said of the song’s birth point. Torturethe first that the artists recorded together.
“I don’t know if it is one of the first collaborations between two artists like Alejandro Sanz and me. It was not very fashionable for two artists to get together, each one was going their own way and there was a bit of rivalry between the artists, and the genres did not mix. Now they make ‘arroces con mangos’”, said the Colombian in the interview.
He also mentioned that thanks to this musical collaboration they made a very good friendship and since then they share as colleagues and friends. However, When Piqué came to the life of the Barranquillera there was a slight distance between the singers.
For her part, Shakira said that the former Spanish soccer player was very jealous and did not tolerate her spending too much time with other men, so there she stressed that the defender He showed off his jealousy when the singer had collaborations with artists like Maluma and Alejandro Sanz himself.
In an interview: Shakira uncovers herself and reveals her situation
With everything experienced due to the love break between Shakira and former soccer player Gerard Piqué, hundreds of rumors have been released on social networks explaining the end of the relationship between the Barranquillera and the Spaniard, who were together for more than 12 years. . Likewise, the couple continues to have two children together, Milan and Sasha, of whom they have also been in the midst of controversy.
Well, the Barranquilla woman decided to break the silence and speak, in what would be her first video interview since her breakup, with the Mexican journalist Enrique Acevedo, in the program ‘O’clock’, of channel N+, Mexican news channel of the Televisa group. There, she took the opportunity to make some forceful revelations regarding his personal, family and work life.
First of all, the Colombian artist pointed out that her music, especially her latest songs Congratulations, Monotony, Session #53 y TQG They have served as catharsis and therapy to recover. “My lyrics, songs and music in general are more eloquent than myself, and through it I have always tried to be honest, in addition to using it as catharsis and therapy. My songs are more effective than a visit to the psychologist,” said the Barranquilla woman with a laugh.
For his part, The Mexican journalist reminded him of the “significant” moment in which Shakira finds herself, in her musical career, thanks to the successes she has achieved, in addition to 2022 so ‘hard’ that the artist had with the subject of her breakup. “It’s strange and cruel, how life has to use these moments to build emotional muscles you didn’t know you had. (…) It has been a moment of total honesty both on my part and on my audience. I have felt really supported by my audience in a way that I never expected that they were so key in helping me get up when I was on the floor, that I was on the floor for a long time, they gave me the strength to get up and say that I am ready to the next round. Let life come and show me what else there is,” said the artist.
“You know what I celebrate? That it is happening to a Colombian, to a Latin American woman and that it is happening to me in Spanish. It makes it worthwhile, ”said the artist, happy with the achievements obtained from her in her musical career.
She also said that if she looked back on her career and thought regarding what is missing, she still remains motivated to discover who she is and what she can give. “I like to think regarding what is missing. I’ve always been very restless and I constantly owe myself that I want to check if I still have that talent and it hasn’t disappeared… But that’s what makes me want to keep making music and now I’m more excited than ever”.
“Now I am going up, I have more confidence in myself, that this is what is difficult for the human being, that we do not know how we are going to react, we do not believe in our own resilience. I did not know that I might become strong, I always believed that I was going to be rather fragile, but you have to have faith, faith in yourself”, closed the award-winning artist from Barranquilla.
