After seven years there is a new album from Shakira. She explains the long break by saying that she “sacrificed a lot for love.”
Shakira (47) has “put her career on hold” to be with her former partner Gerard Piqué (37) while he pursues his football career. The 47-year-old explained this in an interview. The Colombian pop star and the former Spanish professional footballer were together for 11 years before announcing their separation in June 2022. They have two children: sons Milan (11) and Sasha (9).
Shakira, who will now release her first album in seven years with “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran”, reflects on the time since the release of “El Dorado” in 2017: “For a long time I put my career on hold to work on the To be by Gerard’s side so he can play football.”
“Sacrificed a lot for love”
She further explained: “A lot has been sacrificed for love.” Shakira also told the Sunday Times that her upcoming album represents “the transformation of pain into creativity, of frustration into productivity, of anger into passion, of vulnerability into resilience.” The singer added: “There were so many parts of my life that were crumbling before my eyes and I had to rebuild myself in a way, pick up the bones from the ground and put them all together. And the glue that held it all together was the Music.”
Shakira’s album “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran”, translated roughly as “Women Don’t Cry Anymore”, is due to be released on March 22nd. The singer’s twelfth studio album contains many new songs and a remix, in addition to some already known songs, it was said in advance. These include the collaboration “BZRP Music Sessions #53” with DJ and producer Bizarrap (25), published in January 2023, which now has more than 690 million views on YouTube.
Source: Stern
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