Shakira gave the first interview after all the personal and musical earthquake he went through in 2022 and which continues in 2023. His separation process and how he coped with this difficult moment through four songs (I congratulate you, Monotony, BZRP Musical Sessions #53 there THQ) focused this media appearance where the Colombian spoke with her heart on her sleeve.
“I bought the story that a woman needed a man to complete herself. And I also had this dream in which, in a family, the children would have a mother and a father under the same roof. Not all dreams in life come true but life finds a way to reward you He rewarded me with two wonderful children who fill me with love every day I believed this fable a woman needs of a man, because I was very dependent on men. I was a lover of love. I think in this comic I understood it from another point of view. I went out more strong because I understood my weaknesses and I accepted them I expressed this pain because they say that the opposite of depression is the expression (…) I managed to feel that I am enough of something I had never thought of” explained the Barranquilla woman in what was probably her most personal confession during N+’s interview. Not only for what he says, but for the way he says it. His body language is absolutely brutal and reveals the pain he’s been through.
But as if it were a phoenix, Shakira is reborn from her own ashes: “Now I feel complete because I feel that I depend on me and two children depend on me, so I have to be strong like a lioness. But for that That strength is not a facade, it must be the result of accepting a duel, understanding and tolerating frustration because life does not always go as we wish , that there are dreams that are broken, and that we must pick up the broken pieces of land to rebuild. And also to be an example for my children that we can survive the ravages of life. (.. .) My words, my songs and my music are more eloquent than I. Always through my music I tried to be honest and to use my music as a catharsis, a therapy… My songs are more effective than ‘a visit to the psychoanalyst’.
The key moment for Shakira
Everything blew up in the air when the information made sense to I commend you. But for that of Barranquilla, it was not the key moment but his BZRP Music Sessions #53: “There is a before and an after the session with Bizarrap. and this opportunity to let off steam that was very much needed for my own recovery process. I would be in a very different place without this song, without the need to express that pain you feel when you suffer from grief and emptiness. You have to feel it and you also have to think about how it feels. (…) It was a moment of brutal honesty for me and my audience. I discovered real friends and realized that friendship is not an individual phenomenon but can be collective for hundreds of people. I felt so supported by my home crowd in the moment I was on the pitch that they encouraged me to be ready for the next round.”
And according to Shakira, he owes everything to the younger of his two children: “Milan told me to do something with Bizarrap because he’s the Argentinian god. I have an audio from Milan in which he asks my mother to do something with Bizarrap”. .”
Shakira’s most commented sentence on social networks
But if there is one moment of the interview that has been widely commented on on social networks, it is the sentence in which he quotes a former authority of the American government: “Art has a function, in addition to making people feel uncomfortable, representing idiosyncrasies I think through my songs I felt I had a duty to lend my voice to those who can’t speak. Women are at a key moment in society and the support we can receive from each other is extremely important. As Madelein said Albright, Secretary of State of the United States, had a phrase I love which is “there’s a place in hell for women who don’t support other women”. And I pretty much agree.”
Despite Shak talking about the content of his songs and the musical empowerment of women, there was no shortage of those who wanted to understand that there seems to be a clue for the other woman in this story. .