Shakira's split from soccer star Piqué was an "honest and brutal time". Music helped her get over the pain, she says. The 46-year-old now looks at herself and her understanding of relationships differently.
Her music helps Shakira get over the breakup with Gerard Piqué. The singer explained this in a TV interview. The couple, who have sons Milan and Sasha together, ended their relationship in June 2022. The artist and the former soccer player were in a relationship for twelve years. According to media reports, she told the journalist Enrique Acevedo in the Mexican TV interview that this was "an honest and brutal time" in her life. But she has never felt so supported by her friends and fans. "Not all dreams in life come true," said the 46-year-old. "But life finds a way to make it up to you in some way."
Shakira also revealed that she had previously been "emotionally dependent on men" and believed in "the fairy tale that a woman needs a man to be whole". She continued, "Now I feel complete because I feel like I'm relying on myself and I also have two kids that are relying on me so I have to be stronger than a lioness."
Shakira's split from Piqué recently made headlines again after she released the track "BZRP Music Session
"You have to accept and tolerate the frustration that not everything is going the way you want it to. That dreams are broken and you have to pick up the tiny shards from the floor and rebuild yourself," she said in the interview. The singer added that she had to be a role model for her children "to let them know that anything can be overcome". Speaking about creating her new music, she says the process is liberating and more effective for her than a session with a therapist.
