Shakira Refused to Change Song Lyrics About Gerard Pique Separation

Shakira was pleased with her post-split tune “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53,” however members of her file label have been cautious about her lyrical decisions.

“When I did that session, people on my team were saying, ‘Please change this. Don’t even think about coming out with those lyrics.’ And I said, ‘Why not?’ I’m not a diplomat in the United Nations. I’m an artist, and I have the right to work on my emotions through my music,’” Shakira, 46, instructed Billboard in a profile printed on Thursday, September 21. “It’s my catharsis and my therapy, but it’s also the therapy of many people. I know I’m the voice of many people, and I’m not being pretentious, just realistic.”

She continued: “I lend my voice to many women, who maybe also wanted to say the same things I said and perhaps haven’t had the validation to do so. I think songs like the Bizarrap session or like the one I did with Karol [G] have given many women strength, self-empowerment, self-confidence and also the backing to express and say what they need to say.”

Shakira dropped “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53,” a collaboration with DJ Bizarrap, in January. The lyrics instantly reminded many followers about Shakira’s break up from Gerard Piqué and his new romance with Clara Chia Marti.

Related: Everything Shakira Has Said About Gerard Pique Split, His Clara Chia Romance

Moving on! Since Shakira and Gerard Piqué introduced their break up after 12 years collectively, the songstress has been candid about coping with heartbreak. “This is really hard to talk about personally, especially as this is the first time I’ve ever addressed this situation in an interview,” the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer instructed Elle in a September 2022 […]

“I’m not coming back here, I don’t want another disappointment / So much that you pretend to be a champion / And when I needed you, you gave your worst version,” she sings in Spanish. “Sorry, baby, it’s been a while / I should have thrown that cat away / A she-wolf like me ain’t for a rookie.”

Shakira — who introduced her break up from the retired soccer star, 36, in 2022— didn’t instantly tackle the lyric hypothesis. Two months later, she revealed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that writing the “anthem” was essential in serving to her transfer on from the “very rough year after [the] separation.”

Shakira and Piqué have been collectively for 12 years, throughout which they welcomed sons Milan, 10, and Sasha, 8. The duo confirmed in June 2022 that they known as it quits however that their children’ well-being remained their major focus.

“My priority was my home, my family. I believed in ‘till death do us part.’ I believed that dream, and I had that dream for myself, for my children,” Shakira confessed to Billboard in regards to the demise of her decades-long relationship. “My parents have been together, I don’t know, 50 years, and they love each other like the first day, with a love that’s unique and unrepeatable. … And it has always been my example. It’s what I wanted for myself and my children, but it didn’t happen. If life gives you lemons, you have to make lemonade. That’s what I’m doing: making lemonade.”

Related: Shakira and Gerard Pique’s Relationship Timeline: The Way They Were

The method it was. Shakira and soccer participant Gerard Piqué have been collectively for 12 years earlier than asserting their eventual breakup. “[Gerard is] with me because he wants to be with Shakira the person, not the celebrity,” Shakira, who was first linked to the skilled athlete in 2011, beforehand instructed Latina journal in 2014. “There’s actual love, there’s no […]

She continued: “I think that nothing can compensate for the pain of destroying a family. Of course, I have to keep going for my children’s sake; that’s my greatest motivation. But my biggest dream, more than collecting platinum albums and Grammys, was to raise my sons with their father. Overcome obstacles and grow old together. I know I’m not getting that now.”

While Shakira’s music allowed her to productively cope together with her new regular, she was by no means attempting to create hit songs. “I was trying to work out and understand my emotions in search of a catharsis,” she defined to the outlet.

Shakira has since moved on with basketball participant Jimmy Butler. “They’re growing closer every day,” a supply completely instructed Us Weekly earlier this month, noting the singer is just not speeding to cool down. “Shakira has a lot on her plate. Her main priority is her kids and career. But she’s definitely optimistic about finding love again.”