Empowered. That’s how Colombian celebrity Shakira gave the impression to be in her first TV interview after the worldwide success of “Shakira: Bzrp Music Classes, Vol. 53” with Argentine DJ Bizarrap and “TQG” with fellow Colombian Karol G.
Throughout her one-hour dialog with Mexican journalist Enrique Acevedo, the host of Televisa community’s primetime newscast En Punto, the artist spoke about her breakup with Spanish soccer star Gerard Piqué, the controversy attributable to her Bizarrap collab — wherein she slams her ex for leaving her for an additional lady — and what’s in retailer now for her inventive profession.
“I continually have a debt with myself: I need to verify if I actually have expertise or if I nonetheless have it, if it has not disappeared,” she mentioned. “That’s what makes me need to return to the recording studio and, now, I’m extra excited than ever.”
The interview was recorded per week in the past in Barcelona and aired Monday (Feb. 27) on the Mexican community.
Listed here are 5 of the largest takeaways from Shakira’s interview with Televisa:
1. Her dream was shattered, however she bought the most effective reward.
“I had that dream of getting a household wherein the kids had a father and a mom below the identical roof. Not all desires come true, however life finds a option to compensate you indirectly, and with me it has achieved that in spades, with these great, great youngsters,” she mentioned, referring to the sons Milan, 10, and Sasha, 7, whom she shares with Piqué.
2. She has modified her views about males.
In a second of whole frankness, Shakira shared that she at all times believed the narrative {that a} lady wants a person. “I’ve at all times been fairly emotionally depending on males, I have to admit,” she mentioned. “I’ve been in love with love and I feel that, one way or the other, I’ve managed to know this narrative from one other perspective and really feel that I’m sufficient for myself.”
3. She completely believes in girls supporting one another.
Shakira quoted Madeleine Albright, the primary lady to turn into Secretary of State in america, saying, “There’s a place in hell for girls who don’t assist different girls.” She added, “I fully agree.”
4. Shakira feels complete.
After assimilating her breakup from Piqué and her newfound success in music throughout such powerful private instances, Shakira mentioned, “Paradoxically, sure, I now really feel complete as a result of I really feel that I depend on myself and that I even have two youngsters that rely on me, so I’ve to be stronger than a lioness.”
5. She celebrates that her newest hits are in Spanish and appears ahead to going again to the studio.
Contemplating the feat of being the third most listened to artist on Spotify globally, Shakira mentioned, “I’m glad that is occurring to a Colombian, to a Latin American lady, and that it’s occurring for me in Spanish. That’s after I say that it’s value it, and that I’ve a goal in society, a spot, a job.”
As for what’s in retailer for her now, she didn’t give any specifics. “I continually have a debt with myself: I need to verify if I actually have expertise or if I nonetheless have it, if it has not disappeared,” she shared. “That’s what makes me need to return to the recording studio and, now, I’m extra excited than ever.”
