Shakira reveals why she doesn't like listening to her old music: "It was very exaggerated"

The end of the relationship between Shakira and Gerard Piqué marked a before and after in both the professional and personal life of the Colombian artist.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
04 April 2024 Thursday 17:00
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Shakira reveals why she doesn't like listening to her old music: "It was very exaggerated"

The end of the relationship between Shakira and Gerard Piqué marked a before and after in both the professional and personal life of the Colombian artist. After more than a decade living in Barcelona with her ex-partner and her two children, the interpreter of Te felicito and Puntería returned to Miami to be able to develop her professional career again, paralyzed during her years. in Spain. This factor, added to the support that she provided by composing music to overcome her breakup, has led to the release of her new album, Women No Longer Cry. The one from Barranquilla is promoting this work, and recently she has attended the program Hot Ones, in which she has opened up about her career.

The artist was interviewed by Sean Evans, who welcomed her into his space two weeks after the global artist released her new album, which debuted at number 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart. Among one of the topics that she discussed in the program, and that has caused the most curiosity among the public, was her when she revealed that she does not like to listen to her oldest songs.

A few weeks ago he confessed to DJ Zane Lowe, saying that if any of his old songs were played on the radio he found it very unpleasant and he told his children that "at that time it sucked." "I think I used to exaggerate the screams in my voice," he revealed in his final interview with Evans, before replicating his old style. "The thing about the thing, it's too much. I think I was exaggerated. Too much, Shakira," he said.

"I noticed that after my pregnancies, my voice became thicker, rounder, fuller," she added during her chat with the presenter. "My decisions are more mature. I have evolved as a woman, as a person. My intellect has evolved," she ended by saying.

The artist also opened up about what mistake she really regrets during a tour. It was during the Mongoose Tour, held in 2003, where she bought a huge figure of a cobra that she put in the middle of the stage and "it cost her a million dollars." "It had been one of my most successful tours because I traveled all over the world with soldouts everywhere, but I ended up owing money for that stupid cobra," she said.

Since her first musical project, which came to light in 1991, the Colombian has managed to show the world her versatility in different musical styles, such as poprock, reggaeton or ballads. In the early 2000s she became a true global star. Her latest studio album delves into the most emotional and personal side of her, in which she shows her feelings and is honest about herself after one of the hardest moments in her life: the separation from her husband. father of her two children, Sasha and Milan.