Shakira is in a very good moment on a personal and professional level. The singer has chained success after success since the beginning of 2023, first with the Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53, together with the Argentine producer Bizarrap, and later with the Colombian Karol G, with the song TQG. That's why 'Shak' has been recognized at Billboard's 'Latin Women in Music' gala, where she has been named 'Woman of the Year.' The Colombian, in her thank you speech, has thrown some hints at her ex-partner, Gerard Piqué, whom she has also addressed in her latest songs.
After her latest songs managed to reach number one in many countries in recent months, the 46-year-old artist was this Saturday night the great protagonist of the 'Latin Women in Music' gala, held in Miami . The speech of the interpreter of I congratulate you and Monotony did not leave anyone indifferent for the darts thrown at the father of her two children, Sasha and Milan. However, in the first place she wanted to dedicate the price to her mother, Nidia del Carmen Ripoll.
"Despite the difficulties you have faced this year, you are still standing, with your love, without limits and resilience," Shakira told her mother with great affection, who in the last twelve months has struggled to cope with the separation from her Gerard Piqué's daughter, her husband's hospitalizations and her own health problems. "For me, mommy, you have been the woman of the year," expressed an emotional Shakira before those present at the event.
The speech continued with a reference to one of the most difficult years of his life. A year that he has described as full of "seismic changes". And it is that the Colombian has faced the separation of the father of her children and a move to Miami, after more than a decade residing in Barcelona. "We are braver than we think we are. I think we are also more independent than we were taught to be," said 'Shak' in her speech.
"What woman hasn't ever had a chance to forget about herself by seeking the attention, affection or approval of another? It's happened to me more than once," the singer confessed, making set off the alarms of many, who believe that these words could be directed at his time as a couple of the ex-soccer player of Futbol Club Barcelona. It should be remembered that the artist came to put her career aside to follow the footballer.
His words moved everyone present. "There comes a time in the life of every woman in which one no longer depends on someone to love or accept herself as she is. The search for the other is replaced by the search for oneself, when the desire to be perfect is replaced out of the desire to be authentic," she said. However, her next words were described by many as a hint at her ex-partner. "It no longer matters so much if someone is faithful to you or not, what really matters is if you continue to be faithful to yourself," she sentenced.
On the other hand, the Colombian admitted that "when I felt most lost, it was music that put me on the path back to myself", launching a last statement of tribute to women: "For them, for you, I wrote what I wrote, I sang what I sang, because only a woman can love to the point of tearing herself apart", she concluded to the fervor and applause of the public.
Shakira began a new stage on April 2, far from Barcelona, for more than a decade she lived with Gerard Piqué and their two children in common. After her separation, rumors quickly arose of a possible departure of the artist to Miami, something that finally came true last month. Currently, 'Shak' resides in the United States with little Sasha and Milan. She now enjoys her family away from the media spotlight and a new era begins, in which she plans to focus more on her musical career.
