Every time, wherever, Shakira goes to share her fact. The Queen of Latin music appeared on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon Monday (March 25), and opened up about her former relationship with soccer star Gerard Piqué, and the way it had hindered her from producing a full album.
The three-time Grammy winner, who was on the late-night present to advertise her new album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran [Women No Longer Cry], instructed the comic that the rationale for the seven 12 months hole between her newest assortment and 2017’s El Dorado was her ex. “I’ve been placing out music right here and there, however I believe it was actually laborious for me to place collectively a physique of labor” the Colombian famous person shared. “I didn’t have time. It was the husband issue.”
“Now I’m husband-less,” the She-Wolf declared. (Shakira and Piqué — who introduced their break up in 2022 — by no means married throughout their 11-year relationship, however share two sons.) “The husband was dragging me down. Now I’m free! Now I can truly work!”
The musician continued to open up within the interview, sharing her grieving and restoration processes. “I used to be attempting to rebuild myself and music was the glue, however it felt prefer it was an alchemical course of by which I used to be reworking ache and anger and frustration into creativity and productiveness and power and resilience,” the singer-songwriter defined whereas discussing the alternate covers of her new album, that are themed round treasured stones. “The resilience of a diamond. In order that’s why I picked the metaphor of the valuable stones, due to the resilience that us ladies have immediately when we now have to face adversity,” Shakira instructed Fallon.
The star additionally spoke concerning the societal expectations positioned on ladies to cover their ache and to evolve to sure requirements of therapeutic, a notion she firmly rejects. Her new album title embodies this sentiment, with the singer explaining, “It’s males’s flip [to cry] now. Now ladies [should] resolve when to cry, how one can cry and till when. Nobody is meant to inform us how to deal with the hardship of life.”
Throughout her look on The Tonight Present, the singer additionally carried out “Puntería,” initially that includes Cardi B. Shakira, wearing white saggy pants and a high with ropes, started her set seated. Amid iridescent curtains and a pearlesque backdrop that displayed a big diamond on the display screen, Shak was flanked by two feminine dancers, and as they received up they had been joined by two extra, all sporting matching outfits whereas dancing in unison to the electro-pop tune.
Earlier than the efficiency and interview, the present started with the famous person present process a playful lie detector take a look at. “All the things connected?” Fallon requested Drew Barrymore, who made a visitor look because the technician.
“We’re prepared,” she replied.
“ what to do, Shakira,” mentioned Fallon over Shak’s Billboard Scorching 100 No. 1 “Hips Don’t Lie.” With wires hooked to her hips, the Barranquilla hitmaker started to gyrate them in basic Shakira style.
“It checks out, they’re telling the reality,” replied a severe Barrymore.
“Her hips don’t lie,” added Fallon, nailing the punchline.
Try the efficiency of “Puntería” and the lie detector take a look at under, and Shak’s full interview above.