Shakira is reflecting about life post-split with Gerard Pique.
The 46-year-old Latin superstar appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Friday (March 10), where she chatted about her collaboration with Bizarre titled “BZRP Music Sessions, Vo. 53” and his the project helped her after she separated from her longtime boyfriend.
Shakira said of her new song:
“it reminded me of Depeche Mode. The song, if you listen to it, it’s got a little bit of that sort of, like, cool, dark undertone. I love Depeche Mode. It’s my favorite.”
She spoke more about her music, stating:
“I started to feel it in my body, you know. I usually have this visceral sort of physical reaction to music. And if you see me, you know, two-stepping, things are not right. You know? I know when a song works because then I suddenly start moving, like, getting these small contractions from my tailbone to my iliac bone, and then it just results into, you know, hip movements.”
“BZRAP Music Sessions, Vo. 53” has a lot of shady lyrics, which many fans believe is about Gerard and his new girlfriend Clara Chia Marti. Shakira and Gerard, 36, were together for 11 years before ending their relationship in 2022/ Soon after the breakup, Gerard was already with Clara.
Later on in the interview, Shakira opened up about how the song allowed her to vent and how it has become an “anthem” for other women who are also going through painful times:
“I’m just waiting for someone to just pinch me and wake me up from this dream. It’s unbelievable to feel the reaction from so many people. I think that people really connect to music when it’s really genuine, when it’s real, when it comes from a real place. And the thing with the song is that it has become sort of like an anthem for so many women out there.”
Referencing her life after the breakup, she shared:
“I’ve had a very rough year after my separation, and writing this song has been so important to me. It’s been a healthy way to channel my emotions. And I feel that after we put out this song, I really felt that I don’t even have fans out there.
I have a sisterhood of women who have been through the same things that I have been through, who think the way I think, who feel the way I feel, who had to put up with so much crap the way I had to, And I did write the song for me but also I feel that it was meant for so many women out there that needed a forum and a voice to represent them in so many ways.”
