Shakira Says Writing Music Helped Her ‘Grieve’ Breakup from Ex Gerard Piqué: ‘My Way of Healing’
The singer and Piqué broke up in 2022 after 11 years together
Shakira is moving on from her split with ex Gerard Piqué, and she is using music as a guide.
In a new cover story with GQ Spain, the award-winning international star reflected on the impact that her first album in seven years, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Women Don’t Cry Anymore), had on her healing journey.
“For many months after my separation I had been silent, trying to begin my mourning, but I couldn’t really begin to grieve until I started writing music,” she explained. “It was my way of healing. And it continues to be. Grief is a process that is not linear. It is full of peaks and valleys.”
The singer also got candid about how the breakup affected her perception of love, telling GQ, “It’s not the same. The love of a partner disappointed me. It affected my idiosyncrasy. It’s inevitable, at least for the moment, that I have lost trust in the other.”
But Shakira teases that with that loss of trust comes new music, joking, “The healing process is long. It will take me several albums!”
Shakira and Spanish footballer Piqué were together for 11 years before their highly publicized split in 2022, followed by cheating rumors, which surfaced a year later. The pair share two children, sons Milan, 11, and Sasha.
The split took a toll on the Grammy-winner, who told Rolling Stone for her July 2024 cover story, “The suffering I felt was probably the greatest I had ever experienced in my entire life, and it kept me from functioning at times.”
The pain made Shakira feel even more vulnerable, as she noted to the outlet, “It felt like someone had stabbed a hole in my chest. And the sensation was so real, almost physical. I physically felt like I had a hole in my chest and that people could see through me.”
