Shakira Dedicates Her New Album “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” As A Musical Journey Through Grief Over Pique Breakup
It appears that the breakup with Pique hit Shakira hard. Perhaps that’s why her new album after nearly a decade was a reference to her grief over the breakup. Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran is her 12th studio album made up of 16 tracks.
The 16-track album references her Colombian roots and the lyrics are all in Spanish. The singer also brought back the iconic guttural voice predominant in her early work. Most notably, Las Mujeres-in English Women’s No Longer Cry speaks about her entire journey through grief after losing the man she thought was the love of her life, the father of her children Gerard Pique.
Eight songs in Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran were already out when the album dropped, but the other half are brand new and show different sides of her experience leading up to where Shakira is today: a world-famous artist still releasing hits 30 years into a phenomenal career, juggling her new life as a single mother.
The track “La Fuerte” (“The Strong One”) saw the singer crooning about missing the person who broke her heart, saying that although she doesn’t reach out to him because of her pride, she still thinks of him, and his absence still hurts.
In “Tiempo Sin Verte” (“Time Without Seeing You” or “Time Since I Last Saw You”), Shakira also sings about deeply missing someone who is no longer in her life. She sings in Spanish: “I haven’t seen you in a while and I’m still here / And not a day goes by that I don’t think of you / I haven’t seen you in a while and tell me yes / You still love me and remember me.”
Another track “(Entre Parentésis)” (“Inside Parentheses”) also references grief about how it feels for your partner in a relationship to fall out of love over time. “Última” (“Last One”) also talks about heartbreak as the final song of the first half of the album. She sings about coming to terms with the end of a relationship that was meant to last.
In “Te Felicito” (“I Congratulate You”) Shakira sings about all the sacrifices she made for the person who left her and accuses him of being dishonest about his love for her. In all the songs, she never explicitly mentioned Pique but it can only be him. Perhaps because she had to put her career on hold and moved to Spain for him and dedicated herself to raising their two boys, despite knowing it would have been better for her to stay in the United States for her music.
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” her most vicious track saw Shakira singing about being betrayed by a partner, who left her for someone less intimidating. Not all the songs were about pique, “Cohéte” (“Rocket”) and “Nassau,” are about the thrill of a budding relationship; and in “Copa Vacía” (“Empty Glass”), she and Manuel Turizo sing about wanting someone who doesn’t always want them back.
“Puntería” (“Aim”), featuring Cardi, is about the fiery sexual tension in a relationship. She has now moved back to Miami with their sons, Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9.)
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