Shakira in Seville in November 2023.Photo:Patricia J. Garcinuno/WireImage
Patricia J. Garcinuno/WireImage
Hot girl summer is arriving early this year thanks toShakira.
On Thursday, Shakira, 47, announced the release of her 12th studio album,Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Women Don’t Cry Anymore), on March 22. This will mark her first album release in seven years.
According to a press release, the album is a testament to “Shakira’sresilience and strength and music’s power to transform even the most trying experiences into precious moments.”
“Making this body of work has been an alchemical process. While writing each song I was rebuilding myself. While singing them, my tears transformed into diamonds, and my vulnerability into strength,” the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer said in a statement.
The 16-track album will feature eight never-before-heard songs, a remix, and seven previously released singles like “Music Sessions Vol. 53” with Bizarrap, “TQG” with Karol G, “Te Felicito” with Rauw Alejandro and “Copa Vacía” with Manuel Turizo.
The “Waka Waka” singer made a hot comeback to music after her split from longtime partnerGerard Piquéin June 2022.
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran Cover Art.Sony Music
Sony Music
Shakira referenced thechanges in her lifewhile accepting Billboard’s Woman of the Year award at theinaugural Latin Women in Music galain May. “This has been a year of seismic change in my life where I’ve felt more than ever — and very personally — what it is to be a woman,” she said as she picked up the award.
“It’s been a year where I’ve realized we women are stronger than we think, braver than we believed, more independent than we were taught to be,” she added. “Because what woman hasn’t at some time in her life forgotten herself because she’s seeking the attention and love of someone else? It happened to me more than once.”
Shakira, who firstconfirmed her relationship with Piqué in March 2011, then spoke about realizing her worth as a woman.
source: people.com
