Shakira releases her first album after 7 years

Hot girls' summer is arriving early this year thanks to Shakira.

On Thursday, Shakira (47 years old) announced the release of her twelfth album. Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Women Don't Cry Anymore), on March 22. This will be her first album release in seven years.

According to a press release, the album is a testament to Shakira “The resilience, the strength, and the ability of music to transform the most difficult experiences into precious moments.”

“Making this work was like an alchemical process. While writing each song I was rebuilding myself. While singing it, my tears turned into diamonds, and my weakness turned into strength,” the “Hips Don't Lie” singer said in the song. statement.

The 16-track album will contain eight never-before-heard songs, a remix, and seven previously released singles such as “Music Sessions Vol. 53” ft. Bizarrap, “TQG” ft. Karol G, “Te Felicito” ft. Rao Alejandro, And “Copa Vacía” with Manuel Turizo.

In September, Shakira was honored with the prestigious Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards, which recognizes an artist's lifetime achievements.

The “Waka Waka” singer returned to music after splitting from her longtime partner Gerard Piqué in June 2022.

Shakira noted the changes in her life while accepting Billboard's Woman of the Year award at the Billboard's Woman of the Year Awards Latin Women in Music Inauguration Ceremony in May. “This has been a year of seismic change in my life, where I felt more than ever – and in a very personal way – what it means to be a woman,” she said when accepting the award.

“It was a year in which I realized that we women are stronger than we think, braver than we thought, and more independent than we were taught to be,” she added. “Because what woman has not forgotten herself at some point in her life because she is looking for the attention and love of someone else? This has happened to me more than once.”

Shakira, who first She confirmed her relationship with Pique in March 2011She then talked about realizing her worth as a woman.

She added, “But there comes a time in every woman's life when she no longer depends on someone else to love her and accepts herself as she is.” “A time when the search for another person is replaced by the search for oneself.”

Shakira added: “A time when the desire to be perfect is replaced by the desire to be authentic, and finding someone loyal is less important than being true to ourselves.”