TATLONG taon na ang nakararaan simula nang maging coach si Shakira ng The Voice, ngunit huwag nang asahan na muli siyang masisilayan na nakaupo sa red chair.
Nakausap ng ET ang 40-anyos na singer sa New York City nitong nakaraang linggo, at ibinunyag niya kung bakit hindi na siya babalik sa show.
“No, I wouldn’t (go back), because it’s so hard to be away from my family,” pagtatapat ni Shakira. “Right now, (I’m) back into making music, and I’m gonna be going on tour pretty soon at the end of the year. I miss all that.
“It was a great experience, and of course I miss the guys, they were a lot of fun a lot to talk to, but I wouldn’t go back,” sabi pa niya.
Carlos Yulo, wala pa raw naibibigay na tulong sa pamilya kahit palihim na abot?
Nakatuon ang atensiyon ni Shakira ngayon sa kanyang maliliit na anak --sina Milan, 4-anyos, at Sasha, 2.
“I used to be the center of my universe, the beginning and the end, the alpha and omega, and now I’m a satellite of my kids,” aniya. “I completely revolve around them. They’re the center of my universe and my biggest priority in life to make sure they feel loved and that they will become good people, great human beings. That’s my number one goal and then everything else is secondary.”
“I never thought I would say this, music is my hobby,” pag-amin ni Shakira. “But they switched the dynamic completely. That’s why I enjoy making this album so much, because now my work is being a mom. I now consider my other work, which is making music, a hobby. That’s why making this album was such a pleasure.”
Masaya man ang paggawa ni Shakira sa bago niyang album na El Dorado, ngunit hindi ito naging madali sa simula.
“I didn’t want to abandon my role as a mother, and I started to feel guilty for like the first few weeks,” aniya tungkol sa pagrekord niya ng bagong album sa loob ng tatlong taon. “But the conflict got resolved at some point, and I started making songs.”
Apat na kanta na ang sumikat mula sa El Dorado, kabilang ang Me Enamore, na tungkol sa kanyang longtime love, ang asawang si Gerard Pique.
“This song is actually like, if I would have torn [a page] out of my own journal. The narration of how we met each other and how we fell in love is depicted in the song and it was a very personal song,” sabi ni Shakira bago nagsalita tungkol sa cameo ni Gerard sa dulo ng music video ng kanta. “We just thought that it would be more mysterious and intriguing.” (ET Online)
