Shakira Releases Her Heartbreak Anthem Following Her Split from Gerard Piqué
Shakira spends her new music video protecting her damaged heart.
The Columbian pop star has dropped her latest single, "Monotonía," months after she announced her split from her longtime partner Gerard Piqué after 11 years of dating. The collaboration with Ozuna dropped alongside a gorgeous video directed by Jaume de la Iguana, where the singer is shot through the chest by her, and later walks through the streets while carrying her own heart.
The lyrics of the song—whose title translates to "monotony" or 'boredom" in English—are pensive and heartbreaking, as the singer addresses a partner at the end of the relationship. "It wasn't your fault, it wasn't my fault/ It was monotony's fault/ I never said anything but it hurt/ I knew this would happen," she begins the song, before later lyrics reveal the narrator's feelings during the split.
"Suddenly you were no longer the same / You left me because of your narcissism / You forgot what we were one day," she sings in a later verse.
In a joint statement last June, Shakira and Piqué confirmed their separation, and said that their kids, Milan, 9, and Sasha, 7, remain their biggest priority. The "Hips Don't Lie" singer later addressed the breakup for the first time in a cover interview for ELLE's October issue. She also opened up about working on her highly-anticipated forthcoming album.
"But I’m really, really thrilled about not only the body of work that I have right now to share with the people who are waiting for it, but also how gratifying the whole process has been for me," she said. "How therapeutic as well. I thought I was done with my album. But every time I get in the studio to do, like, one line or something, or to mix a song that’s almost ready to come out, then I end up with new music because I feel creative right now, and I feel that is an incredible outlet for me to make sense of things."
Below, read "Monotonía's full lyrics translated to English:
It wasn’t your fault, nor was it mine
It was the monotony’s fault
I never said anything, but it hurt me
I knew this would happen
You were doing your thing and I was doing the same
Always looking for prominence
You forgot what we were one day
And the worst thing is that
It wasn’t your fault, nor was it mine.
It was the monotony’s fault
I never said anything, but it hurt me
I knew this would happen
Suddenly you were no longer the same
You left me because of your narcissism
You forgot what we were one day
Hey hey hey
You were distant with your attitude
And that filled me with anxiety
You didn’t even give half
But I do know that I gave more than you
I was running for someone
That wasn’t even walking for me
This love has not died
But it’s delirious
Now of what there was, there is no more
I tell you honestly
You are cold like Christmas
It’s better that this is over now
Don’t repeat the movie to me again, I already saw it
Baby, I love you, but I love myself more
It’s a necessary goodbye
What was once incredible became a routine
Your lips don’t taste like anything to me
Now it’s all the opposite
And the worst thing is that
It wasn’t your fault, nor was it mine
It was the monotony’s fault
I never said anything, but it hurt me
I knew this would happen
You doing your thing, and I was doing the same
Always looking for prominence
And you forgot what we were one day
Hey hey hey
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