Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran is largely rumored to be about what went wrong between Shakira and Gerard. Take its second single "Monotonía," a collab with Ozuna, in which the Grammy winner seemingly alludes to how their 11-year romance ended amid her tax problems.

"You left me the in-laws as my neighbors / Media outlets at my door and in debt," she sang in lyrics translated from Spanish. "You thought you hurt me, but you made me stronger / Women don't cry anymore, they cash in."

The 47-year-old also described seeing a change within a person over the course of a romance. "Suddenly you were no longer the same," Shakira's lyrics continued. "You left me because of your narcissism."

"You're distant with your attitude, and that filled me with restlessness / You didn't give even half, but I do know that I gave more than you," she added. "I was running for someone who wasn't even walking for me / This love has not died, but it is delirious."

But for the "Hips Don't Lie" artist, heartache has only fueled her drive and her creativity.

"I feel like a cat with more than nine lives," Shakira told Billboard in September 2023. "Whenever I think I can't get any better, I suddenly get a second wind. I've gone through several stages: denial, anger, pain, frustration, anger again, pain again. Now I'm in a survival stage."

She added, "And it's a reflection stage. And a stage of working very hard and when I have time with my children, really spend it with them."

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