Shakira’s son has turned his parents’ split into a positive outlet, turning to music. Milan, who is the “Whenever Wherever” singer’s eldest, has followed in his mother’s footsteps to turn his heartache into songwriting. The Colombian singer shares 11-year-old Milan and 9-year-old Sasha with her ex, retired soccer player Gerard Piqué. Shakira and Piqué announced their split in 2022 after more than 10 years together amid rumors of the soccer star being a cheater.
In a new interview, Shakira, 47, said that her sons know that she uses music to express herself and is one of her outlets in healing. With Milan, she proudly says her son wrote “two beautiful songs” during the former couple’s separation process. Apparently, the pre-teen’s lyrics and piano combo were enough to earn his mother’s compliment of being able to “make anyone cry.”
Whenever Shakira’s son is feeling down, she says he goes to the piano and gets to songwriting. “That is also his catharsis, his therapy,” she adds. Though he is a talented musician like his mother, Shakira believes her son will be a producer or be a soccer player like his father, former Manchester United center-back. With no rush or pressure on the kid, Shakira recognizes him as a “really great” songwriter and producer already.
As for her raising her kids as a single mother since her split, the “La Tortura” singer admits there is a “learning curve.” Much like the hips she proclaimed don’t lie almost ten years ago, the singer is aware that children know when they’re being lied to. She believes that children can see through hidden feelings and can perceive things in more ways than one.
She continued, “They want the truth. And if you don’t give them the truth, they make up their own version. But if you’re brave enough to talk about things with them, try to understand how they’re perceiving reality, and open up a conversation where they can also give their opinion—they know that life is not always perfect, and it’s okay to face losses—what’s important is we learn to express how we feel.”
The singer released her twelfth studio album this week, titled Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Women no longer cry). Writing that after “life’s ups and downs and a long time working on this album,” the singer added that she dedicated a song to her children. “Última” is the second ballad on the album besides “Acróstico,” and the song was “embedded” within her, needing to be released with the album despite the deadline being up.
