MIAMI.- Shakira continues promoting his album Women no longer cryand in a recent interview with Allurethe Colombian singer confessed that at her children Milan and Sasha didn’t like the film highest grossing of 2023: Barbie.
The comment arose when the performer addressed the music video for Toecap, piece in collaboration with Cardi B. In the clip, both stars embody the daughters of Artemis, in a space in which the creatures of Greek mythology surround them. “The centaurs are in ecstasy, because on this planet men are happy to be dominated by women,” said the Barranquilla native when explaining the argument for audiovisual production.
It was then that journalist Patricia Alfonso asked her about feminism and productions that show a world ruled by women, such as Greta Gerwing’s film, Barbie.
However, her response was contrary to what many may have thought: “My children absolutely hated it. They felt it was emasculating, and I agree, to a certain extent,” she confessed.
Why do they reject Barbie?
Shakira indicated that she understands in part what her children felt about the film and shared that for her it is important that her children grow up in a society in which women and men have spaces to be important without any sex depriving the other of achieving their goals. and aspirations.
“I’m raising two boys, I want them to feel powerful too (while) respecting women. I like pop culture when it tries to empower women without depriving men of their ability to be men, to protect and provide as well.” “, he pointed out.
In this sense, the interpreter added that men and women are in the world to complement each other and this purpose should not be lost.
“I believe in giving women all the tools and the confidence that we can do everything without losing our essence, without losing our femininity. (…) I think that men have a purpose in society and women also have another purpose. “We complement each other and that complement should not be lost.”
The journalist asked, “Just because a woman can do it all doesn’t mean she should?”
To which Shakira responded: “Why not share the burden with people who deserve to carry it, who have the duty to carry it too?”
Reborn as a woman
The 47-year-old artist also highlighted that the making of her new album helped her to be reborn in the middle of a storm, and added that her new version is composed in terms that she considers appropriate.
“Creating this album has been a transformation in which I have been reborn as a woman. I have rebuilt myself in the ways I consider appropriate,” she commented.
Despite considering that men and women must maintain a balance in their purposes on earth, Shakira let out her empowerment and free will in how to live her life.
“No one tells me how or when to cry, no one tells me how to raise my children, no one tells me how to become a better version of myself. I decide that,” she emphasized.
