Shakira There’s a Problem On her vocal : ‘I doubted I’d ever sing again’

It’s the star’s first tour in seven years, after taking time out to start a family with her partner, Spanish footballer Gerard Pique.
Footage from the opening night in Hamburg showed the 41-year-old looking overwhelmed, clasping her hands to her chest as she acknowledged her long journey back to health.

“Last year was one of the most difficult times of my entire life,” she tells the BBC from Amsterdam. “Being back on stage has been so emotional.”
With the tour hitting London next week, the Colombian star took time out from her schedule to chat about how she’s stopped being narcissistic – and whether she understands the offside rule.

I just woke up, can you believe it?! My kids are not with me so I’m allowed to sleep. I think the last time I slept this much was six years ago, before I had my first child.
How’s the tour going so far?
It feels like the first time. In the past, my experience on stage was a little different. A little more narcissistic. I was like, “Oh wow, they’re here for me – I’d better look good and sound good.”

But now it’s more like, “Man, I have this amazing opportunity to make the crowd smile. To make all those people, who’ve also had hardship in their own lives, happy.”
You had to postpone the tour because of a vocal haemorrhage. How bad was it?
It was actually more than a haemorrhage. It was like a vascular lesion. So you can imagine, there were times when I doubted I would ever be in front of a crowd again singing my songs.

Miraculously, and contrary to everything the doctors predicted, I recovered naturally. They all foresaw surgery, but the lesion disappeared completely from my vocal cords.
That really is a miracle.
I remember praying. I had forgotten to pray for a while, but when you go through hardship you suddenly recover your faith! I was promising God if I could ever use my voice again, I would celebrate every night – and that’s what I’m doing.

I promise you, we try not to make new music, but it happens! We just can’t help it.
He came to Barcelona for a photo session so I said to him, “Listen, why don’t we get together in the studio and see what happens?” And in less than two hours we had two new songs.

courtesy :www.bbc.com
photo : Okezone Celebrity

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