Shakira aims cryptic dig over 'betrayal' and 'heartache' after split from ex Gerard Piqué

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"There are fewer who leave and more who stay by our side."Our tears are not a waste, they water the soil where the future will be born and make us more human, so in the midst of heartbreak we can continue to love.”Last year, Shakira revealed her pain about the break-up in an interview, declaring that writing music has become a "tool for "survival" in "extreme conditions"."In this moment of my life, which is probably one of the most difficult, darkest hours of my life, music has brought light," she explained."I think that writing music is like going to the shrink, only cheaper...

it helps me to heal."She added sadly: "I put everything I had into this relationship and my family."Shakira explained at the time that "private details" of her break-up were too "raw" to share.However, she has been more open about the therapy she has been administering to herself ever since."I think [music is] the best medicine, and along with the love of my family and my kids that sustains me, music and writing music is definitely one of those tools."It's one of the few tools I have for survival in extreme conditions," she added to Elle magazine.Shakira revealed that she'd sacrificed time that could have been spent on her career to devote herself to her marriage with Gerard.She told of how she'd given up her "nomadic" lifestyle, which had included constant touring and charity trips helping to build schools in impoverished parts of her native Colombia.When she fell for him back in 2010, she opted to take a step back from her career and move to Barcelona to support his sporting career.She describes this choice as a "sacrifice of love", telling of how she vowed to be present in the lives of the couple's two children.She and Gerard had first hit it.