Shakira Admits She Thinks She ‘Used to Overdo’ Her Voice’s Yodel: ‘Too Much Shakira’

The Colombian superstar, who just released her 12th studio album, opened up about what she finds “cringe” about her old music

Shakira’s hips don’t lie, and neither does she when it comes to providing H๏τ takes on her own music!

The Colombian superstar, 47, appeared on a recent episode of First We Feast’s Hot Ones and opened up about what she now finds a bit cringe-worthy about her old music. Although the hitmaker confidently said that she feels as though she’s grown a lot as a performer over the years, she also admitted that she thinks she used to “overdo” her signature yodel on early tracks.

Shakira spoke about the vocal technique when host Sean Evans asked what makes her “cringe or wince” when listening to her old music.

“So many things,” she responded.

“I think I used to overdo the cries in my voice,” the “She Wolf” singer continued, briefly breaking out in a yodel and laughing at herself.

“I think it was exaggerated,” Shakira noted of her old music. “A little baroque. You know?”

“Too much Shakira,” she jokingly added.

The Latin pop phenom then revealed why she thinks her voice sounds much stronger nowadays. “I noticed that after my pregnancies, my voice got thicker, more rounded, more full,” said the mother of two. (Shakira shares two sons, Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9, with her ex-partner Gerard Piqué.)

“Also, my choices are more my chore. I have evolved as a woman, as a person, my intellect has evolved,” the Grammy winner said.

Evans, 37, shared on Hot Ones that he wanted to ask Shakira specifically what stands out to her about her old music because of recent comments she made in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 in which she said she “used to suck.”

While the “Waka Waka” singer was somewhat joking, she said that she often thinks about how much her voice has grown whenever her music comes on the radio, and that she points out those changes to her two sons.

“I feel that my voice keeps changing over the years, and I tell my [sons Milan and Sasha] that,” Shakira shared at the time. “I sometimes listen to some music of mine with them. Not on purpose, but it just happens, you know, maybe some a song, some comes out on the playlist or on the radio or whatever.”

“I say, ‘I used to suck. But, I think I’ve evolved,'” the “Whenever, Wherever” singer continued. “I like myself much better now as an artist, but that’s only me.”

The Latin Grammy winner also admitted that she understands some fans might have liked her early work the best, but thinks she’s “matured” the most stylistically and as an artist in recent years.

Shakira recently released her 12th studio album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran on March 22. The project features hits like “Te Felicito” with Rauw Alejandro, “Monotonía” with Ozuna, “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” with Bizarrap and “TQG” with Karol G, among others.

In a press release, the record was described as encompᴀssing the singer-songwriter’s “resilience and strength and music’s power to transform even the most trying experiences into precious moments.”

“Making this body of work has been an alchemical process,” Shakira said in a statement. “While writing each song I was rebuilding myself. While singing them, my tears transformed into diamonds, and my vulnerability into strength.”