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Shakira<\/a>\u00a0is a three-time GRAMMY winner and a Golden Globe-nominated artist, but sometimes even the highest of accolades aren’t enough to stop her from cringing at some of her past work.<\/span><\/p>\n The “Hips Don’t Lie” singer opened up about what makes her wince when she listens to her old music, telling <\/span>Hot Ones<\/em><\/a> host Sean Evans exactly why she feels that way and how her voice has evolved over the years. The conversation came up after the 47-year-old mother of two told <\/span>Apple Music’s Zane Lowe<\/a>,\u00a0“I used to suck.”<\/span><\/p>\n Shakira ultimately relented, saying she didn’t “suck,” but rather her most recent work is a testament to her evolving. But that particular quote had Evans wondering why she used to think that way.<\/span><\/p>\n “Ugh, so many things. I think I used to overdo the cries in my voice,” said Shakira as she let out <\/span>her trademark cry<\/a> that is prevalent and so iconic in her 2001 hit, “Whenever, Wherever.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I think I was exaggerated. A little bit, you know … too much Shakira,” she continued. “And I noticed that after my pregnancies, my voice got thicker, more rounded, more full. Also, my choices are more mature. I have evolved as a woman, as a person. My intellect has evolved.”<\/span><\/p>\n Shakira, who is currently promoting her first studio album, <\/span>Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran<\/span><\/em> (Women No Longer Cry), in nearly seven years, shares two sons — Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9 — with her ex, the soccer superstar\u00a0Gerard Piqu\u00e9. The songstress and\u00a0Piqu\u00e9 <\/span>ended their 11-year relationship<\/a> in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n ET was with Shakira last year at the MTV Video Music Awards, where the singer was <\/span>honored with the prestigious Video Vanguard Award<\/a>. Shakira, joined by her sons backstage, opened up about the support from her rabid fanbase following her breakup.<\/span><\/p>\n “I never thought really that my fans could sustain me and could be there for me in so many ways, you know?” Shakira <\/span>told ET<\/a> at the time. “I think that if it wasn’t because of them, I would’ve probably been a lot sadder, but they really gave me a lot to fight for and they’re just so loyal. Always, always having my back and there for me for so many years.”<\/span><\/p>\n