While Shakira conquers Latin America stages with her most recent tour ‘Women no longer Loren’, A chapter little known to his sentimental past monopolize again media attention.
This is the romance that maintained with Puerto Rican actor Osvaldo Ríos in the late 90s, A relationship that, although brief, left a mark on the heart of the artist And, surprisingly, also in some of his most successful songs.
During an interview in the Awake America program, Osvaldo Ríos recounted the eight intense months he shared with the singer in 1997. As he said, several of the songs included in the album where are the thieves? They were inspired by him.
Topics like flies at home, You, eyes like and blind, deaf -mute were born, in part, of the Emotional link they shared.
“She used to write in napkins,” The actor recalled, who also confessed that he dedicated a complete poems. Even, One of the verses of that booklet was used by Shakira In the song I don’t believe: “I want to be your sky … of your mouth a song … of your wings always be the wind.”
The relationship between the two was so serious that they came to contemplate marriage. However, different professional paths and An alleged infidelity by Ríos truncated the future together.
“I knew that she had to fly high, and she didn’t want to be the one who limited her growth” said the actor, who said that Breaking was a difficult but necessary decision.
Shakira, meanwhile, has also recently talked about inspiration behind her first successes. In an interview with GQ Spain, The artist confessed that her ex -boyfriend was key in the creative process of the album released in 1998.
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About inevitable, for example, He revealed that he wrote it in less than 15 minutes While they rested in hammocks under the stars of Tayrona Park.
The story between the Barranquilla and the soap opera gallant began in 1996, when They met in an awards ceremony. She was 20 years old and It began to sound internationally; He, with 36, was already a consolidated figure.
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Despite the age difference, the relationship was intense and spiritual, Travel marked, family encounters and many musical compositions.
Although today they do not maintain direct contact, Osvaldo says that It retains a cordial relationship with Tonino, the singer’s brother. And although his love did not endure, he was immortalized in songs that are now hymns of Latin pop.
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