Who Does Shakira Think She Is?

What does your drawing tell us about you?
I drew a woman with brains, heart and uterus, surrounded by a Colombian flag. Her whole body is in flames. I think I am a woman who is passionate and stubborn, but rational and analytical. Are you getting a shrink to analyze my drawing?

Just Dr. Blender, and he’s both scared and aroused. What happened to Ripoll, your last name, anyway?
It’s here, running through my veins. I use my first name just to make it easier for everybody to remember.

What are you more scared of: spiders, heights or death?
The third one. I consider myself necrophobic.

What are the symptoms?
You are a shrink. I always tried not to touch that subject, because it would really give me existential anxiety. Death is not only related to the physical death of the body, it’s also related to the death of relationships or feelings. Every day, I feel a little bit older, a little less alive, more alive with the possibility of being less alive, closer to death [laughs].

The last pop star we heard use the phrase existential anxiety was Morrissey.
Why am I telling you all these things? I’m not supposed to say all the things I feel. Just the things that sell records. That’s what they tell me, anyway.