Ciara has claimed she ended things with Future after realising her "taste buds" had changed

Appearing on the 'Call Her Daddy' podcast, she said: "It's almost like your taste buds change.

"You gotta also sometimes look in the mirror and reflect on yourself, like what are things that I could be doing differently in my life?

I'm looking for a change but what does that mean?"

She pointed to the way motherhood made her reassess her relationship, insisting being a parent is "no time to play around".

She added: "When you have a child, it's very important to me, it's no time to play around.

"I am now responsible for another life, so what am I doing, how am I thinking that through?"

Ciara - who also has kids Sienna, six, and son Win, three, with husband Russell Wilson - noted that she wants "joy" in a relationship, before reflecting on her time with Future.

She said: "I want joy. I want to make sure my cup is full. When you're tired, you're tired and don't nobody want to be tired all the time.

"Those are things that come to my mind when I process, when I was making a pivotal moment in my life."

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the interview she also revealed how her NFL star partner is as a father.

She explained: "Watching him with all of our kids - it is one of the sweetest things. It's one of the sexiest things, to be honest with you.

"I'm just saying, ladies, when a man jumps in and changes the diaper, and he's pulling up to teacher-parent conferences, it's like, 'Ooh!' "