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Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Karol G Is ‘Willing to Fight' for Her Genre-Spanning ‘Tropicoqueta' Album: ‘Latinas Are Everything — Why Can't We Just Be Everything?'
Karol G was in Europe completing her 'Mañana Será Bonito' stadium jaunt across the world when she got the idea for what could follow her 2023 album of the same name. The stakes were high: 'Mañana' had unlocked a new level of global stardom for the reggaeton artist, making her the first woman to win a Grammy award for best música urbana album. The tour was equally successful, raking in over $300 million from 62 shows between August 2023 and July 2024 as the highest-grossing run for a Latin female artist. More from Variety Karol G Reveals New 'Tropicoqueta' Album Release Date and Details: 'Sounds Like a Little Piece of Us All' Karol G Samples Alexa Demie and Beats the Heat in New 'Latina Foreva' Single and Video Karol G Shares Emotional Trailer for New 'Tomorrow Was Beautiful' Netflix Doc With her fifth studio album, 'Tropicoqueta,' Karol set out to capture the emotions and empowerment she felt on stage. She recorded it while traveling to perform in stadiums for a diasporic population of Latinos that ranged in demographics, stretching from Switzerland to Venezuela. 'We could be in Berlin, and people would come with Ecuadorian flags,' Karol tells Variety. 'Flags from countries across the whole world, who all have their own unique musical flavors, and it felt good that they saw themselves represented by me. That inspired me to visualize all parts of this album, built on different sounds from all over Latin America. It was a challenge because we had so many different genres involved, and I knew we had to get them all right.' Determined to execute her vision, she started this album differently than she has others — filling an entire notebook's worth of distinct details (one note reads '90% live instrumentals') and ideas for what would become 'Tropicoqueta,' everything from emotions and song titles to musical inspirations (La India, Rocío Dúrcal, Myriam Hernández) and the 'dream collaborators and producers' needed to create the palette she had in mind. Featured on the album are Manu Chao, Marco Antonio Solís, Eddy Lover, Greeicy and Mariah Angeliq. Karol's boyfriend and Grammy-nominated reggaeton artist Feid is an unlisted contributor on hidden track 'Canción 13,' or 'Verano Rosa' as it appears on her YouTube channel. The album also has instrumentals and production from such acclaimed artists as including Edgar Barrera, Leo RD, Tainy and Pharrell Williams, the latter on the anthemic 'Ivonny Bonita.' 'All of the producers on this album were called in with intention,' she adds. 'On 'Ivonny,' I really wanted Pharrell to put his touch on a song, but also have it sound like me. When Pharrell did his instrumental, Edgar and I added more of a Latin touch to it.' That was the addition of an exhilarating conga pattern, and piano keys and a trumpet section played by Arturo Sandoval. Her fifth overall and longest album yet, totaling one hour and 20 minutes and 20 songs, is an homage to Latin identity through music. It ranges from a vibrant Colombian vallenato to a Mexican ranchera, bachata, merengue, pop, cumbia and her usual hard-hitting reggaeton. Karol also sings in English for the first time in her records on the pop song 'Papasito,' which started in Spanish, and was changed to English as a better fit to the story of the song. 'I did the translation myself because I wanted it to sound true to how I speak English,' she says. 'The story is about me seeing this guy at a party and just instantly feeling attracted to him… and maybe the guy is American, so I'm speaking my best English to get him to fall in love with me.' There's also the cinematic 'Ese Hombre Mio,' which Karol recorded in Guadalajara, and recruited a former collaborator of the late Juan Gabriel to arrange the 57 different instruments heard throughout. 'I don't know what is going to happen with this album,' Karol says. 'But no matter how its recieved, I'm going to fight for it because I am super in love with it. Every week I find a new favorite.' The record was preceded by two singles, 'Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido,' a massive radio hit in 2024, and 'Latina Foreva,' an ode to Latin women. The track is built on reggaeton beats and a sample of 'Oye Mi Canto,' and its pre-chorus makes a beat of the words 'tits and ass.' The internet criticized the song as a failed attempt to empower women by sexualizing them, a claim Karol had already received in the last year when she and five top male artists in reggaeton — ranging from Feid to J Balvin, Maluma and more — released the song '+57,' and were accused of sexualizing young girls with the lyric 'a baddie since she was 14.' Karol issued an apology and the age in the lyric was changed to 18. 'I feel like the bigger the project gets, the harder the people get with me,' she says. 'I think there are different opinions on how I should and shouldn't be acting at this point in my career and it gets so confusing sometimes that it becomes hard to handle.' On the criticism of 'Latina Foreva,' she says, 'It's difficult, because the video is incredible but I knew having us in bikinis with me singing about about tits and ass… I just knew it was going to be a talking point. But the way I see it, I am just singing of my realities. I don't want to change myself to have to please anyone, either. I have emotional songs on this record that are soul-touching, and then I have my fun and sometimes raunchy songs — Latinas are everything. Why can't we just be everything?' Before the release of her album, Karol released a documentary on Netflix that captured the highs of her stadium trek. One of those moments was the day 'Mañana Será Bonito' hit No. 1 on the albums chart in the United States. In the scene, Karol's father calls her and congratulates her before telling her to be wary of her expectations, reminding her that after every peak, there's usually a fall. She's realistic about whatever is coming next. 'Not everyone will enjoy this album the same,' she says. 'There's a lot going on and these sounds and styles mean different things to different people, but I couldn't be prouder of how it's come together. It's exactly what I pictured when I started writing in that notebook. 'I know there's more people watching me, and because of that, I know not everyone is going to like me,' she concludes. 'I have to really follow my heart, and that's what you'll find in this record.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? 25 Hollywood Legends Who Deserve an Honorary Oscar
Express Tribune
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Karol G releases new song 'Milagros' to celebrate Netflix documentary Tomorrow Was Beautiful
Global reggaeton star Karol G is celebrating a major milestone with the release of her Netflix documentary Tomorrow Was Beautiful and a brand-new track titled 'Milagros.' The heartfelt song debuts during the film's closing credits and marks her first music release of 2025. Premiering this week, Tomorrow Was Beautiful chronicles Karol G's journey from rising artist to international Latin music sensation. The documentary dives into the personal and professional highs and lows, especially highlighting her sold-out Mañana Será Bonito tour and the barriers she broke as a woman in reggaeton. Karol G announced 'Milagros' via her Instagram story, posting shortly after the documentary hit Netflix. 'I'll leave this here so you can listen to it when you wake up,' she wrote. The track shifts away from her reggaeton roots, leaning into a reflective folk-pop sound featuring acoustic guitar and flute. With lyrics like 'Every time I wake up I realize how blessed I am,' the song serves as a tribute to her fans and the journey that shaped her. Earlier in the week, Karol G attended the New York premiere of her film, wearing a gold dress and sharing her excitement online. 'I feel in the bottom of my heart that my life has a new beginning,' she wrote, teasing a fresh artistic chapter. 'Milagros' follows 2024 releases like 'Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido' and the collaborative single '+57,' reaffirming Karol's evolving sound and connection with fans around the world.
Los Angeles Times
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Karol G sheds her armor in new Netflix doc 'Tomorrow Was Beautiful'
When director Cristina Costantini set out to make a documentary about Karol G's record-breaking stadium tour, she knew she didn't want to create a flashy publicity piece that screamed: 'It's so great and fun to be a pop star.' 'I was interested in making something a little bit more complex that [gets] at who Karol G is and the toll that [the tour] took on her,' says Costantini in a video call. Luckily for the filmmaker, the Colombian superstar — a documentary aficionado herself — also wasn't looking to produce a filtered highlight reel about the glitzy stardom life. After all, anyone who has followed Karol G's rise to fame would know it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. 'As a role model, I don't think it was right [to] show myself as always being strong, or as a boss,' says Karol G in a separate call. 'I think showing my vulnerability, obstacles I've had to overcome are part of what this documentary means to me.' Premiering May 8 on Netflix, 'Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful,' is a behind-the-scenes look into the making of her 'Mañana Será Bonito' tour : the highest-grossing and most attended tour by a Latina artist in history. Woven into the storyline are the many hurdles Karol had to face as a woman coming up in the male-dominated urban genre known as reggaeton. 'Karol's success is because she leaned into her femininity,' says Costantini, referring to the singer's pink and bedazzled stage wear — which, given the odds stacked against her gender, now seems more like an armor. On-screen, Karol gets personal from the jump, revealing the intense emotional turmoil surrounding her split from Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA in 2021. Although audiences are spared from the most private details of their breakup, it helped spur the writing process of her chart-topping 2023 LP, 'Mañana Será Bonito,' and set the scene for her 2023 world tour. ' I think in order to understand your motivating incident in the film, you have to understand that there was trauma here,' says Costantini, who is also credited as an executive producer of the doc. 'But out of that pain came something really beautiful. Karol admits she has watched her Netflix documentary multiple times, but never in the company of others. 'It's difficult when you have to open that personal door to the world,' she says in her singsong Spanish. However, one thing is clear: Karol's romantic life is not the focal point of this documentary. Viewers get a closer look at how the 34-year-old transforms from a past version of herself every night of the tour, as she's shown mounting an iron-steel shark on stage — a symbol of her alter ego as the self-proclaimed 'Bichota,' a feminized slang term for 'big shot' that originated from Puerto Rican gangster culture. The film crew, comprised mostly of women, captured Karol's most vulnerable moments in the documentary, including details that have never before been revealed to the public. '[The documentary is] really important to me because I show people the ups and downs of life, feelings of sadness and joy, of confidence and low self-esteem,' says Karol. Although Karol is constantly thinking ahead in her career — 'check, check, que sigue, whats next?' she says — the film has given her pause to reflect on how far she's truly come. 'I never had that opportunity to stop and look back at everything I've accomplished from the beginning,' she marvels. Born Carolina Giraldo Navarro in Medellín, the Colombian singer always dreamed of capturing the hearts of an audience through her voice. Home videos taken by family members illuminate her origin story as an ambitious teen who competed in her country's version of 'The X Factor'; she later opened for reggaeton legend Don Omar in Cartagena. At one point, Karol believed she needed to contort herself to the liking of the mainstream audience by learning English and moving to another country to be successful. Yet after watching the 1997 biopic of Selena Quintanilla, who excelled as a woman in the male-dominated Tejano genre, Karol held on strong to her roots and leaned on the Latino community to rally behind her. 'If there's one thing [Selena] helped me with, it's that I haven't had to disguise who I am today to be successful,' says Karol, who pays tribute to the late singer in her 2023 cumbia hit, 'Mi Ex Tenía Razón.' 'If it wasn't for my Latino community, I would not have gotten far,' she adds. Karol's breakthrough in the industry came in 2017 with the release of 'Ahora Me Llama' with Bad Bunny, a cut from her debut album 'Unstoppable.' And in the years that followed, the singer would top the Latin charts with hits like 'Tusa' with Nicki Minaj, 'El Makinón' with Mariah Angeliq, 'Bichota' and more. Yet everything changed with the release of her fourth studio album, 2023's 'Mañana Será Bonito,' in which she unraveled her heartache to the public with intimate songs like 'Provenza' and scorching collabs like 'TQG' alongside Shakira. 'I feel that I've grown in the public eye. It hasn't been a process that came out of nowhere,' says Karol. The platinum-certified LP was the first all-Spanish language album by a woman to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200. Her follow up disc, 'Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season),' also snagged the third spot on the chart. Both titles and the subsequent success served as an affirmation to herself that tomorrow will be beautiful; and indeed, this documentary sets out to prove that it really can be. 'Sooner or later, [good] things will happen, that's what I want people to take away when they watch this,' says Karol.
NBC News
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Karol G opens up about embracing her ‘most authentic self' in new Netflix documentary
Karol G's 2023 last album, 'Mañana Será Bonito,' was her most revealing to date. The first track sets a vulnerable tone, with lyrics translating to: 'Give me time / Because I'm not in my best moment / But I'm getting better little by little, yes / Today I'm down, but tomorrow will be more beautiful.' Now, the Colombian superstar is opening up even further in the new Netflix documentary 'Mañana Fue Bonito,' which translates to 'Tomorrow Was Beautiful,' a reflection of the point of her career where she found herself at her highest professionally — despite being at one of her lowest personally. The film — which hits the streamer on May 8 — brings viewers inside the story of how the Grammy winner rose from a little girl in Medellín with dreams of singing to an international superstar. There are plenty of tears, but there is also a lot of laughter, celebration and triumph — especially after many on Karol's team advised her against a stadium tour, and she persisted anyway. She went on to become the first-ever Latina to headline a global stadium tour. Directed by Cristina Costantini (who also helmed 'Mucho, Mucho Amor' about the life of famed astrologer Walter Mercado, and the upcoming 'Sally' about astronaut Sally Ride), 'Tomorrow Was Beautiful' also touches on the singer's personal life. After a breakup from a very public relationship, her most recent album was beloved by fans for artfully capturing the realities of heartbreak. In the documentary, she opens up for the first time about the experience. 'Love can make you feel like the happiest person on Earth, but at the same time it can destroy you, your dreams, your whole world... everything you are,' she says in the film. Ultimately, though, 'Mañana Será Bonito' the album, tour, and now the documentary are all about Karol learning to love herself again. And after initially keeping the details private, she's also slowly opening up about learning to fall in love again, too: This time, into a 'healthy relationship' with fellow Colombian superstar Feid. In the doc, she credits him as the person she's most been able to visualize herself with. On TODAY May 6, she told the third hour anchors: 'He understands what I do, I understand what he does. He is a really special soul. It is a blessing to have him.' When asked if she was nervous about opening up about her love life for the first time in the Netflix doc, she admits in an interview with that it was a hard decision to make. 'I had a relationship that was like, super public, and everybody was into it ... so to have that hard moment of the breakup, in front of millions of eyes, was difficult,' she says. 'But I think now it has become something that is part of my journey. I think I healed in front of my fans with my music. I understood that there's a lot of people feeling the same, and they are not able to speak about it, or they don't have the words, but they can with my music — with my testimony, with my journey. And I love that.' Her love life, however, wasn't the hardest part for Karol to open up about. That, she says, was the portion where she reveals the real reason why she almost quit music more than a decade ago. As she previously told "TODAY," in 2012, she decided she was done with singing and moved to New York to study business and English. But in the documentary, she explains that what truly led her to become 'disillusioned' and take a break from music was a manager who came on to her when she was only 16 years old. 'It broke my heart, because it was like ... you are putting me in a situation in which you're using my hopes and dreams and putting this condition on achieving them,' she says in the film, before adding that she couldn't bring herself to tell her parents what happened at the time. She tells now the scene in the documentary was so difficult for her to record, she has still yet to watch 'Tomorrow Was Beautiful' with anyone but herself. But it was important for her to share her experience in the hopes that it will help other women. 'When I started being surrounded by different women in this industry, I started noticing that there was a cycle — that a lot of us have experienced something similar,' she says. 'I wanted to share this moment so women can feel OK knowing that they can say no, and they can open that door and they can leave. And to feel comfortable in that.' With her documentary also comes another transition: A hair color change. Famous for rocking different shades throughout her career stages (blue for her 'KG0516' album; red and then pink for 'Mañana Será Bonito'), Karol G is now sporting brown. 'I just went back to my natural color of my hair, because there is so much going on right now, so much coming right now,' she says. 'And I think I really wanted to be my most natural and original and authentic and genuine version of myself.'
Time of India
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Karol G: Tomorrow was Beautiful OTT Release Date - When and where to watch documentary on Colombian singer's life
Karol G: Tomorrow was Beautiful OTT Release Date - From being told she didn't belong in music to becoming a global name in reggaeton, Karol G's story is one of courage, heart, and inarguable talent. Her journey is now being told in a powerful new Netflix documentary titled Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful, premiering May 8. Whether you've been with her since the beginning or just started vibing to Provenza, this film shows the real woman behind the music. What is the documentary about? Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful explores the life of Carolina Giraldo Navarro, better known to fans as Karol G. The film chronicles her path from growing up in Medellín, Colombia, to becoming one of the biggest Latin music stars in the world. Told she was chasing a dream that was 'too big' for a woman, from the 'wrong' place, Karol G refused to let that stop her. This documentary follows her as she prepares for and performs during her record-breaking stadium tour, shortly after the success of her fourth studio album, Mañana Será Bonito - the first all-Spanish album by a woman to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Why should you watch it? Directed by Cristina Costantini, the documentary takes a no-filter look at Karol's journey. It's about the late nights, the doubts, the pressure to succeed, and the critics who didn't believe in her. Costantini shared that Karol wanted to show both the highs and lows of her journey. 'She didn't want to sugarcoat anything,' says the director. 'She wanted the truth—tiredness, tears, and all.' What will you see in the film? Alongside powerful personal moments, the film features behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Mañana Será Bonito, rehearsals and challenges leading up to the stadium tour, candid interviews where Karol opens up about doubts, dreams, and determination, guest appearances by Shakira, Becky G, Ovy on the Drums, and Karol's boyfriend Feid and eventually emotional scenes with her parents.
