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“I forgot to wear the knee pads,” Karol G says ruefully. “I’m going to have scrapes.” She beams. For a soaking wet pop star who has just been dragged through a shallow pool, Karol looks remarkably happy. Moments before, a group of writhing, shirtless male dancers had lifted Karol, dressed in a white bikini and transparent […]
Colombian superstar Karol G opens up about becoming the first woman to have a Spanish-language album, Mañana Será Bonito, reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, her thoughts on doing a global stadium tour, her relationship with Feid, wanting to start a record label, giving back to her community and more.
Karol GThe energy people release, is directed toward me and it’s like I’m a battery, loading.
Karol GHey what’s up, I am Karol G and you are watching, Billboard.
Karol GIt had never happened. Yes it’s true! We are celebrating, we celebrate a lot as a team, but it’s crazy for me to think my album was the first album in Spanish to hit No. 1. To think Karol G is the first female Latin artist on a global stadium tour, is very crazy.
Karol GI started in 2006 and I realized this month we celebrate 4 years of “Tusa.” But then, my first songs were released 15 or 16 years age. Imagine spending 15 years and thinking when will my moment come?
Karol G:Someone told me, “Are you doing a stadium tour?” Beyoncé is doing stadiums. Taylor Swift is doing stadium tours. Are you ready for stadium tour? I said no. I’m not ready today. But I’ll be ready because it depends on me and my commitment. And on my team, the tour was planned for 2025. We did the Puerto Rico concert in March. At that moment, which was 11 days after the album was released people knew the whole album.
Karol G:When I say “I go with the flow,” at the first show, I didn’t have the whole album and there were three dates. In the second, I had 4 more songs, and in the third show, I did the whole album. That’s where I sat and said I’m not interested in numbers, not interested in risk, not interested in anything. I want to do this tour and I want it to be global.
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Get to know global girl group XG as they share their personal styles, biggest music influences, how they define girl power and more during their Billboard cover shoot. MayaWell we’ve been inspired by a lot of groups but maybe TLC, Destiny’s Child and Spice Girls. MayaThe evolution of girl power. JurinI think the fundamental haven’t […]
Billboard cover star Manuel Turizo shares his greatest influences across several different Latin genres: pop, reggaeton, regional Mexican, bachata and merengue; the stories behind his biggest hits and collaborations, and more!
Manuel Turizo:Hey there, this is Manuel Turizo …
… and this is the Different Tones of of Manuel Turizo.
I wasn’t a good sportsman or a smart kid or a good student in my classes at school, but I was good at music, so I gave it a try.
My goal, when creating music, is mainly to enjoy it, to challenge myself all the time. I’d say I feelcomfortable making music of any genre, and that’s something that also depends on the song.
You could make a reggaeton and say, “Hey, I love this,” or the next day you could make, I don’t know, a disco beat song, and say, “Wow, I’m loving this,” or other I don’t know … maybe just with a piano, and you like that as well.
I think that people are understanding a bit more the identity of Manuel Turizo. The fact that many years have passed already, I had the opportunity to show them that I made urban music, I made reggae, ballads, I made bachata, merengue, northern cumbia, I made reggaeton … so, OK, “This is what Manuel likes, and that’s Manuel’s identity.” Manuel’s identity isn’t just a genre.
My first approach to pop music, I’d say it was with Sin Banderas with Fonsi, with Alex Ubago. I remember that by the time we released “Una Lady Como Tú,” there was controversy, an argument over what sound it was, like, if that was pop, but it had a dembow, so, what was it?
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Metro Boomin:I feel like what’s unique will forever for the end of time, be relevant, you know? No matter what category, what anything that’s in. I have loved music my whole life so … You know growing up, I always wanted to be a rapper at first. In order to do that, I needed some […]
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