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Karol G Is ‘Willing to Fight’ for Her Genre-Spanning ‘Tropicoqueta’ Album: ‘Latinas Are Everything — Why Can’t We Just Be Everything?’
Karol G on the inspirations behind her multi-genre fifth album, 'Tropicoqueta,' and the controversy around her 'Latina Foreva' single.
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. 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. 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.
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