Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Colombian musician Karol G.
Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Carolina Giraldo Navarro, known professionally as Karol G, is a Colombian singer, songwriter and businesswoman. She is predominantly described as a reggaeton and Latin trap artist, but has experimented with a variety of other genres including reggae and sertaneja. She is also noted for her prominent female presence in the reggaeton scene. In 2018, she won the Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and has been nominated for several Billboard Latin Music Awards and Premios Lo Nuestro awards.
I want to be that Latin girl doing big things around the world.
What I love about 'Culpables' is that it's a completely clean song. We do not speak ill of women or men. The song is clean. It does not have bad words.
Machistas are out of style.
In my songs there are no bad words, so kids can sing them, and girls can identify with singing with them, too, because it's not like a man singing reggaeton.
I want to take that step, being a Latin girl, and doing my Spanish music, but I want to go global. International.
If we want to get to the next level, let's take a risk and try something different.
I do have those high peak moments when I feel my best.
We see leaders in social media starting fights. I'm on the other team who likes to inspire, to leave a positive message.
Family gatherings were very important to me growing up.
When I go on trips, I like to have everything in one place. Someone to be in charge of the food, someone to keep things organized, and someone to attend to us. I need the house to be awesome, by the water, with all the amenities I need.
I have a personal dream to be a mom, to have a family and all that but - when I do take that break to fulfill it - I want everything else to be so strong and set that people don't forget me.
In her verse, she says: 'It's me and Karol G, and we let the rats talk.' I died, I revived, I died and revived again until I understood Nicki Minaj had said my name in her verse.
I used to hate to be a girl.
In the beginning it was very frustrating, being told girls don't sing this kind of music, and, 'Maybe you can try with pop or songs that are more romantic.'
Before I met Bad Bunny, I had this image of him from his lyrics and songs, and I met a very cultured and nice man that I could have deep conversations with.
Urban music in the Spanish-language is a force to be reckoned with, there's truly something for everyone in it.
Ten, 15 years before, the Latin industry was singing Anglo music, trying to get an opportunity with them. Everything changed, and now around the world everyone is listening to our Latin music.
I would love to perform with Rihanna. That's one of my biggest dreams.
Instead of speaking of men versus women, we should speak about artists rising at a worldwide level.
My message is very simple: I'm for women, I'm about women, and I want to help create lanes for more of us.
I worked with different producers from all genres, trying to bridge different styles of music, from urban to electronica to ballads.
I love making music but there has to be variety in life.
I represent and defend my style.
Honestly, maybe I'm not as skinny as I've been at some point in my life, but I like how I look! You look at Beyonce, at Rihanna, at Jennifer Lopez and they have curves you can grab onto.
I wanna be remembered as someone who broke all the norms.
I'm not cute.
It's good to have experience in other ventures and have other goals. Like acting, having businesses, starting from zero and making something grow.
I was thinking of the parallel between the ocean, the life and the music. The ocean is everything. It's calm, but brave - it's life.
When I get by the ocean, that's the only moment that I get that silence and that connection, not with the ocean, but with myself.
I want to be a mom. It's something that when I do have kids, I think I will retire from making music for a while.
I just want other women to be able to see themselves in the music.
All my songs could speak about the same person in different situations.
It surprises me that criticism on social media is worst than ever... more and more people tend to seek perfection in others.
I think I'll be one of those moms that doesn't raise her kids with too much technology around because I didn't have much of that growing up. I was creative and played with what I had.
I want to show girl power.
Diddy and Ciroc are moving culture forward, while communicating the importance of social responsibility.
When I saw Anuel for the first time singing live, I kissed him. That was the kiss that everyone saw.
Artists come and go, and that's my fear... that's what keeps me focused.
I use creams for my undereyes, my face, a morning cream and a night cream.
When 'Ahora Me Llama' was out, I was looking for someone to do the remix. Among those people I was looking at was Anuel, who was in jail. We tried, but it was impossible to record it because of his situation.
Everywhere I went, people would tell me that trap and reggaeton was for men, not women. I wasn't being taken seriously, and I was often being told to do something else.
One of my dreams is to become a female entrepreneur with other projects not just related to music.
I'm thrilled to represent Ciroc Summer Colada.
It is our job to make a difference and leave the world a better place.
Every day, I feel I can do more things - not as a character but as myself.
Empowerment is a word that comes with liberty.
There are not many girls doing reggaeton or urban music in the Latin music industry.
I have different sounds... I don't want to be just that girl that sings reggaeton or trap music.
I have this weird thing about my face that it needs to look super young.
A lot of people may know me for my music now. It took me almost 14 years to get where I am, and it was really hard.
I did everything to break in. I even recorded covers of Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill, and put them on Youtube in the hopes that Drake would discover me like he did Justin Bieber.
Obviously, I respect the expression of different artists. I do not judge or criticize the style of anyone.
In Las Vegas, a day before the Latin Grammys, I was walking backward and hit a light and fell down. The worst part is that I was singing with Becky G and Mau y Ricky - they all rushed over to help me. It was very dramatic.
I'll admit that I am not always 100 percent confident because I'm a woman. I'm a woman and I'm human.
I went through a difficult time, gaining 24 pounds in one month. A few haters attacked me online for how I looked, even though the majority of my fans were supportive. Those were the ones that kept me going.
There's no path to success. Everyone constructs their own path. The important thing is to follow your heart. Find your niche, is my best advice.
What I really spend money on is finding a nice place to stay near the sea.
As an artist, I really just want to do everything.
There's a strong wave of songs by women. Even if the songs are collabs, women have the intro and the chorus, which is what people can sing. We're getting the credibility, the spaces in the award shows, and people want to hear our point of view.
If you look at the 'Casi Nada' video, I'm, like, a good girl.