Grammy Award-winning singer, Karol G, 34, recently discussed the criticism she’s been receiving. She faced backlash for her song, “Latina Forever,” particularly for the use of the words “t*** and a**,” which some fans argued was an attempt to sexualize women.
She shared with Variety, “I feel like the bigger the project gets, the harder the people get with me. 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.”
The “CONTIGO” crooner added, “It’s difficult, because the video is incredible but I knew having us in bikinis with me singing about t*** and a** … I just knew it was going to be a talking point. But the way I see it, I am just singing of my realities.”
Karol G continued, “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?”
She also addressed the significant fact that she is one of the few Latin artists, alongside figures like Luis Miguel, Bad Bunny, and Shakira, to have embarked on a global stadium tour.
Karol G stated: “I haven’t spoken with [Bad Bunny], but I would love the opportunity to get to talk to him about the experience, because it is such a massive accomplishment that I haven’t fully digested. When we first sat down to route the tour, everyone kept telling me, ‘Don’t you think it’s too much too fast?’ I’m so proud that we did it. I remember thinking ‘My God, Shakira is doing this. I’m doing this?! I get to do what she does on this scale?!’ It’s insane.”
