Singer Karol G (Medellín, 33 years previous) conquered the Santiago Bernabéu this Saturday, July 20, along with her tour ‘Mañana será bonito’ on the primary of its 4 sold-out days. Generally known as one of many pioneers of reggaeton with lyrics that vindicate girls and don’t allude to sexist phrases, she has achieved what nobody has carried out earlier than: fill 4 consecutive dates on the Madrid stadium with 240,000 tickets bought.
With a repertoire made up of greater than thirty songs, divided into three units, Karol G kicked off at 9:00 p.m. with ‘TQG’, in collaboration with Shakira, a live performance marked by the animations of “Carolina”, accompanied by mermaids and inflatable animals on stage, in addition to hearth and energetic dancing.
‘Besties’, ‘Mi cama’ and ‘El barco’ resonated within the stadium subsequent, the latter being one in all Karol G’s favorite songs, as she identified to her followers. ‘X si volvemos’, an enormous hit sung with Romeo Santos, which ended with “as we speak is intercourse evening and I’ll fulfil your fantasy”.
“You are imagined to be those who put the subsequent music as primary,” introduced Karol G earlier than performing her subsequent hit, none aside from ‘Tusa’, the smash hit that went viral throughout the pandemic made in collaboration with Nicki Minaj; a music that starred in one of many first most particular moments of the evening.
‘BichotaG’ additionally received the viewers of their seats, one in all her most well-known and up to date songs, which symbolizes the mass phenomenon she has turn into worldwide, being “a bichota” already has its personal which means. “I dedicate it to all the recent queens,” introduced Karol G earlier than the music.
Together with his “I am going out and preparing on my ft” the Bernabéu resounded, after which he moved on to ‘El Makinon’, one other of the general public’s favorite items, wearing pink garments, glitter and cowboy hats, each pink and glittery.
With the music ‘Carolina’, her favorite, the artist revealed her title to her viewers: “Good to fulfill you, my title is Carolina,” she mentioned mockingly.
“I do know that in Spain they love perreito, let’s faux we’re in a disco,” mentioned the artist earlier than singing ‘Gatúbela’, which she initially carried out with Edwin Vázquez Vega, successful that broke with the aesthetic that the live performance had till then. On this means, the pastel colours that predominate within the album (Mañana será bonito, 2023) and that marked the start of the live performance gave solution to a passionate pink that illuminated the stage.
At that second, she carried out one in all her oldest songs, ‘A ella’ from 2017, after which sang ‘TA OK’, ‘OCEAN’, ‘Pero tú’ and ‘Mercurio’.
“There’s a bitch in every of you”
The third set was opened with one other of her animated movies that includes Carolina, wherein she encourages girls to empower themselves: “There is a hottie in every of you, you need to discover her like Carolina did.”
Her new single ‘Si antes te había conocí’ was additionally current, a music that was not within the repertoire however which the Colombian artist gave to the 65,000 attendees this Saturday: “I’ve by no means sung it in Spain.”
‘Mi ex estaba razón’ was one other of the songs that the general public recognized with essentially the most, which everybody sang in unison with the artist, who posed alone on the finish of the catwalk, within the form of a flower, and sang sporting one of many outfits that was the star of the live performance, the hat. At that second, Karol G blended in along with her followers, who had been largely sporting the well-known cowboy hat that seems within the video for this music.
Karol G –who has three albums (Unstoppable, 2017) (Ocean, 2019), (KG0516, 2021) and (Mañana será bonito, 2023)– has closed this primary day of live shows in Madrid with ‘Mamiii’ and ‘Provenza’ or ‘S91”.
The latter says ‘they need to be like me, I’ve seen them however the move just isn’t on the market’, integrated into the repertoire expressly as a result of it’s “Spain”. “I saved it for right here,” the artist added earlier than singing it. She additionally stunned the viewers when she took out a Spanish flag and put it on her shoulders, however not earlier than greeting her compatriots, who had been very quite a few on the live performance.
“We got here as a household”
This primary occasion in Madrid was attended by a really various public, younger individuals and households. The boys had their faces embellished with glitter, as did most of the ladies who attended.
“We’re sporting hats within the model of ‘Pasión de Gavilanes’, for the music ‘Mi ex estaba razón’, the place Karol G is sporting a clear hat. We have now very excessive expectations, she is great and sings very nicely. We have now come as a household and my father is there too. He’s going to sing and dance too,” Marta instructed Europa Presa earlier than the live performance.
“We’re from Medellín, there was loads of pleasure in Medellín with Karol G and as we speak is July 20, which additionally celebrates the independence of Colombia,” Catalina and Manuela assured, proper outdoors the venue.
Ana, a younger lady who was not sporting pink or glitter, was, nonetheless, sporting monumental hoop earrings with a phrase engraved inside each: ‘Bichota’. “They gave it to me for a birthday a few years in the past, I’ve worn it a number of occasions nevertheless it’s been a very long time since I’ve worn it,” she defined.
The ‘Bichota’ will as soon as once more fill the Santiago Bernabéu tomorrow, the day after and the day after tomorrow, on this “mini tour” of Spain.
