Alex Cooper x Youtube Presents: Becoming a Coachella Headliner (ft. KAROL G) - Part 1
44 min
•Apr 11, 20267 days agoSummary
Alex Cooper interviews reggaeton artist KAROL G about her journey from shy teenager to Grammy-winning headliner, discussing her early career struggles in a male-dominated industry, a traumatic experience with a manager at 16, and her evolution into a confident artist preparing for her Coachella headline performance.
Insights
- Early self-promotion and positioning are critical for emerging artists—KAROL G and her father created a fake team presence to secure initial gigs, demonstrating that perceived credibility often precedes actual credibility in entertainment
- Women in male-dominated creative industries face systemic power imbalances that can cause lasting emotional damage; recovery requires both external support systems and internal boundary-setting
- Romantic idealism and people-pleasing tendencies can undermine personal identity in relationships; successful women must learn to establish non-negotiable boundaries early rather than retroactively
- Authenticity and vulnerability in music create deeper fan connections than polished perfection; sharing real struggles and processes resonates more than curated success narratives
- Mentorship from successful women in similar positions provides invaluable guidance on maintaining integrity and self-respect while navigating power dynamics
Trends
Latina artists breaking into historically male-dominated genres (reggaeton) are reshaping industry power dynamics and creating pathways for other womenArtist-led storytelling through music albums as emotional processing and fan connection is becoming a primary career strategy for female artistsMental health and boundary-setting conversations are increasingly central to artist interviews and public discourse, particularly around workplace harassmentDirect artist-to-artist mentorship and collaboration among female artists is replacing traditional gatekeeping models in music industryStadium tours and festival headlining slots are becoming primary career milestones and validation metrics for global artistsSocial media detox and selective digital presence are emerging as wellness strategies for high-profile artists managing attention and mental healthRomantic vulnerability in music continues to drive commercial success and fan loyalty, particularly when tied to personal growth narratives
Topics
Women in Male-Dominated IndustriesWorkplace Harassment and Power DynamicsArtist Career Development and Self-PromotionReggaeton Music IndustryCoachella Festival and Festival HeadliningRelationship Dynamics and Boundary-SettingMusic as Emotional ProcessingLatina Representation in EntertainmentFan Connection and AuthenticityPersonal Branding and PositioningMental Health in EntertainmentMentorship and Role ModelsAlbum Development and Creative ProcessStadium Tours and Live PerformanceSocial Media and Digital Wellness
Companies
Coachella
KAROL G is headlining Coachella festival, a major career milestone and platform for her to reach global audiences
Grammy Awards
KAROL G is a Grammy winner, representing major industry recognition and validation of her artistic achievements
YouTube
Episode subtitle indicates YouTube Presents partnership, suggesting YouTube's involvement in promoting the Coachella ...
People
KAROL G
Grammy-winning artist discussing her career journey, upcoming Coachella headline performance, and personal experiences
Alex Cooper
Host conducting in-depth interview with KAROL G about career, relationships, and personal growth
Selena Quintanilla
KAROL G cites Selena as her biggest inspiration; watching Selena's film changed her life and gave her confidence to p...
Rihanna
KAROL G deeply admires Rihanna and met her at Super Bowl; credits her with providing life lesson about treating peopl...
Shakira
Collaborated with KAROL G on hit song TQG during similar emotional period; genuine connection led to successful empow...
Quotes
"The way how they see you, they treat you. So you are the one to have to put yourself first in a specific spot and you have to believe it. And then everyone is going to believe it too."
KAROL G
"I hated that. I hated everything and I hated it almost made me hate what I do. I almost made me hate like my music and everything."
KAROL G
"You have to be the person you would love to meet. Like when you are in situation you say like oh this person that made me feel so uncomfortable so bad I don't want to be that."
KAROL G
"I want to be a bridge for the people to get together with their selves... I want the people to take realness from my journey and understand that there's hard situation there's sacrifices there's hard work there's discipline."
KAROL G
"When I am done I'm done like there's not a there's not a door not even a window not even a nothing there's not nothing there's I'm done."
KAROL G
Full Transcript
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What is one of the best parts that you've been able to celebrate? And what are you enjoying the most of all of this right now? That's a complex question, because I think I'm going to answer, and then 10 minutes later, I'm going to think about something different, and then tomorrow, I'm going to be thinking like, ah, maybe these two, because right now I'm just like a roller coaster of feelings and emotions. And even with the preparation and the rehearsals and the starting, all this process for this show had opened my mind in so many different ways, so I every day just see something different. I feel super blessed, of course. I feel super responsible for a lot of things. I feel super proud at the same time. I feel super nervous. I don't know if you know, but after my, I finished the tour, Mañana Seroni, the tour in 2020, July, 2024. And since that July, I haven't been on stage. Like, no, with a show of mine. I was in, but Bonnie was in my jeans, so I sing with him one of, like, a song that we have together, but not me on stage performing like a full show. And this is crazy, because I love my fans. And now your headline in Coachella. And I'm going to present, yeah, I'm going to present, like, actually I'm going to present these songs of my last album in Coachella. Do you get nervous though, saying that? Like, are you someone that gets nervous performing on stage? Like, if you haven't done it in a while, or does it come back immediately naturally? More than nervous, I'm like, I need to be on stage. I love stage. Like, for me, being on the studio, like doing music and being on stage, like, I'm my happiest place to be. What does it mean to you to have this opportunity to represent your community and get up there and do this for them? This is huge. Like, I think to have a purpose is the most important thing. Even when we started, like, talking about the creative details of the show, I would like, let's start from the message. Because I love shows, but I love to be on shows that they have a meaning, they have a reason, they have, like, something to stand for. And this is my opportunity to stand for my community, you know, like, as an artist and being there. I've all the times feel that we can have a voice, but sometimes it's not enough. But to be on that specific stage is to have a big voice. It's an opportunity to have a big voice for them. So, yeah, I'm going to be there speaking a little loud. Can we talk about your evolution as an artist? Because you're sitting in front of me today, so successful, headlining Coachella, Grammys, selling out all the things, which is so amazing. But when you were younger, did you expect this to be your career? Like, what life did you envision for yourself? Yeah, actually, I think I always wanted to be a singer. Like, my father, he loves to sing. And he used to have, like, a band when he was, like, young. And he used to take me when I was four or five years old, like, to sing with him, like, do it songs. So at that time, I think I was very into the music. So when I grew up, at least, like, I studied music, I studied, like, different instruments, violin, I studied, like, drums, I studied, like, electric guitar. Actually, I got in love really with my voice. That's the instrument that I love the most. But everything just was guiding me that this is one I really want to do. There's another part of me that wanted to be a motorcycle rider. Like, I love motorcycles and that's my hobby. Dude, I love sitting with artists because it's always something like that. Like, it's always like, if I wasn't going to do this, then I was going to do. And then it's something so random that I'm like, what? Do you drive motorcycles? Yeah, I love motorcycles. You have to come with me. On the back of your bike? I really, I really, I really like riding motorcycles in Made in Colombia. You're going to love. Do you put guys on the back of your bike? Yeah, like even my friends, when they don't, they don't know how to ride, like they come. But if you were going on a date, would you have a guy get on your motorcycle? Ah, okay. Like, like, actually that's how I started, like, my, a little bit, like my last relationship, like, giving my first gift was a motorcycle. I thought you were going to say my first gift was you can come on my motorcycle. You bought him a motorcycle? Yeah, I bought him a motorcycle. Wait, that's an amazing gift. Yeah. We're going to get to relationships. Okay, go back for a second though. 14 years old, it was your dad's idea for you to audition for L-Factor X. That's pretty young. Like, what did you want out of that experience? I was very shy in my school. I always was very, very shy at that time specifically. And I didn't want to go. Like, I love to sing. I love to perform. Even at that time, I was like this little girl that always wanted to sing in front of the family. But no, like that. And my father just did the line. It was crazy. He got the number. Then I didn't want to go, but I went and I got chosen. And I started recording the TV show and then I got out. And when I got out, like, my parents were, they were like super heart-breaking, but I was like, I didn't really care about it because I was like, you know, I was like little kid, like you don't really understand like what's happening. But then after that, there is this person that asks to sign a contract to start like an artistic process. My parents, they ask me, do you want this or do you do? And actually, at the time, I said, like, this is interesting. Like, I want to understand how this is about. Like my father showed me the movie of Selena Quintanilla. And for me, that movie, it changed my life completely. I was like, oh my God, I just visualized myself a lot in her story. And it gave me like the strength and the confidence exactly. And yeah, my parents signed that contract. I started working. Before you signed a contract, I feel like I remember reading that you really were working it to try to get gigs before just like you come across a manager and you get signed. Right. So like, what were some of the shows that you were booking while you were working with your dad trying to get noticed and seen in the industry? My father and I, we became like the craziest, most amazing team ever created in history of the music. And I said that because we were like, my father and I like sitting in a table calling to different places. And I was like, hi, you're talking with Carol G, she's an artist and he was me. Like, or it was him, like, and we were like this big team. Oh, you need to talk to the, I don't know, the executive. Like, okay, he's going to call you later on to my father. Would you change your voice? Yeah. Okay, I'm calling. Hi, I want to talk with Carol G. Hello. We're calling from this Carol G team and we asking you to, of course, we're showing she, she had this great music. She's Latina, she can sing in school, she can sing in, I don't know, in university, she can sing in everybody. Do you need, she has a great music. She has a great show. She comes with the artists. She comes with the dancers and she comes with all the amazing time. If you want to do something, just please call us. We're going to be like super, super, super grateful to be part of your show. You're a saleswoman. No, but no, at the time it worked. Like we did a lot of schools, universities, like it was amazing. Girl, you have to work it and you have to like, whether you pretend you have a fake assistant or whatever it is, sometimes that's what you have to do to get people to then believe like, oh, she's got a team. Like she is so big. Like this is a really big deal that I'm speaking to me while it's like, it's you. It's all about the movie. Like it's kind of, there is this big phrase that I love that the way how they see you, they treat you. So you are the one to have to put yourself first in a specific spot and you have to believe it. And then everyone is going to believe it too. But if you don't do it like, Yeah, it doesn't, it won't happen. No, it won't happen. So Carol, you though, we're trying to break into reggaeton in the beginning, right? Which is a male dominated genre. And so although now you have this confidence and you have this success, like what type of responses in the beginning days were you getting from these music executives who were mainly men? Yeah, it felt like always like a negotiation. I was very blessed that I have my father on the road with me, but actually even having him by my side, there were so many things that they were like fucked up. Like, I don't know. For me, it's, it's, I just feel like I feel grateful because I had those experiences. And now I feel that I have to speak for all my women community. But it was crazy. It was all about like, first, there's a lot of people that tells you that you're not enough to do something that they want to show you the way to do it. How you, how and what you have to sell to have a position. And of course, if you are in a room of like full of a respected man, it's kind of you are in this this second position where you have to just listen and go for the things that they plan. I hated that. I hated everything and I hated it almost made me hate what I do. It almost made me hate like my music and everything. So it was hard. Yeah, it was hard. Yeah. I'm so happy obviously to now see you in this place because I think I've spoken to so many women, right? Where I sit with them and we talk about how being a young woman in any industry, not just music, but any industry, there's such a power in balance when you are a young woman and you're in the rooms with all of these powerful men and like you said, you kind of lose your voice because you kind of just have to agree and say yes because you're really made to feel so small. And I know early in your career when you were 16 years old, what you were referring to is you signed with a manager who was in his fifties and he crossed the line, right? How did that experience affect the way that you viewed the music industry as a whole? It kills all the emotion and all the love that I used to have for music, you know? And at that time, there's so many things that you feel that you're not able to talk. Like that's why I always say that it's super important to teach people to be open with all the feelings and all the different experiences because sometimes you want to say things but you don't find the way or you don't have this, I don't know, but you cannot speak about them and at that time I couldn't speak about nothing and I just said, I don't want to do this anymore. And I just told my father, please just take me out of this, like help me, I don't feel comfortable and I just asked my father, please take me out of here and he was my father. He had to pay a lot of, he worked a lot of years just to pay like what it cost to be out of that contract but I moved to New York to an aunt's house and my father was like very concerned about like why are you doing this to me? Like he felt that it was kind of something that I wanted to do, you know, like we say in Spanish, un capricho, I don't know how to say it in English, but it's kind of, if it was something that I don't want this anymore and I just want to start a new thing, but in the deep, deep, really deep situation, I could never explain, but he just believed in that he didn't want to do that. I think something you said to Carol that's so relatable for women is sometimes, and I agree it's so important to talk about this because hopefully if there is a woman who's listening to this going through something like that right now, maybe she will feel more comfortable to speak up, but it's so hard in the moment because you feel, it's like debilitating, you feel frozen, right? Knowing how much your dad was your biggest supporter and was there with you, like can you explain for people who may not understand like why you didn't feel like you could tell him what happened? I think because there were so many things that happened to me that they were like a first experience even in mind and situation that I never before spoke about, everything was new. So I was like, how I explain this if I don't know even if people live this, like it's kind of like you don't, now I don't even understand how I couldn't say nothing, but I couldn't. It was like kind of, I was embarrassed of the things, I was embarrassed of myself, it's something that there's no explanation, but I just feel that girls need to understand that you have to speak. There's not a way if you have someone that is making you feel uncomfortable, disrespected, not dignity at all, there's nothing good that is going to happen, nothing good, like because you think this is the way or whatever, there's never going to be the way, that that's going to make you lose time and that's going to make you lose yourself. And I learned that like later on and sometimes like yeah, I'm really a nice person I love, but there's people that can sit in a chair and say like, oh that bitch, you think that she's really goodbye but she's not like I'm gonna sit and I'm gonna say like, do you actually are conscious about what happened, what you did on me for you to say that because now I really make sure people respect me in the room, like I love everything but I'm not like with someone, I'm not gonna be sitting with someone, I'm gonna say hi, I'm gonna be very polite, but that's just gonna, it doesn't, we won't gonna cross the line of if you respect me or not and I learned that really late, yeah but you, but it's so relatable unfortunately and I appreciate you speaking on it because there are so many women that are going to be listening to this and I do think it's the first lesson that you're really saying is like giving ourselves grace when we go through something for the first time as women, we are taught to a lot of times appease men and I think it's just recently that we're being able to have conversations being like that was not okay, you should not have been put in that position but when you are in those positions, you kind of just freeze and you don't know what to do and so a lot of times we have to give ourselves grace that that was our response because we don't know what else to do but then it takes growing up and learning and growing and becoming stronger and it sucks that we have to become stronger from all the pain that we endure as women and going through these hard situations but it does make us stronger so now when someone is coming, whether they're trying to take advantage or they are treating you in a specific way, now Carol G can sit in her room and it makes me upset for you that you learned it through such a painful moment but you now know exactly what you will not put up with you know what is the craziest thing about it that then like living life I just knew a lot of a lot of girls that they had had the same situation and I was like wow this is something that repeats a lot this is something that we really have to stand for because it's kind of it I don't know but it looks like it was a normal thing you know like a normal thing in the process of every girl that want to do something huge in their lives so that's why I have to let's start from the opposite let's start being hard and boss and respect yourself first instead of learning it late and this message and I'm going to speak to the camera this message goes to the parents too because actually the communication starts at home and if you're telling like no no no don't do that man they do that no no don't hold that because like actually men do that no teach a girl to be strong from the beginning we can do everything and actually I love to read books about like mind and about spiritually and everything and most of our girls and we have a really strong spirit like over everything we can do the most crazy amazing like girls they give life like they give birth you know like so starting from that like just believe that your girls at home they can do whatever they want they're as a strong they're even stronger like it's a message for it's a message for everyone you know such a good point and is there anything now that you have had so much success and you're in your position that you would want to say to those men who doubted you or didn't treat you right what would you say to them now oh no my work is speaking about me so I don't have anything to say like thank you watch and and but everyone is so welcome to be enjoying my show because it happens that I have had people in my show that they are like so sorry about this and whatever and I don't take it like person like just enjoy like you're part of this and I just hope you learn your yeah you know you're you can watch me on stage at Coachella I'll be on the main stage where are you yeah a little bit like that I'll say it for you Carol you're a high-cycle you're telling it yeah better so you work with your father you get out of the situation with this manager your career really starts taking off and then you start collaborating with some major artists and your album Mañana Cera Bonito it broke so many records it's crazy how were you feeling emotionally when your career really just started to take off you know what like even we did this stadium tour with Mañana Cera Bonito and right now I have the same stadiums as a bucket list for my next tour it's crazy because you leave it and your brain is like kind of not ready for it it it it didn't happen to me you know I don't know but now I still have like the same places that I just went and I have it in my bucket list I want to be there and I want to I don't know but when you're on stage and you see all that amount of people that they made this crazy effort to pay the ticket and everything it's kind of like your brain is not ready for it and I wasn't ready for that album and for that too at the time and because that obviously that album changed your life and I know it was really inspired by your own relationship how did it feel to share those emotions and experiences with your fans I think they were part of the rebellion of course they started like being just feelings that then it was part of the rebellion and my only way to speak was about like through my music and I always say like uh carol G is a really good artist and a really good musician but heartbreak it like heartbroken carol G girl get ready that's that's something crazy because like that's when like my superpower comes out like I'm gonna write some bangers get ready get ready and the world was like okay yeah these are bangers I mean I I think about that album and I know like I've been in unhealthy relationships I think probably everyone listening has but when you get out of it and you have that clarity you're like how did I not see that but there's so much that goes into relationships that again it's like even if there's a bad moment then it's met with a good moment and then you remember the good and then it happens again it's like I think I don't know if you have but like have you ever made excuses for a partner's behavior of course like you romanticize everything and and and that's how brain works because the our body hates pain so we all our brain is going to put like oh yeah this is bad but remember when he was nice this time and you're like yeah maybe it's not that bad but then you spend like a lot of time like you know doing negotiations with your brain and then no it's like it's it's I know exactly have you ever been in a situation where you look back and you really realize like oh I started to lose myself in that relationship and what did that look like for you no that happens a lot to me and actually uh I need to work that on me because if no I'm gonna fail every relationship now I know that because uh when you start like having a relationship with a person you need from the beginning to set things that they're like this you know you have your life you have your life you do things this way you do things this way it's two people that complements each other but when you start like changing for the other person just to make the other one feel better feel comfortable like you start like sharing more time with their friends doing their stuff doing their thing in their times in their like routine that's when you lose yourself and not you don't find yourself anymore in that specific so you don't love yourself and you're not you're not able to love the other person and and everything it's like if you're holding the relationship because of that then when you breaks everything breaks you know so I need to work that on me I need to be more like this is how I do things I know you're doing exactly set the boundaries exactly so from the beginning you start like doing things because you know you're in the right like the most amazing moment situation and you just want the other people to feel happy comfortable and everything and you start like doing things because of that and they become habits you know they become habits and with the time they become like strong and strong and then you don't know how to be out of great you've done it for so long that even if you try to change it they've gotten used to you putting up with it and then by the time you try to change it it's too late yeah girl yeah you're I feel you I feel you hard on that I think all of us all of us are like and yes yes yes so I need to buy my love is that the award yeah it doesn't be car I need to learn how to defy a love that keeps going out but it's still coming in because are you a romantic the most corny romantic girl and I love details and when I say details I'm not talking about like presents I love details I love that you find a little note I love that you find a little thing here right there I love to I I've done graffitis on the wall for a man for a man like girl taking time like long night with my friends doing something and the next day sending a picture and find that because it's for you like girl like no that's romantic but then they're like treating you like shit you're like you don't deserve me I love corny songs and I love I don't know yeah I'm stuck in time do you write songs for guys that you love of course perform them to them of course yeah you know what I did once I just did a song I recorded in a cassette I let the the little cassette player I don't know how to do the player with the cassette inside and I left the house we don't know like listen to this for you did he text you and say I'm madly in love with you yeah of course yeah that was cute that was cute um okay your song TQG has become such an empowering breakup anthem for so many women how did that collaboration with Shakira come to be okay she was having this specific moment in her life and I had this song that I wrote in a specific moment kind of in the same moment of my life and I just noticed in her interviews and everything that she was speaking about like a feeling that represented the song so I had the song and I didn't have communication with her but I just um got her contacts and heard the song explained her a little bit why I felt that she could be like a part of the song and then she loved it I think we had like amazing like conversations before like to shoot the video and everything and and I think that that's why the song became like so big it was like really genuine about like how she was feeling and how I was feeling when I like when I did the song so it was amazing it works yeah it works the song talks about an ex coming back when they see you doing better which is so annoying and so relatable when this happens to you Carol how do you respond with a multi million selling album and tour about what are you and how you made me feel yeah like that mic drop oh watch me make some money and just like live out my dreams now yeah that's how you respond that's how and do you respond to them ever no no that's your response you know like how I am I'm like when I am done I'm done like there's not a there's not a door not even a window not even a nothing there's not nothing there's I'm done it's like a you have to notice that I'm trying too hard to put this together because when I don't do it I don't do it anymore you're done I'm done and that takes confidence I feel like we can't talk about confidence without talking about bichota for anyone who isn't familiar can you please explain what it means to be a bichota you know it is still like we have this specific word in Spanish and a couple we say a couple to a person that is really good something like for example Messi is a couple you know we say like that it's like kind of his a bichote and it's the same meaning it's a word they used to use it for a narco person but it became like a a heavy word that represents like a heavy personality so I loved that for bichota and now there is bichotas a bichotas all over the world just super powerful and running their thing and yeah you are such a confident person which I think people love so much you even have a tattoo of yourself what inspired this the three people that I admire the most in my life and it's always been the same and even like knowing and meeting different people is still the same and it's uh Rihanna Selena Quintanilla and Carolina that it's me and and and actually people I know they understand like they can feel that it's really weird because it's kind of a I don't know like it's hard to say that you have a tattoo of yourself in your body but for me it's kind of I'm the only one that knows how hard has been life for me in different situations like if there's someone that I admire a lot it's myself it's kind of I just sit down sometimes and I say like wow I don't know how I did this I don't know how I passed through this I don't know how I'm here and actually I keep just repeating that to myself my last year was a really hard crazy year so I really admire like who I've become because I'm still like I'm not a confident person like a lot of times but there's these lucid moments that I have that made me remember how everything how hard has been so I have myself here I have Selena Quintanilla she's like my most biggest inspiration in the world her personality her spirit her music she is the see if there's something that represents Latina girl Selena Quintanilla and then it's Rihanna Rihanna she's my baby she's my baby she's like this smart brilliant strong person that I really want to remember in every situation I always say like okay what would Rihanna do okay so let's think about it in this situation like because she's a she's a bitch she doesn't care she's like everything's f**k it f**k up for her so I really want to have that she has been like she has done everything she wanted in her life she has become like a business girl like a mom very dedicated and lovely mom and she has done everything as a girl as a women women like everything so I'm ready have you gotten to meet her yeah I met her at her super bowl and she gave me the most amazing lesson a person gave me in my life you have to be she didn't tell not she didn't tell this but that's like what I realized from our meeting you have to be the person you would love to meet for everyone no for no no convenience no for everyone be the person you would love to meet like when you are in situation you say like oh this person that made me feel so uncomfortable so bad I don't want to be that she made me feel very special in that room when I got in she was so she was like eating little pojitos like chicken she was eating little pojitos and she was already pregnant and she presented his pregnancy that night and she was like with no shoes just sitting in her sofa and she was talking to me like things that I never I didn't know that she knew my music she knew my career and she made me feel very comfortable she talking about like as a like as a girl like I'm very proud and like so after that I was like oh okay maybe this is the best lesson that I can have like I need to be that person that people and my fans would love to meet when they see me I want everyone to feel comfortable in my presence that's very beautiful I feel like that with her did you show her the tattoo of course like you know what happened to me crazy so embarrassed like she must be super tired of me talking about her and actually sometimes I think you're showing too much and when you show too much like I don't I don't need to do as on with her like I don't that's the dream at least but I don't need to I met her now my next dream in life is just to go out with her like and speak about life and whatever but I was shaking so bad when I met her and I was like so embarrassed about like my body was shaking I was like kind of I love you and my voice and everything like kind of just put me on my ballet song you know just dancing I was shaking like literally shaking and I I'm still embarrassed about it and were you just like I got a tattoo of you I got a tattoo of you like I couldn't stop speaking we were like there for an hour and I was like yeah living my life you know it was my moment I don't know maybe never repeat again so I just I'm so happy for you though and that makes me so happy that you had such a positive experience with her she has such a beautiful energy and I oh my god I think so many women look up to her and she smells like heaven she smells like like like like Rihanna you're like do you want to just actually do the rest of this episode let's talk about Rihanna because Carol she's like you know what yeah next I can keep like this next question yeah yeah yeah um I think that's a lot of people feel about her though um okay let's talk about your latest album Joppy Coqueta how did you come up with the name okay with Joppy Coqueta it was like a world of different things because I did the album while I was on tour and I was just going to these different countries all over the world and even in like if I was in Europe or whatever I had like all these people coming from all the different Latina countries and and the name it was like kind of we as Latinas we are coquetas we are like these flirty girls like we love being like the the center of the room like we like that and and we're sexy and we love our curves because they're in a specific way and whatever and I wanted to express all of that and for me the name was like a kind of a tropical vibe and a flirty vibe and I put them together and it's a trophy coqueta and we are all of us with tropical coquetas I mean it's so good and I think there's so many good also love songs on this so I have to ask where where is your head at currently when it comes to dating Carol? No like I'm done for a while you know like yeah I think I'm okay no but not not not in a bad way it's I feel very special to when I'm alone because it's when I focus more in myself and I kind of I'm liking it a lot to be this way right now so I'm not like even I'm not missing like to be with someone I'm just enjoying my yeah I'm enjoying having fun like being in my process with the music thinking about like I just want to be back on tour with my fans I just I'm missing them I'm thinking more about that relationship like because I like I put it like in a side and I was ready to start like a different thing in my personal life I think I was ready and just life told me like not yet and just not not not yet so I'm just trying to get the message you know and yeah do you think that you have a type? I maybe yes I like the bad guy a little bit you know I have to change that that's why that's why I'm and I like the guy that like it it looks like he's from the neighborhood and he's chill and yeah that's my type I love how you just caught yourself too you're like the bad guys oh wait no I'm I'm done with them yeah that's why I have this message from heaven yeah that's why stop stop what is an ideal first date for you oh take me to it like hard of french fries like take me to this street most dirty place in the world that made me feel that I'm the who like where you come from bad guy and I love that yeah Carol no bad guy no I know no like he raised this and like let's start again and what about um buck club uh date and I love bad guys I'm fucked yeah you're fucked every answer you're every time I ask you about love you're so sweet because you're so romantic and you're like and then you just like drift off and you're fully talking about the bad guys and like Carol and you're like oh wait no now after this interview you're gonna be like my little boys Carol no okay we're gonna play a little game okay let's see how much you like bad guys I'm gonna give you a scenario and you're gonna tell me what you would do okay what would you do if you start dating a guy and then you find out he has been a secret massive fan of yours for years no no that's gonna take it like I don't know like he if he admires what I do is a thing but he was like a crazy fan like I don't know okay what would you do if your boyfriend proposed and you absolutely hated the ring he got you I don't care you don't care no about the ring yeah no but I care more about the moment when he asked me what would ideal proposal be I don't know like a really unique one like be be creative would you pretend to like the ring yeah love it okay what would you do if you caught your boyfriend lying about his location problems we have like crazy problems that's gonna start like a a new way of managing this relationship what is the biggest lie you ever caught a guy in a location and a location but I'm talking about miles and kilometers and seas and seas like I'm here and actually I'm in a in a different continent no yeah it happened to me girl what do you do in those situations do you go off or do you go quiet no no no that's a no that's a next that's an axe yeah so now I'm telling something okay now you move on okay what would you do if you found out the guy you're seeing is still best friends with his ex-girlfriend if I met him that way I don't have any problem and because of I have really good relationship with some of my ex-boyfriends okay and in there like would you like hang out with them but what is when you say hang out is what like going to party or yeah like would you see like would you hang out alone with them no no no that's disrespectful okay you would just like socialize with them no social exactly and exactly socialize and you're just cordial like it's chill like you're not yeah yeah okay so no bad blood no no no bad blood okay last one a guy didn't come up to you all night at a party but then he DMs you when you get home again a guy is it the whole night in the party but he didn't he didn't say nothing but they hit the end me no you lost your opportunity okay it are you or is anyone sliding into your DMs in the Coachella land right now no no or just have you not checked your DMs no but I right now I don't have an instructor I just deleted the it was taking me a lot of time to be right you're busy yeah and then I want to be focused on like my show and my things okay last question okay oh my god like last question sounds like it's a hard question no no easy easy um you are one of the biggest artists of our time and just hearing obviously about you as a little girl with your dad dreaming of the day and then you standing in those stadiums and looking at 90 000 people and standing there and realizing how many people love you and love your music and connect with your music like when you look at your career what do you hope fans take away from listening to your music with their selves um yeah I want to be a bridge for the people to get together with their selves it's just a thing that costs me a lot to understanding the process and there's this moment of perfectly worlds in social media everyone has a perfect life everything is so aesthetic everything is so perfect there's no process for nothing it's from here to success no I want the people to take realness from my journey and understand that there's hard situation there's sacrifices there's hard work there's discipline there's things like the ones that happen to me that happens to everyone and I just want them to understand that we are in a process everyone is in a process everything's gonna be okay everything's gonna be fine I cannot thank you enough for coming on call her daddy this was so fun I feel like I learned even more about you today I feel inspired I'm so happy for you for all of your success thank you so much it's a pleasure and a honor to be here and the specific moment I think this interview is going to be really helpful in my career so thank you so much for opening this door for me and to your community we're really big fans of your show even me and my friends so they're there very happy behind the monitor and thank you so much you have a great show congratulations and thank you for having me today thank you carol