Alex Cooper x Youtube Presents: Becoming a Coachella Headliner (ft. KAROL G) - Part 1
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Carol G reflects on her remarkable journey from a shy girl inspired by Selena Quintanilla to a Grammy-winning, Coachella-headlining global artist. She opens up about the painful early experiences she faced, including being mistreated by a manager and navigating gender-based power imbalances in the music industry, which forged her strong sense of self and advocacy for women. Her music, especially the empowering song *TQG*, emerged from her personal struggles with toxic relationships and became a powerful anthem for women. Carol emphasizes authenticity over perfection, urging fans to see her journey as a testament to resilience, sacrifice, and growth. She credits her father, Selena, and Rihanna as lifelong inspirations and wears a tattoo of herself as a symbol of self-acceptance. Her latest album, *Joppie Coquetta*, celebrates Latinas' confidence, flirtation, and self-love. While she remains open to love, she currently values personal growth and focus on her music over romantic pursuits. Ultimately, Carol believes her message is one of self-discovery and realness—reminding fans that success is built through struggle, not flawless execution. Her journey stands as both a personal triumph and a call to empower others to speak up, stand firm, and embrace their true selves.
(snoring) (upbeat music) - What is up, Daddy Gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with call her Daddy. (upbeat music) - Carol G, welcome to Call her Daddy. (phone ringing) - The little gritty girl, of course, 'cause I'm in call her Daddy. (laughs) How are you? - I am so good. I've been so excited to sit down with you. I feel like you're just like taking over the world right now. You are Grammy winner, you're selling out stadiums worldwide, and now you're headlining Coachella, congratulations. - Thank you so much. (laughs) - Of all of these things, you've had so much success. What is one of the best parts that you've been able to just like celebrate and what are you enjoying the most of all of this right now? - That's a complex question, 'cause I think I'm gonna answer and then 10 minutes later, I'm gonna think about something different and then tomorrow. - Okay. - I'm gonna be thinking like, oh, maybe this too, 'cause I'm not right now, I'm just like a roller coaster of feelings and emotions. And even with the preparation and the rehearsals and the studying all these process for this show had opened my mind in so many different ways, so I everyday just see something different. I feel super blessed, of course. I feel super responsible of 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. Mayana said, I'll need the tour in 2020, July, 2024. And since that July, I haven't been on stage. Like, no, with a shovel mine. I wasn't, but Bonnie wasn't managing, so I think with him one of, like a song that we have together, but no me on stage performing like a full show. And this is crazy 'cause I love my fans. - And now you're headlining Coachella. - And I'm headlining. Yeah, I'm gonna present, like actually, I'm going to present this song 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 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 might have the 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, like, let's start from the message. 'Cause I love shows, but I love to be on shows that they have a meaning. They have a reason. They have, like, something to understand 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. There's a opportunity to have a big voice for them. So, yeah, I'm gonna be there speaking a little loud. (upbeat music) - 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 get 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 on me that I wanted to be a motorcycle writer, professional. 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 gonna do this, then I was gonna do, and then it's something so random, then I'm like, what? Do you drive motorcycles? - Yeah, I love motorcycles. - You have to come with me, and we can have like, uh-huh, really? You're gonna 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. - You were going on a date. Would you have a guy get on your motorcycle? - Ah, okay, like, actually, that's how I started, like, a little bit, like, my last relationship, like, giving my first gift was a motorcycle. (laughing) - I thought you were gonna 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 gonna 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, like, always was very, very shy, at that time, specifically, and I didn't wanna go. Like, I loved to sing, I loved to perform, even at that time, I was like this little girl that always wanted to sing in front of the family, but not 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 hard-breaking, but I didn't really care about it. 'Cause I was like, you know, like, little kid, like, you don't really understand 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 these? And actually, at that time, I was like, this is interesting. Like, I wanna 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 father signed that contract and 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 Selena table calling to different places. And I was like, hi, you're talking with the, with catalogie, assistant, she's an artist and he was me. Like, or he was him, like him, we were like this big team. Oh, you need to talk to the, I don't know, the executive. Like, okay, he's gonna call you later on to my father. Would you change your voice? Yeah. Okay, I'm calling. Hi, I wanna talk with Carol G? Hello, we're calling from this Carol G team and we're asking you to, of course, we're showing. She, she had this great music, she's Latina, she can sing in, she's called she can sing in, I don't know, in university, she can sing in. Everybody do units, 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 gonna be like super, super, super grateful to be part of your show. (laughing) You're a saleswoman. No, but, no, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, at the time it worked. Like, we did, a lot, it's cool. We were literally, it was, it was, girl, you have to work it and you have to like, whether you pretend you have a fake assistant or whatever it is, sometimes it'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, meanwhile, it's like, it's you. - It's, it's all about the movie. Like, it's kind of, there is this big phrase that I love that, do I, 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, um. - Yeah, it doesn't, it won't happen. - Not 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, it, it felt like always like a, [BLANK_AUDIO]
I was very blessed that I had my father on the role in me, but actually, even having him by my side, there were so many things that they were like fucked up. I don't know, for me, 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 and what you have to say to have a position. And of course, if you are in a room full of respected men, it's kind of you are in this second position where you have to just listen and go for the things that they planned. I hated that, I hated everything and I hated it, it almost made me hate what I do, it almost made me hate my music and everything, so 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 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 imbalance when you are a young woman and you're in these 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 50s 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 like you're not able to talk. 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 these, 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 as my father just please take me out of here and my father, 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 very concerned about why he's doing this to me. It's kind of, he felt that he was kind of something that I wanted to do, you know, like I always say in Spanish, 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, they did 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 like 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 leave 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, this 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 that I love, but there's people that can see it in a chair and say like, oh, that bitch, you think that she's really goodbye, but she's not like I'm going to say that I'm going to 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 going to be sitting with someone, I'm going to say hi, I'm going to be very polite, but that's just going to it doesn't we won't going to cross the line of if you respect me or not. And I learned that will really late. Yeah, but it's, 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 a piece men, and I think it's just recently that work at 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 new specific way, now carolgy can sit in a 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. And there you go. There was a crazy thing about it that then, like, living life, I just knew a lot of girls that they 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 wants to do something huge in their lives. So that's why I have to let start from the opposite. Let's start being hard and boss and respect yourself first instead of learning and late. And I'm going to speak to the camera. This message goes to the parents too, because actually the communication start at home. And if you're telling like, no, no, don't do that, men, 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 mine 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 and we say like girls that 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. That's a good point. And is there anything now that you have had so much success 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 they can 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 these and whatever and I don't take it like person like that. Enjoy like you're part of these and I just hope you learn you're you know you're you can watch me on stage at Coachella. I'll be on the main stage. Where are you bitch? Yeah, little bit like that. I'll live for you Carol. 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, "Magnana Cerebonito", 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 "Magnana Cerebonito" and right now, I have the same stadiums as a bucket list for my next tour. It's crazy 'cause you leave it, and your brain is not ready for it. It didn't happen to me, you know? I don't know, but now I still have 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, 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 that 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, "Cadoljee's a really good artist "and a really good musician." But a hard break it, like hard-broken, "Cadoljee, girl, get ready." That's something crazy, 'cause like, that's when my super power 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 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 have you ever made excuses for a partner's behavior? - Yeah, of course. You romanticize everything and that's how brain works 'cause our body hates pain. So our brain is going to be like, "Oh, yeah, this is bad." I remember when he was nice this time and you were like, "Yeah, maybe it's not that bad." But then you feel like a lot of time, like, you know, doing negotiations with your brain and then it's like, 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, I need to work that on me 'cause even though I'm gonna fail every relationship, now I know that. 'Cause 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 compliments 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 you don't find yourself anymore in that specific, so you don't love yourself and you're not able to love the other person and everything is still 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, 'cause you know, you're doing the right, like the most amazing moments, situation, and you just want the other people to feel comfortable, 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 stronger and stronger and then you don't know how to be out of your head. 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, too late. - Yeah. - Yeah. - You're, I feel you. I feel you hard on that. - No, I think all of us are like, and yes, yes, yeah. So I need to buy my love. Is that the award? - Yeah. - It does it be good. I need to learn how to identify a love that keeps going out, but it stills coming in. - 'Cause are you a romantic? (laughs) - The most corny, romantic girl. And I love details. And when I say details, I'm not talking about like presence. I love details. I love that you find a little note. I love that you find that little thing here, right there. I love to, I've done graffiti 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 it because it's for you. Like girl, like. - No, that's romantic. - Yeah, that's right. - But then they're like treating you like shit. - And I love. - 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. - And perform them to them. - Of course. - Yeah. - You know what I did once? I just did a song I recorded in a cassette. I led 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. - Okay, your song TQG has become such an empowering break up 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 got her contacts and her the song. Explain 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 I think 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 did the song. So did it, it wasn't amazing. - It worked. - The song talks about an X 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-celene album and tour about what do you and how you made me feel. Yeah, like that. - My drop. Oh, watch me make some money and just like live out my dreams now. Yeah, that's how you respond. - That's how you respond. - And do you respond to them ever? - No. - No. - That's your response. - You know, like how I am, like when I'm 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. You 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 about beachota for anyone who isn't familiar. Can you please explain what it means to be a beachota? - You know, it's still like, we have this specific word in Spanish. And a couple, we say a couple to a person that is really good at something. Like for example, messy as a couple, you know, we say like that. It's like kind of his abichote. And he's the same meaning. He's a for the use to use it for a narco person. But it became like a heavy word that represents like a heavy personality. So I loved that for Bicciota. And now there is Bicciota, there's a lot over the world, just super powerful and running their thing. - 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. It's always been the same. And even like knowing and meeting different people is still the same. And it's Rihanna, Selena Quintanilla, and Carolina, that it's me. And actually people, I know, they understand like they can feel that it's really weird. Because it's kind of, I don't know. It's hard to say that you have a tattoo of yourself in your body. But for me, it's kind of the only one that knows.
how hard has been life for me in different situations. Like if there's someone that I admire, that is 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 who I've become, 'cause I'm still like, I'm not confidence 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, hair personality, hair spirit, hair music. She is the, see if there's something that represent Latina girl, Selena Quintanilla. And then is Rihanna, Rihanna, she's my baby. She is my baby. She's like this smart, brilliant, strong person that I really want to remember in every situation. And I always say like, okay, what Rihanna do? Okay, so let's think about it. In this situation, like, 'cause she's a, she's a bitch. She doesn't care. She's like, everything's fuck it, fuck it 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, a lovely mom. And she has done everything as a girl, as a 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, she didn't tell this, but it does like what I realized from our meeting. You have to be the person you will love to meet for everyone. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, for everyone. Be the person you will love to meet. Like when you are in situational, you say like, ah, this person made me feel so uncomfortable so, but 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 in little pojitos and she was already pregnant and she presented his pregnancy that night. And she was like, we know she was just eating her so fine. 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 girl, like I'm very proud. I'm like, so after that I was like, ah, okay, maybe this is the best lesson that I can have. Like I need to be that person that people and my fans will love to meet when they see me. I want everyone to feel comfortable in my presence. That's very beautiful. I feel like that way there. 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, ah, you're showing too much. And when you show too much, like I don't, I don't need to do as long with her. Like I don't, that's the dream, my list, 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 really, I love you. And my voice and everything just put me in my ballet song. And I was just dancing. I was shaking, like literally shaking. And I, I'm still embarrassed about it. And where you just like, I got to tell two of you. I got to tell 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 you. And she smells like heaven. She smells like like, like, like, like, Rihanna. You're like, 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, I can keep like this. We're going, we're going. Nice questions. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think that's a lot of people feel about her though. OK, let's talk about your latest album, "Joppie Coquetta." How did you come up with the name? OK, with "Tropico Quetta," I 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 the name, it was like, kind of, we, as Latinas, we are coquettas. We are like these flirty girls. Like, we love being like the center of the room. Like, we like that. And we are 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 "Tropico Quetta." And we are all of us, we're "Tropico Quetas." 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 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. Not in a bow way. I feel very special to what 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 hearing, I'm not amazing, like to be with someone. I'm just enjoying, yeah, I'm enjoying having fun, like being in my process with the music, thinking about like, I do want to be back on tour with my fans. I'm just, I'm, 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 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, they have to change that. That's why, they're why. And I like the guy that, like, it, 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 these message from Kevin, that's why, uh-huh, stop. What is an ideal first date for you? Oh, take me to it, like, uh, Hadov, French fry, 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, but guy. And I love that. Yeah. Carol. No bad guy. No, I know. No, I erase these and let's start again, and what about, um, bucklobe, uh, date and I love bad guys. Um, fucked. Yeah. You're fucked. Um, 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 in like, Carol and you're like, oh, wait, no. Now, after this interview, we're gonna be like my little boy. 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. Are you, I 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? Oh, no, I don't care. Mm-mm. 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 new way of managing this relationship. What is the biggest lie you ever caught a guy in? A location. But I'm talking about miles and kilometers and seas and seas and seas like I'm here. And actually, I mean, not in a different continent. No. Yeah. It happened to me. Carl. 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 next. Yeah, so now Diving 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 they like would you like hang out with them? But what is it when you say hang out hang out? It's what like going to party or yeah, like would you see like would you hang out alone with them? No, no, no, that's disrespect. Okay, you would just like socialize with that Social, exactly. Okay, and you exactly socialize and you're just cordial like it's chill like you're not 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 DM me No, you lost your opportunity Okay 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 Instagram. I just deleted it. 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 Okay, 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 self Yeah, I want to be a breach 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 This sacrifices their 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 this is a specific moment I think this interview is going to be really helpful in my career So thank you so much for open 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 (Music)
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Carol G reflects on her journey from a shy child to a global music icon, emphasizing the emotional and personal growth she’s experienced.
She shares how early challenges, including mistreatment by a manager and gender-based power imbalances in male-dominated music rooms, shaped her resilience and advocacy for women in the industry.
Her breakthrough album *Magnana Cerebonito* and the empowering song *TQG* were born from personal experiences with toxic relationships, transforming pain into powerful, relatable music.
Carol stands firmly for self-respect and boundaries, stating she will no longer tolerate disrespect, and uses her platform to empower women to speak up and assert their worth.
She credits her father and cultural icons like Selena and Rihanna as foundational influences, and her tattoo of herself symbolizes self-acceptance and survival through adversity.
Her latest album *Joppie Coquetta* celebrates Latina confidence, flirty energy, and self-love, reflecting her identity as a proud, independent woman.
Carol expresses contentment in being single and focused on her music, emphasizing personal growth over romantic pursuits.
She believes fans should take realness from her journey—understanding that success comes through struggle, discipline, and authenticity, not perfection.
Summary:
Carol G reflects on her remarkable journey from a shy girl inspired by Selena Quintanilla to a Grammy-winning, Coachella-headlining global artist. She opens up about the painful early experiences she faced, including being mistreated by a manager and navigating gender-based power imbalances in the music industry, which forged her strong sense of self and advocacy for women. Her music, especially the empowering song *TQG*, emerged from her personal struggles with toxic relationships and became a powerful anthem for women.
Carol emphasizes authenticity over perfection, urging fans to see her journey as a testament to resilience, sacrifice, and growth. She credits her father, Selena, and Rihanna as lifelong inspirations and wears a tattoo of herself as a symbol of self-acceptance. Her latest album, *Joppie Coquetta*, celebrates Latinas' confidence, flirtation, and self-love.
While she remains open to love, she currently values personal growth and focus on her music over romantic pursuits. Ultimately, Carol believes her message is one of self-discovery and realness—reminding fans that success is built through struggle, not flawless execution. Her journey stands as both a personal triumph and a call to empower others to speak up, stand firm, and embrace their true selves.
FAQs
For Carol G, performing on stages like Coachella is a way to have a strong, meaningful voice for her community. She believes that art should have purpose and that being on a big stage allows her to speak loudly and authentically for women and Latinas, especially in spaces where they are often underrepresented.
Carol G started at age 14 after her father encouraged her to audition for a TV show. She was initially shy and struggled with self-doubt, but she found confidence after seeing the movie *Selena Quintanilla*. Early in her career, she faced significant gender bias from male-dominated music executives and a toxic relationship with a manager who crossed boundaries.
Her album *Magnana Cerebonito* marked a major turning point. It broke records and became emotionally powerful, especially because it was inspired by her personal experiences in unhealthy relationships. The album helped her gain widespread recognition and paved the way for her stadium tours and headlining Coachella.
Carol G responds firmly and confidently—she says 'I'm done' and doesn't give in to second chances. She emphasizes that after a breakup, her focus shifts to self-love and personal growth, and she no longer allows herself to be emotionally manipulated.
'Beachota' is a Spanish term meaning someone who is confident, bold, and strong in their personality. Carol uses it to describe herself and other powerful Latina women. It symbolizes resilience, self-awareness, and the ability to stand tall in the face of challenges.
Carol G wants fans to embrace realness and understand that success comes through struggle, sacrifice, and discipline. She encourages people to see their journeys as part of a process, not a perfect path, and to find strength in their imperfections.
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