Karol G’s Songs Conquered the World. On a New LP, with guests including Shakira and Romeo Santos., She Reveals Herself
Mañana Será Bonito,” the Colombian pop superstar’s fourth album, traces her adventures in (and out) of love, with guests including Shakira and Romeo Santos. Karol G, a global pop star from Colombia, said she wrote 60 songs, maybe more, for her new album, “Mañana Será Bonito” (“Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful”); eventually she winnowed them down to 17. The first ones, she recalled in a video chat from Medellín, Colombia, were full of “anger, sadness, bad love, toxic relationships.” They reflected the fallout of her 2021 breakup with the Puerto Rican rapper and singer Anuel AA, after the end of a romance they had made public with a 2019 duet, “Secreto,” that has since been streamed more than a billion times. Karol G, 32, wrote about feeling betrayed, about temptations and doubts, about partying away the pain, about no-strings Sєx with an ex. But eventually, she found herself writing wary love songs and counting her blessings. Just a few weeks before the album’s Feb. 24 release,...