Karol G reveals she almost gave up on her music career

With the NYPD estimating that 15,000 people turned up for the epic Karol G concert on the TODAY plaza, the super star talks about why the bond with her fans is so special. She also talks musical influences, her career journey, and how she nearly gave up on pursuing music. “I was like, ok I’m done. This industry is so hard and it takes a lot of your soul so I stopped doing it.”
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#music #artist #karolg

[@gabbyA7]

Wow her smile is contagious; How happy she is. It’s amazing the host recognize how huge her crowd is despite them having BIG artist in the past.

[@13RatoncitaAmore]

Yeahhh she’s soo happy and beautiful girl.

[@gabbyA7]

I agree! she is an inspiration because of how she smiles it’s like saying “Happy looks beautiful on you”

[@Sky40592]

Karol is a Queen 👑🌸 I loved how they highlighted how her success did not happen over night and we, her fans, know how hard and dedicated she is to her craft and her fans.

[@lauracontrera2054]

Increíble yo no hablo el idioma inglés y estoy viendo esta entrevista, porque Karol transmite buenas energía en todos lo idiomas ❤❤

[@John-jk1zb]

Pues aprenda inglés 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

[@13RatoncitaAmore]

@@John-jk1zbhuy que feo lo que dices,yo hablo ingles porque vivo en New York pero otras personas no tienen los recursos de ir a la escuela para aprender ingles,hay que ser mas respetoso con las personas.

[@kittyearsheadbands8810]

Se inglés no le entiendo mucho

[@John-jk1zb]

@@13RatoncitaAmore usted de paso aprenda inglés también . En cuanto a los recursos discútalos con los diputados de su país , políticos , etc. Y si no llega a nada múdese 😂

[@rosalbamartinez2680]

Sí, transmite una energía super buena ❤

[@carolinar.zamora401]

I started listening to her music last year, and although Urban music is not my favorite music Karol G is different and she is taking it to another level, she is something else. The whole package in just one artist! 💕🌸💕🔥👑.

[@AndresOfficial-ir8rg]

🫶🥹🇨🇴❤️‍🩹

[@reynachavez7748]

I love how humble and grateful she is ❤

[@valentinaosicne8644]

We just love her 🩷 Loving her English 👏🏼 she’s the definition of hard work pays off 🙌

[@sherylinmota3012]

When you are genuine in what you do it shows and you glow different ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽💪🏽

[@uhasja]

She is currently the biggest female artist latina she has so many hits

[@yanneli]

​@@uhasjaNO más grande que shakira'

[@tagchiki123]

Karol la reina del genero urbano, una artista con mucho talento y hermosa por dentro y fuera.

[@martatorres8904]

Gracias a Anuel también, Sorry.

[@yelitzaalvares1019]

@@martatorres8904 Ya listo llegaron LAS GARGOLAS 🐍🐍🐍🐍

[@lapr1ncess101]

@@martatorres8904😂😂😂😂 nah!

[@AryAyala]

That title already went to ivy queen back in the day the pioneer

[@arithestargirl_08]

Her English has gotten so good over the years. Te amooo❤❤

[@marlenetahuada4038]

Nuestra Reyna 👑 KAROL G ❤

[@yvettetorres7829]

She's so sweet and talented. Very happy for her success story ❤

[@leidygonzalez4918]

Simplemente se ve increíble ☺️🫶

[@angiecabral7247]

Beautiful ❤❤❤

[@crystalcastroaldana1838]

Ugh! She’s so successful and still so humble! Her smile is contagious! Love me some Karol G! ❤️🥰😘

[@carolestrada1305]

❤ she’s so put together and humble I live that about her ❤

[@mariaPerez-xp5xw]

Desde Rep.Dom.te queremos te apoyamos Dios te siga bendiciendo🙏

[@josefinamartinez3332]

Bella Karol G, por dentro y por fuera, trasmite mucha energía ..❤

[@aaronrodriguez1878]

I am from Venezuela and I want to say that Karol has been an artist who has inspired many people to fight and work to fulfill their dreams and she shows that she has done so because she has gradually been ascending and will continue to do them because she is already a complete artist who is winning the hearts of many fans around the world and every day with the favor of God she will continue to rise…. Pd: Toda una reina mi Karol te amo sigue brillando como nunca (por cierto tu inglés es Perfecto)

[@valyuen915]

I literally got chills❤

[@CarmenRodriguez-un9yf]

Beautiful soul. God bless her.

[@vivianaospina3702]

Orgullosamente Colombiana 🇨🇴 dejando siempre el talento Colombiano en alto 💗

[@Miriam-vq2mm]

Thank god she didn’t give up on her career. Am so proud of her,she gives us woman empowerment all the time. She’s very love by all her fans am proud to be one of her fans. 👏👏👏👏

[@freddiemaldonado1029]

When she said “my father always wanted to be a singer, but didn’t have the opportunity… he was my first manager” - SELENA QUINTANILLA right away ❤️❤️ I love you Karol!

[@kellyd220]

I love that she's a huge Selena fan and has a tattoo in memory of her ❤❤

[@anamora1863]

Orgullo Para todos los Latino, nos representa muy bien. Todo una Reina😊

[@arithestargirl_08]

Karol te amooo ur the queen and ur my idol❤❤

[@magnoliaosorio1574]

La mejor Karolg saludos desde Nebraska ❤❤

[@katanichole1674]

Karol we loooooveeeee youuuuu🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@mariaeugeniabautistazafra4394]

Mi Bichota hermosaaa,super orgullosa de nuestra niña🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🙏👏🎵🎶🎵🎵🎵💃👏👏👏👏🙏😍😍😍😍😍

[@lorenabenavides1208]

K lindaaa karol una 👑🌟❤🇨🇱👏👏👏👏👏

[@ljbh..2556]

Te amo karolg por tus valores. Eres hermosa

[@mariapineda-kd9vk]

Karol g cada dia mas hermosa y muchas bendiciones para ella , arriba colombia querida

[@jackelinerodriguez6214]

Que bella ella tienes una luz un ángel que Dios la bendiga

[@marianelapino8493]

La mejor artista de estos tiempos, ejemplo a seguir, bella por dentro y por fuera, humildad 🎉q dios te bendiga siempre

[@dianesantoyo6262]

Orgullo latino ❤❤❤❤ Dios te guarde mi karol!!!

[@andreamelendez3097]

She is the best ❤

[@marzena9937]

Karol G is such a great soul. Thankful for what she has done, and thankful to her fans. She is my favorite Latin singer, hands down. ❤ u Karol G. Come play in Detroit, I wish more artists did.

[@iadiramorales68]

Viva los latinos y viva la Diva Carol “G” felicidades chica, representando colombianos 🇨🇴 thank you Today for supporting this wonderful artist ❤

[@lauraarteaga7778]

She’s “Unique, Great, and love her humbleness! Love her! 💖👑💖🙏🏻👑💖👑

[@myralondon1272]

Shes the sweetest ❤😂

[@jasyrosario4717]

So humble .. I smiled during the entire video ! We love you Karol G 💗💗💕❤️que chimba !!!

[@ne4262]

Love how she speaks so humbling and never forgets her struggles. ❤️🫶🏻🫶🏻🫵🏼KG❤️

[@ElmerantonioHernandezmazariego]

La reina representando en muy alto a los latino ,es un verdadero orgullo latino❤❤❤

[@michaela8507]

Such a beautiful humble and talented girl! Wow! Please stay the way you are and never EVER stop making the music!❤️

[@Jaynez1026]

Yes!!! Congratulations!! She is so sweet and appreciative!

[@jorgecordero7865]

Omg. She is doing an amazing career and the doors are opening in another countries to keep shining the successful don't have limits. Karolg.

[@netopolitan]

Medellin and Colombia are a force of beautiful things… We are way more than what the world has talked just let us Colombians show it ❤ Thank you Karol

[@melid4162]

as a loyal follower of hers since 2016, I love hearing how much her English has improved over the years. I have been speaking Spanish for 10 years and definitely learned along side watching her Spanish-language interviews but her willingness to step outside of her comfort zone and to improve her English is admirable.

[@cindihernandez6861]

Hermosa y talentosa ❤❤❤

[@meyoquendo6955]

Karol is Queen , 🌸👸💖

[@cristelabatista6985]

Karol is a Queen I love🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗😘😘😘😘❤❤❤❤👸👸👸👸😍😍😍😍😍👏👏👏👏

[@fabianrivera9498]

Her smile and hapiness is contagious, love her!

[@rafaelaortiz5978]

😍Karol👠✍️👑 te AMO

[@MadysonGarcia-e5z]

Orgullo Colombiano ️️️️️ . Bella Karol G, por dentro y por fuera, trasmite mucha energía ...

[@paulaandreaboteroquintero1207]

Amo verla convertirse en lo que ahora es una artista completa ❤ de Colombia pal mundo carajo 👏👏👏

[@lilianpons-hq5dt]

Bellaaa mi karol como ya habla ingles con fluides eres talentosa inteligente humilde te amooooo

[@williamjeffersonfelipe]

Inglés tenebroso 😂😂😂

[@lauraretana9781]

Love KarolG she is an amazing singer with a beautiful soul ❤❤❤❤❤🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@natalierivera493]

La mejor de todas ❤️

[@VILJL]

" La Bichota" --- In 2018, she won the Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist and it has been upwards ever since. In 2020, Karol G received four nominations at the Latin Grammys. Karol G achieved her highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 with the top 10 song "TQG", a collaboration with Shakira. With her fourth album, Mañana Será Bonito (2023), Karol G became the first woman to ever debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with a Spanish-language album

[@dianacazadora360]

La Reina 👸🏻💖💖💖

[@fairwaylogisticsllc]

She is super amazing. Everytime she has an interview I have tears of joy for all her success and the way she humbles herself every day with all of us fans. 💜💜💜

[@ljbh..2556]

Beautiful❤❤

[@denisereadstarot]

Karol congratulations on the huge crowd. I’m so proud of you 🫶🏽

[@rossylopez9015]

Increíble esa mujer auténtica súper talentosa humilde eres una Reyna karol g 🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@bribriskyla]

Oh Why oh Why is Karol G so ADORABLE. You just can’t help but smile when you see her. Her smile is everything. Her good energy is palpable. 🛼👛👙💅🧜🏻‍♀️🌸🩰🎀💗

[@marianasanjuan4601]

Orgullo Colombiano ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

[@johmarymarius8833]

Eres grande karol, gracias por llevar felicidad al mundo❤❤❤❤❤

[@MateoBallestaB]

Se siente tan lindo que la presentadora diga mañana sera bonito ❤. Karol haciendo historia ❣️😘

[@venusbeautygirl]

She is incredibly humble ❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

[@KAFEID]

Hermosa mi Reyna 😍🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@judissaguillen9034]

❤❤❤❤❤🇻🇪lo mejor de la música urbana ❤

[@joeaaadb455]

I could pay much attention to what she was saying but her curve. She is not only beautiful she is amazing. i hope she never changes.

[@LUISORTIZ-kr1jh]

Loving Karol. 👏👏

[@MabelRD08]

I remember watching her story on a video uploaded by a hispanic YT channel I follow. Her manager gave her such a hard time when she started her career and her dad had to pay a lot of money to "break" the contract...His former "manager" was emotionally violent and she confessed everything to her cousin who then told her dad and that started a long battle to get independent from such douge*** Dale mami. La bichota rompiendooooo🌟🌟🌟🌟❤️❤️❤️❤️🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@Yahaira10472]

KarolG is the QUEEN !! La reina 🌸🤍🌸🤍🌸🌺🤍🌺🤍🌺🤍🌺🌸🤍🌸🤍🌸🤍🌸🤍🌸🤍🌸🤍👑👑👑👑🌺🤍🌺🤍🌺🤍🌝🤍🌝🤍🌸

[@sanderlin6162]

Los chibiricos se quedarán con el deseo de saber que dijo 😂😂😂😂 la bichota tan inteligente y profesional

[@mariaPerez-xp5xw]

😂😂😂😂

[@mariaangelicasandoval3165]

💕se ve hermosa

[@MARKLINMAN1]

Love her! Thank God she didn’t give up on music, she is AMAZING. Te Quiero Karol.

[@brayanramirez1724]

💟👑🌸 La verdadera Bichota

[@paolettejaramillo2395]

LA MEJORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@lidia.zarate]

La adorooooo!!💗🌸💗

[@carlosjuliopv]

We love Karol G

[@angelicaperalta995]

Dios mío bendice esa gran ARTISTA ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@wilaryhernandez9872]

Waoooo está mujer tiene un ángel ❤que dios te bendiga ❤soy dominicana y de verda hay que dársela bella😊

[@ALDOmakeup]

I love Karol G.

[@lifewithmercy123]

Love you Karolg ❤

[@mamichula934]

I love Karol G. I honestly didn’t know her until 2 years ago. I love that she is humble and does not allow anything to hold her down! Also now that she picked Aldo Ranks from Panama for this Barbie project!! Viva Colombia 🇨🇴 y Panama 🇵🇦 ❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@elviajohannam4223]

Love you KAROL G sigue trunfando ❤

[@steffimtz]

Love her story! She’s an amazing human!!

[@patrinaherringshaw7953]

She seems like a very enthusiastic and interesting person! I have no idea who she is. But it's definitely worth going to look her up so I can see if I like her music as well as her as a person.

[@dekes1997]

NOBODY deserves this more than Karol G !! She is a ray of sunshine and will be humble until the day she dies, she is a beautiful soul 🥹🩷 Te amamos Bichota 💖

[@annettegonzalez522]

Te quiero mucho Karol eres tan bella y tan humilde que Dios te bendiga y te dé muchas bendiciones🎉😘❤️💋🙏

[@paolettejaramillo2395]

LA NUMERO N°1 LA BICHOTA ARRIBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@sandymedina-f1w]

Pero que gran muejr es esta ❤❤❤❤ colombia tienen un orgullo de persona que los represente ❤❤❤

[@mariceljimenez5481]

Hermosa eres única kaolg la número 1 felicidades ❤💪👏❤❤❤❤🙏

[@chelseamedina5740]

Karol G is the Queen!!! I made it my mission to see her live in concert and I did last weekend in Miami. She is absolutely amazing. It's hard not to get choked up when listening to some of her songs that hit so deed in the soul and heart. Singing along with everyone while she sang IN THE RAIN was an amazing experience. Bichota linda, te queremos muchisimos!!!! 💓💖💕

[@DanielkaPotosme]

Yo no sé que dise porque no hablo ingles pero me encanta verte así de linda y maravillosa 😊

[@brillito4971]

Nos deja soprendidos que ella esta subiendo mas en su carrera y aparte aprendiendo ingles que antes no savia nada pero cada vez deja a uno sorpendido ,que bueno por ella ,la recompensa d su travjo hay frutos.

[@arelisrodriguez8684]

Hermosa, nuestra karolg, Dios la bendiga, bendiciones y más éxito, te lo mereces mujer luchadora impulsando lo bueno, que si se puede sin un hombre ❤❤❤amo esta belleza, desde República Dominicana ❤

[@YourGirlFlav]

She's so blessed to have her family be a part of her team and support her 💖 It takes A LOT of work, courage, perseverance, everything to keep going for so long. It's very admirable!

[@nlopez44]

💗💗💗💗

[@dnnyemily]

I love youuuuuuuuuuu Karol

[@pattygm193]

Amazing singer, she is absolutely adorable 🥰 ❤❤❤❤