Karol G surprised the guests of the 2024 Billboard Women In Music Awards and her viewers by performing a salsa version of her song Amargura, which is part of the songs on the album Mañana Se Bonito. After the presentation, the paisa was the target of complaints due to the similarities between her way of dancing and the already established style of the Colombian Shakira.
In the midst of the attack by netizens, fans of La Bichota came to her defense, since they consider that no artist owns the steps that can be danced on stage. “She is she and that is enough…”
2024 is not Karol G’s year, although he continues to sweep the world with his tour, his music and participation in important awards ceremonies worldwide, the events that have generated news try to overshadow his career. Well, this time, Shakira’s followers did not forgive her for imitating their steps, awakening an alleged rivalry that had remained in the past after both collaborated with the hit TQG, a song included by the Barranquilla native in her new album titled Las mujeres ya no they cry
Although La Bichota was the star of the women in music gala held by Billboard on Wednesday, March 6, not only because of her performance but because she was honored with the Woman of the Year award, some detractors found her They accused them of not having originality in their dance.
Karol G received applause from the audience present, among whom were her friend Sofía Vergara and the world pop star Katy Perry, as well as her boyfriend Feid who accompanied her in the dressing rooms. Meanwhile, some limited themselves to criticizing her, stating that, supposedly, the woman from Antioquia wanted to imitate her countryman with her hot and sensual hip movements: “She can never be Shakira,” “this girl lacks so much originality, she even wants to copy her Shakira’s style”, “that no one dances again because everything is envy or copy”, “it doesn’t work”, “that lack of authenticity is annoying”, “no offense, but she will never look like Shakira, ever”, are part of the negative comments he received on the networks.
However, controversy arose when fans of La Bichota came to her defense, since they consider that the steps are not the property of any artist: “I didn’t know that the movements were only Shakira’s,” “I can’t believe it, Karol.” G dancing a genre from his country, with clothes meaningful to his country. I still don’t understand what the crying fan drama is, who was and who wasn’t, I’m sorry, but neither Shakira was the first nor Karol will be the last,” added some of Karol G’s followers, given the criticism she received. .
Karol G made history
“It’s not the most popular, but I know it’s his favorite. I brought many talented girls with me to make a special version that represents my roots and my Latin community,” the Paisa artist shared about her show at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, with her salsa performance of Amargura, demonstrating her Latin flavor and moving away from the urban that so identifies it, even so, many called it. “Shakira impersonator”, a singer for whom she has expressed her admiration and who is known to be her reference.
It is worth mentioning that this year, Karol G was worthy of the Woman of the Year recognition, by the Billboard Women In Music Awards 2024, a distinction that the Colombian Shakira also received in 2023, which adds credits to La Bichota to catch up. the barranquilla
“I found myself along the way with so many rejections and so many lost opportunities for that reason that I wondered why I had not been born a man to exploit all this, that love, that desire and the passion I felt for music, all the desire… It was supposed to be that because I was a woman I couldn’t achieve it and for a long time I believed that story, I believed that it wasn’t for me, because of so many times they told me that I couldn’t achieve it. And I always think about the number of people who leave their dreams behind,” Karol mentioned during his speech that moved the audience.
