Earlier this month, while Karol G was still in the middle of her "Tropicoqueta" tour, she dropped a surprise new album, "No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto"—which translates to "I Don't Regret Feeling So Much." On the album cover, she's almost bare-faced, the entire image bathed in cool blue light, with a nostalgic mood that recalls Britney Spears' 2003 "In The Zone."
It's practically a different visual world from "Tropicoqueta." Duván Foronda, who has worked with Karol for nearly a decade, says color has always been how she tells a story: "She gives everything a color—a song has its color, a feeling has its color." For "Tropicoqueta," that color was orange. "She said she wanted an album that felt tropical, happy—and for her, orange was the color that captured that feeling." That translated into makeup with bold red lips, brown lip liner, and orange-toned blush.
The turning point came during a trip to Hawaii. Foronda noticed Karol had started wearing a lot of blue—blue shirts, blue bags, even a blue phone case. When he asked her about it, she told him: "This new chapter belongs more to myself—it's more vulnerable, more personal, and it feels blue." But it wasn't the kind of neon cobalt blue that belonged to the "Tropicoqueta" universe. "You'll notice it's not a really vivid blue—it's more like sky blue," Foronda says. "Very calm."
That sense of calm has started seeping into her stage performances too. Karol's "Viajando Por El Mundo" tour recently sold out three consecutive shows in Los Angeles, with Becky G and Bruno Mars both making guest appearances. Foronda says the shows still hold onto tropical elements from "Tropicoqueta," but now incorporate Swarovski crystals, shimmer, and darker makeup looks. The real shift is in the eye makeup: "In this new chapter, you'll see her makeup get darker, more daring." The key is intentionally smudged eyeliner—"it has to look a little messy, not like one perfect line."
