A packed Bernabéu with the perreo anthem

With permission from The wild fillythe hit of the summer has a name, surname and a Colombian accent. Karol G repeated the phenomenon that brought Madrid to a standstill with Taylor Swift’s performances. The 33-year-old artist conquered the hearts of the more than 60,000 people who attended her first show at the Santiago Bernabéu on Saturday.

Thousands of spectators in droves, wearing pink cowboy hats and colorful glitter, sang along to the five-time Latin Grammy winner’s hits at full blast. The concert started with TQG, the collaboration she did with Shakira, where both were honest about their emotional ups and downs. In fact, it was Shakira’s first song after her famous session with Bizarrap, dedicated to former soccer player Gerard Piqué. It’s true that the audience was in love. Even more so when the first chords of Tusa began to sound, the song she released in 2019 and which brought Karol to stardom.

The Medellin native achieved the impossible: thousands of people having a great time, but with a few moments to drown their sorrows. Karol G has never been afraid to show her feelings. Quite the contrary. The artist was moved in the temple of Real Madrid and celebrated the strength of those who have cried a sea of ​​tears at the expense of the greatest force in the world: love.

At half past nine, the stage was lit up by the Colombian’s feet, who wore a flesh-coloured bodysuit with Swarovski diamonds. With a chorus of dancers and a flower-shaped platform, Karol turned the capital into the city of rage and perreo. That wasn’t all. With a spectacular staging, the Colombian emerged from a huge shark, as a metaphor for her transition from being innocent to being a real ‘bichota’.

By then, great songs like My bed, Provence o My ex was right on a night that, as she said, was “the coolest of our lives.” However, If I had met you beforewas chanted by a Bernabéu that was devoted: “Hey, this song is number 1 in Spain!”he stressed.

With fireworks, the artist received a standing ovation from the audience, which not even the heat could stop, culminating the night with the stadium bouncing back to the chorus of BI-CHO-TA, while she herself held back her tears and her voice trembled between thanks. Dressed in a Spanish flag, the Colombian said goodbye after two and a half hours on stage: “This week has been a week of great gratitude for me; you can see for yourselves what is happening here and it is four nights like this. I am a girl from home, who one day dreamed something and it was given to her; do not stop dreaming because it is possible!” The Medellín native will manage to fill the Bernabéu four times over these days, which is equivalent to a total of 240,000 tickets sold.

There was a standing ovation for minutes, she was emotional, she only has great songs, the crowd vibrated (literally), she had a group therapy session and we all came out stronger and she ate up the Bernabéu even when she was alone on stage.

The best concert of my life, Mrs. Karol G. pic.twitter.com/g9MjidYNv0

— Nagore Dominguez (@nagoredomnguez_) July 21, 2024