The indications, the tests and the doses released so far were confirmed, that the song TQG is once again a reckoning, offered by Karol G and Shakira. The two Colombian stars use the song, whose initials correspond to Te queda grande, to show themselves sensually empowered and sing to heartbreak, after their bad experiences with their last couples: Shakira with Gerard Piqué and Karol G with rapper Anuel AA.
In a theme musically defined by Karol G herself as "a ballad in a minor key tinged with reggaeton" and indeed, it is a reggaeton that is not strident and even soft, which a very wide audience may like or at least not tire of. Which undoubtedly facilitates the undoubtedly successful video even more.
And that sonorous and elegantly rhythmic dress supported by a sensual video directed by Pedro Artola, in which the two women take turns reproaching, darts and thinking out loud, dressed at night, or like lionesses on the wet sand. .
They are lyrics and also slaps said with restraint and even elegance, where pain is exuded but also positive improvement. The images also reflect that mentioned containment, in such a way that the perreo, which exists, is not spectacular or remarkable, so to speak.
The images of TQG (initials that do not correspond to I love you, Gerard: it would have been at least strange in the case of a song by Karol G on his new album... although it is true that it was a concept that Shakira did say to her ex at the Bizarrap's successful Session 53) begin with an introduction with Karol G alone on top of a skyscraper.
Dressed and with a hood reciting before jumping into the void: "The one who told you that a void is filled with another person lies to you / It's like covering a wound with makeup, you can't see it, but it feels / You left saying you surpassed me (Hey ) and you got a new girlfriend (Girlfriend) / What you no longer know is that you are still watching me throughout the story (Daddy)"
From there the two spites take turns with their particular slaps-recriminations-adjustments. In the first one that Shakira also releases alone, the message is transparent and addressed to the ex and with reference to her current partner, and how well she is resuming her life: "Seeing you with the new one hurt me / But I'm already set for what mine/I forgot what we lived through/And that is what offended you/That even life improved me/You are no longer welcome around here/I saw what your girlfriend threw at me/That doesn't even make me angry, I laugh , I laugh"
And if there is a possible common thread in the lyrics that they are reciting/reciting/singing, perhaps it could be that of the impossibility of a reconciliation: “And now you want to go back, I already assumed, liking my photo. / You look happy with your new life, but if she knew that you're still looking for me”.
And others continue to be heard like "Now you want to go back, it shows" or towards the end "Go back with you never, you are bad luck / Because now the 'blessing' rains down on me".
The new song is included in Karol G's new album, Mañana ser bonito, and one day before its release it had already been visually released on the screens of Times Square in New York, although they did so without sound. In the aforementioned album by the Latin American singer, in addition to Shakira, other stars such as Quevedo, Romeo Santos and Carla Morrison collaborate.
The aforementioned album is her fourth work since she began her career in this regard in 2017 with Unstoppable, a growing and unstoppable journey to make her the best-known reggaeton star on the planet.
[Intro: KAROL G]
The one who told you that a void is filled with another person is lying to you
It's like covering a wound with makeup, you can't see it, but you feel it
You left saying you got over me (Hey) and you got a new girlfriend (Girlfriend)
What you no longer know is that you are still watching me throughout the story (Daddy)
[Chorus: KAROL G, Shakira]
Baby what was it? Isn't that very swallowed?
What are you doing looking for my side? If you know that I do not repeat mistakes (Daddy)
Tell your new baby that I don't compete for men
That I stop pulling, that at least I had you pretty
[Verse 1: Shakira]
Seeing you with the new one hurt me
But I'm already set for mine
What we lived I forgot
And that is what has offended you
that even life improved me
You are no longer welcome here
I saw what your girlfriend threw at me
That doesn't even make me angry, I laugh, I laugh
[Verse 2: KAROL G
I don't have time for what I don't contribute, I already changed my north
making money as a sport
Filling out the account, shows, parking and passport
'I'm tougher, the reports say'
Now you want to go back, it shows, mmm, yes
'Stop me there, I'm an idiot
You forgot that I'm in another
And that La Bichota was too big for you
[Coro: Shakira
Baby what was it? (It was) Isn't that very swallowed? (oh)
What are you doing looking for my side? (Hey) If you know that I do not repeat mistakes
Tell your new baby that I don't compete for men
That he stop pulling, that at least I had you pretty (Ah, Shakira, Shakira)
[Verse 3: Shakira
You left and I put on triple "M"
Better, harder, lighter
Back with you never, you are bad luck
Because now the 'blessing' rains down on me
And he wants to return, I already supposed it
Giving like to my photo
You looking outside for food
me saying it was monotony
And now you want to go back, I already supposed it
Giving like to my photo (Daddy)
You look happy with your new life
But if she knew that she was still looking for me
[Choro: KAROL G Shakira]
Baby what was it? (It was) Isn't that very swallowed? (oh)
What are you doing looking for my side? (Hey) If you know that I do not repeat mistakes
Tell your new baby that I don't compete for men (Move your ass)
That I stop pulling, that at least I had you pretty
[Outro: KAROL G]
O-O-Ovy On The Drums
My love, it is that you moved away a lot
And I don't see from afar anymore, baby
TQM but TQG, lol
Barranquilla, Medallo
[Verse 3: Shakira
You left and I put on triple "M"
Better, harder, lighter
Back with you never, you are bad luck
Because now the 'blessing' rains down on me
And he wants to return, I already supposed it
Giving like to my photo
You looking outside for food
me saying it was monotony
And now you want to go back, I already supposed it
Giving like to my photo (Daddy)
You look happy with your new life
But if she knew that she was still looking for me
[Choro: KAROL G Shakira]
Baby what was it? (It was) Isn't that very swallowed? (oh)
What are you doing looking for my side? (Hey) If you know that I do not repeat mistakes
Tell your new baby that I don't compete for men (Move your ass)
That I stop pulling, that at least I had you pretty
[Outro: KAROL G]
O-O-Ovy On The Drums
My love, it is that you moved away a lot
And I don't see from afar anymore, baby
TQM but TQG, lol
Barranquilla, Medallo
As they themselves have admitted in different interviews, they had been wanting to collaborate and release a song together for a long time. They share many things. Both come from Colombia and have earned, with a lot of work and effort, a fixed place at the top of the international music industry.
