With the heart in the hand and flag of Colombia always in tow, Karol G reaches Netflix with Tomorrow Was Beautiful (Tomorrow was very nice), A one -hour documentary with 48 minutes that nakes intimacy, personal battles and triumphs of the most influential Latin artist of the moment. It is not a piece for the industry; It is a letter for yours. And he says it without surroundings: “If it weren’t for my Latin community, my career would be zero. I owe my Latin audience.”
The premiere arrives after the closure of its tour Tomorrow will be beautiful World Tourwhich culminated on July 23, 2024 in Madrid, at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, compared to more than 60,000 spectators in each of its four appointments. She was the first Latin woman to fill that stadium four times in a row. He did it with a white dress, a white flower and his iconic pink hair waving like a flag. Literally. Because the flag, that of Colombia, was always there: in Los Angeles, in Mexico City, in Buenos Aires, in São Paulo, in London, in Milan, in Amsterdam. In each scenario that the Colombian has conquered.
The documentary, directed by Cristina Costantini, does not stop at the show. It enters the airplanes, the dressing rooms, the hotels, the silences. And also in the scars: the harassment he suffered at age 16 by an ancient managerthe episodes of anxiety, the complex relationship with your body, your struggle to appropriate the word Bichota and turn it into force emblem. There is also space for your love story with Feid, for nerves before going on stage and for tears.
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In addition, there is light and resilience. As when it shows the work of its foundation with Cora, which recently managed to take a group of Colombian students to study in NASA. Or as when he interrupts a concert in Europe to speak directly to migrants: “I know that many of you are in these countries looking for opportunities away from their homes, missing your families. And I find it incredible to have the opportunity to bring a piece of your house.”
One of the most emotional moments occurs in San Antonio, Texas. There, Karol G pays tribute to her childhood idol, the late singer Selena Quintanilla, before an audience that accompanies her between tears and ovations. It is no accident. Since 2018, Karol has been tattooed on the right arm with his own face along with “The Queen of Tex-Mex”. In the documentary, he meets with Suzette Quintanilla, Selena’s sister, and confesses: “The true Karol G fan knows how much I love Selena Quintanilla.”
“I’m not going to have the opportunity to meet her or sing with her. But I can sing to her.” And he does. In full concert, in his voice sounds Like the flowerand the Alaminome stadium – which once vibrated with the same song – accompanies her. It is not just tribute; is to continue maintaining his legacy alive. “The years go by, and she is still the legend that is until today,” says the interpreter of 200 glasses.
Throughout the film, he repeats a mantra: “My culture has given me everything.” And that translates into his words, in his music, in his dozens of outfits full of brightness and transparencies. From While I was healing from the Cora to the cOBORATION OF Tomorrow will be pretty With Carla Morrison, the Colombian artist tells a story that goes beyond success. A story of perseverance and tenderness, of contradictions, of self -discovery. “I learned to love myself as I am, beyond what others say,” he says.
The closure is round. With her acceptance speech as a woman of the year at the Billboard Awards, Karol G puts an end to a trip that not only documes a tour, but a stage of her life. One in which a Latin artist – even, vulnerable, powerful – dared to write his own narrative.
