{"id":2516529,"date":"2026-07-25T03:23:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2516529"},"modified":"2026-07-25T03:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:23:40","slug":"karol-g-shares-new-song-matadora-during-tour-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/karol-g-shares-new-song-matadora-during-tour-kickoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Karol G Shares New Song &#8216;Matadora&#8217; During Tour Kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Colombian superstar teased the track just before her Viajando Por El Mundo tour kicked off in Chicago at Soldier Field<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLa bichota is back \u2014 and she\u2019s going in for the kill. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/karol-g\/\" id=\"auto-tag_karol-g\" data-tag=\"karol-g\">Karol G<\/a> just released her unapologetic new song \u201cMatadora\u201d as she kicked off the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/karol-g-tropicoqueta-global-tour-dates-1235551163\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/karol-g-tropicoqueta-global-tour-dates-1235551163\/\">Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour<\/a> in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe star first teased the track on Thursday night with a colorful <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbJ26Qzttad\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbJ26Qzttad\/\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> captioned, \u201c1 million comments and I\u2019ll release it tomorrow during the show.\u201d It seems that goal was reached. In the clip, Karol wears full-glam and an oversized white hoodie, her dancers alongside her in matching get-ups. \u201cThose little eyes, what is it baby? Don\u2019t look at me like that,\u201d Karol\u2019s voice-over says in Spanish before a beat drops and blue-lights flash as they all begin dancing, flashing neon pink bikinis that read off key words from the song\u2019s lyrics.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KAROL G - Matadora (Visualizer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WAGSleU6mJA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cMatadora\u201d comes after months of speculation that Karol was about to enter <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/karol-g-teasing-new-era-tropicoqueta-deluxe-1235557377\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/karol-g-teasing-new-era-tropicoqueta-deluxe-1235557377\/\">a new era<\/a> following 2025\u2019s <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/karol-g-tropicoqueta-review-1235371057\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/karol-g-tropicoqueta-review-1235371057\/\">Tropicoqueta<\/a><\/em> album. When the star announced\u00a0her tour in April, after initially\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/karol-g-coachella-tour-announcement-j-balvin-ryan-castro-1235550165\/\">teasing<\/a>\u00a0it during her historic\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-live-reviews\/karol-g-performance-coachella-2026-review-1235543504\/\">headlining Coachella set<\/a>, she seemed to be hinting at <em>something<\/em> with her tour promotion. \u201cIf you think you\u2019ve already seen it all, remember that La Bichota always surprises you,\u201d Karol said at the time, leaning heavily into the same color blue from the \u201cMatadora\u201d teaser clip.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a recent interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2gM1pRbYxKNX2Cj02a3R5P?si=69d148d221e64352\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2gM1pRbYxKNX2Cj02a3R5P?si=69d148d221e64352\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Vogue\u2019s<\/em><\/a> \u201cThe Run-Through\u201d podcast, Karol revealed that she has been spending time in the studio as she prepared for her global trek. \u201cSummer has been looking like rehearsals and creating at the same time,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve been so inspired doing music since November,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIt\u2019s one hell of a way to celebrate her historic tour. With 39 dates at stadiums across cities in North America, South America, and Europe, Karol will become the first Latina artist to headline stadiums in Europe as part of a global tour, cementing her reach. \u201cI\u2019m waiting for people to see what we pull out together,\u201d she said in the same interview. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1024px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-border-a-2\">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-align-items-center\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"u-border-color-black u-border-lr-2 lrv-u-padding-tb-025 lrv-u-padding-lr-075 lrv-u-border-b-2 lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-text-align-center a-font-basic-secondary-s\">\u2018Matadora\u2019 cover art<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colombian superstar teased the track just before her Viajando Por El Mundo tour kicked off in Chicago at Soldier Field La bichota is back \u2014 and she\u2019s going in for the kill. Karol G just released her unapologetic new song \u201cMatadora\u201d as she kicked off the Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour in Chicago. 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