Tropicoqueta
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| Released | June 20, 2025 | |||
| Recorded | 2023–December 2024[1][2] | |||
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Tropicoqueta is the fifth studio album by Colombian singer Karol G.[3] It was released on June 20, 2025, through Bichota Records and Interscope. Comprising twenty tracks, the album has a variety of genres and features guest appearances by Eddy Lover, Marco Antonio Solís, Greeicy, Feid, Mariah Angeliq and Manu Chao.
Tropicoqueta was supported by two singles: "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" and "Latina Foreva". The album was a commercial success and became the third all-Spanish language album by a woman to reach the top three on the US Billboard 200, after her own Mañana Será Bonito and Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season), earning 57,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[4]
Background
Following the release of her fourth studio album in 2023, Mañana Será Bonito[5] and its mixtape companion piece, Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season),[6] Karol G embarked on the Mañana Será Bonito Tour, which began on August 10, 2023, through July 23, 2024.[7] It became the highest-grossing Latin tour of all time by a female artist.
While touring, Giraldo released collaborative songs with other artists and stand alone singles, such as Kali Uchis' "Labios Mordidos", Andrea Bocelli's cover of "Vivo Por Ella, Sevdaliza's "No Me Cansare" and her own "Que Chimba de Vida" and "Contigo" with Tiësto.
On June 18, 2024, she announced the release of "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" through her social media accounts. It was released on June 20, 2024, as the album's lead single.[8][9] On November 7, 2024, "+57" in collaboration with Colombian artists Feid, DFZM, Ovy on the Drums, J Balvin, Maluma, Ryan Castro and Blessd was released as a standalone single.[10] "Latina Foreva" was announced on May 21, 2025 and was released the following day on May 22, 2025.[11]
On June 9, 2025, Karol G announced the title for the album and the following day on June 10, 2025, she announced its release date and cover art.[12] Days before its release, the track list started being revealed through billboards in different cities.[13] Tropicoqueta was released on June 20, 2025.
Concept
When revealing its cover art and release date, Karol G described the album as "Everything that represents me". She stated:
Traveling around the world with my past album, an album that gave me so much, I kept asking myself the same question: What’s is the next step? What's next for me? I think it wasn't about looking further, but about looking deeper... deeper into me, who I really am, the things I like, everything that represents me. Going back to my roots, to the songs I grew up listening with, to the sounds that made me fall in love with music. Staying in the place where I really feel great because it represents not only who I am, but those people who have given me the opportunity to be where I am today.
— Karol G explaining what the album represents.[1]
On an interview with Rolling Stone, Giraldo depicted the album as "the album of my dreams". The idea for the album started on the United States leg for her Mañana Será Bonito Tour: "The process was terrible because I wasn't ready to think about what came next after an album and tour as massive as that one. I felt a lot of pressure. I started thinking maybe I should do an album in English or I should experiment with new sounds I've never tried before."[2]
According to Karol G, the album is meant to resonate with Latinos who grew up exposed to a variety of musical influences, on the same interview she followed up: "At first I couldn't figure out who we were targeting with the album. But I feel like it's for all Latinos who grew up like me, who grew up listening to everything that we are, not just one specific genre. At the end of the day, if there's people who don't like all the genres, they're at least going to find one genre they can connect with."
Title
The word "Tropicoqueta" is a mix of the Spanish words "tropical" and "coqueta", meaning "flirty" or "playful".[14]
Giraldo stated that she wanted the album to be "super Latin", and intended in naming it as the album's second single, but ultimately went with Tropicoqueta. She stated: "At first, I thought of naming the album "Latina Foreva" but that didn't feel right for a project full of love, heartbreak, partying, and dancing."[2]
Release and promotion
Tropicoqueta was released on June 20, 2025, through Bichota Records and Interscope. It was released on CD, vinyl, digital download and streaming. "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" was incorporated throughout the Mañana Será Bonito Tour set list on June 19, 2024 through July 23, 2025. On September 11, 2024, Giraldo performed the song at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. On June 16, 2025, the trailer for the album, inspired by Mexican Telenovelas was released, featuring Mexican actresses Ninel Conde, Anahí and Itatí Cantoral.[15][16] Names from the album's track list started being revealed on billboards in different cities through Latin America before the complete track list was unveiled on June 18, 2025.[13][17][18] On June 23, 2025, Karol G appeared in a one-hour special interview on El Show de Cristina, a talk show that originally aired from 1989 to 2010.[19] On June 24, 2025, an interview with Zane Lowe on the The Zane Lowe Show was released. During the interview, Giraldo performed a live performance for "No Puedo Vivir Sin Él".[20] She performed "Papasito" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 26, 2025.[21]
Singles
"Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" was released on June 20, 2024, as the album's lead single. The song reached the top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 32. The song also reached the top spot on the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs. It also spent 14 weeks at the top, being one of only 5 songs by women to achieve it.[22][23]
"Latina Foreva" was released as the second single on May 22, 2025. It debuted at number 74 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and on the top 3 on the US Hot Latin Songs.[24]
Commercial performance
During the first day of release on Spotify, Tropicoqueta opened with 18.1 million streams on the Spotify Global chart and 26.9 million overall,[25] breaking the record for the second debut for a Spanish-language album by a woman, previously held by her own Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season), and only behind her own Mañana Será Bonito.[26]
United States
Tropicoqueta debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 57,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week, of which 2,000 came from pure sales, becoming Giraldo's third top three album on the chart. Tropicoqueta's tracks collected a total of 74.64 million on-demand audio streams in its first week, representing the largest US streaming week ever for a Latin album by a woman.[27] The album also debuted atop the US Top Latin Albums chart, becoming Giraldo's fourth number one album on the chart.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "La Reina Presente" | Karol G | 0:54 | |
| 2. | "Ivonny Bonita" |
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| 3:42 |
| 3. | "Papasito" |
| Ovy on the Drums | 2:47 |
| 4. | "Latina Foreva" |
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| 2:39 |
| 5. | "Dile Luna" (with Eddy Lover) |
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| 3:07 |
| 6. | "Cuando Me Muera Te Olvido" |
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| 2:34 |
| 7. | "Coleccionando Heridas" (with Marco Antonio Solís) |
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| 3:24 |
| 8. | "Un Gatito Me Llamó" |
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| 2:02 |
| 9. | "Amiga Mía" (with Greeicy) |
| Barrera | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Bandida Entrenada" |
| Tropkillaz | 2:15 |
| 11. | "Ese Hombre Es Malo" |
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| 3:40 |
| 12. | "A Su Boca La Amo (Interlude)" |
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| 1:16 |
| 13. | "Verano Rosa" (with Feid) |
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| 3:30 |
| 14. | "No Puedo Vivir Sin Él" |
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| 3:38 |
| 15. | "Tu Perfume" |
| Ovy on the Drums | 3:03 |
| 16. | "FKN Movie" (with Mariah Angeliq) |
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| 2:59 |
| 17. | "Se Puso Linda" |
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| 2:26 |
| 18. | "Viajando Por El Mundo" (with Manu Chao) |
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| 4:28 |
| 19. | "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" |
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| 3:15 |
| 20. | "Tropicoqueta" |
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| 2:35 |
| Total length: | 57:58 | |||
Notes
- ^[a] signifies a co-producer
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.[28]
Musicians
- Karol G – lead vocals (all tracks), drums (track 5)
- Edgar Barrera – guitar (2, 5, 7, 18), vocal arrangement (11); bass, keyboards, percussion (18); background vocals (20)
- Pharrell – bass, drums (2)
- Arturo Sandoval – piano, trumpet (2)
- Alexa Demie – additional vocals (4)
- Raoul Alejandre – additional vocals (4)
- Joel Iglesias – synthesizer (5), background vocals (20)
- Sky Rompiendo – synthesizer (5)
- Casta – bass, drums (7)
- Chayanne Duverge – bajo sexto (9)
- Dawrin David Paredes – bongos (9)
- Ángel David Paredes – güira (9)
- Esterlin de León – guitar (9)
- Martires de León – guitar, vocal arrangement (9)
- Manuel Cerda – vocal arrangement (11)
- Mario Romero – vocal arrangement (11)
- Alvin Anaya – accordion, congas, snare drum (14)
- Iván Calderón – bass, guitar (14)
- Alex Molina – guitar (14)
- Diego Juanias – keyboards (14)
- Leonardo Villareal – timpani (14)
- Mariah Angeliq – vocals (16)
- Rios – background vocals (20)
Technical
- Josh Gudwin – mixing (1, 2, 4–12, 15–18, 20)
- Rob Kinelski – mixing (3)
- Joel Iglesias – mixing (12), engineering (all tracks), co-mixing (2, 4–11, 14–18, 20)
- Diego Juanias – mixing, engineering (14)
- Luis Barrera Jr. – mixing (14, 19), mastering (19)
- Dave Kutch – mastering (1–18)
- Eli Heisler – mastering, additional mixing (3)
- Edgar Barrera – engineering (2, 5–7, 9, 14, 16, 20)
- José "Pepe" Melena – engineering (7)
- Alex Ramirez – engineering (11)
- Guillermo Rojas – engineering (11)
- Mario Romero – engineering (11)
- Felix Byrne – mixing assistance (1, 2, 4, 5–12, 15–18, 20)
- Paulo Uribe – mixing assistance (14)
Charts
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[29] | 65 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[30] | 45 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[31] | 23 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[32] | 30 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[33] | 30 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[34] | 42 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP)[35] | 9 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[36] | 1 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] | 2 |
| US Billboard 200[38] | 3 |
| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[39] | 1 |
| US Latin Rhythm Albums (Billboard)[40] | 1 |
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