Karol G‘s NO ME ARREPIENTO DE SENTIR TANTO is here, and fans are eagerly looking up the lyrics to the 35-year-old Colombian superstar’s latest studio album.
One of the big standouts from the record is “Alguien que te amaba,” which is among the most searched songs on Genius.
The song was produced by Édgar Barrera and co-written with the legendary Pete Astudillo, who was instrumental in forming Selena Quintanilla‘s musical style, writing songs like “Amor Prohibido” and “Como la Flor.” (Karol is a huge fan, and even has Selena‘s portrait tattooed on her body.)
She also references the Selena classic on the chorus of the song, singing: “Así como las flores que un día se marchitan y el amor se acaba / Así como las noches cuando no hay estrellas, el brillo se apaga / Dime por qué lo hiciste yo estando enamorada / Pensé que era pa’ siempre y estaba equivocada.” (“Just like flowers that wither one day and love comes to an end / Just like nights without stars, when the glow fades / Tell me why you did it when I was in love / I thought it was forever, but I was wrong.”)
Karol spoke about how the song came to be in an interview with Rolling Stone:
I ended up working on this song with Pete Astudillo, the composer of Selena Quintanilla’s songs. I was like, ‘Wow, I would love to work with that person.’ Since she passed away, he never really worked with anyone else. And it was super crazy because I was with Edgar, and I said, ‘It would be a dream to work with him.’ Edgar was like, ‘He hasn’t made music in a long time but let’s look for him and see what happens.’ Then he tracked him down and said, ‘He super into it,’ and it meant so much because he listened to my album from the heart.
Something that Trópicoqueta gave me, which is huge, was identity. From the beginning of my career I’ve always made it very clear that I’m Colombian, I’m Latina, and on the stages I’ve performed on, I’ve always tried to make that very clear, but with Trópicoqueta, it was like the world understood it. And in fact, it was an album that I feel made more people who didn’t speak Spanish understand who Karol G is. With No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, even though I was very clear that I wanted a more intimate, alternative, sound, I didn’t want to stray too far from the Latin sounds that say, ‘Wow! It’s Karol G.’”
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