Maya Georgi
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Karol G performs at the 2026 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 12, 2026. Christopher Polk/Billboard Karol G is opening up about how it really felt to make history earlier this year as the first Latina artist to headline Coachella. “The fact that I was the first one just feels wrong — it feels incorrect,” the Colombian superstar said in a recent cover story for Elle.
Karol G was even bold enough to share her unfiltered thoughts with Paul Tollett, CEO of Goldenvoice, Coachella’s promoter. “I mentioned how crazy it was that it took 27 years [since] the festival [began] to finally bring a Latina to the stage as a headliner,” she said in the interview.
Karol revealed that the conversation came up when Tollett visited the star in her trailer after she closed out the first weekend with a stunning performance. “He was very kind. He said, ‘I should apologize,'” Karol recalls, adding, “I didn’t want to make him feel bad, but he acknowledged that it was the reality …Before me, there were so many who could have undoubtedly filled that spot. What if Daddy Yankee had headlined Coachella? Or Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Gloria Estefan, Shakira?”
