Karol G Netflix Documentary: Embracing Her ‘Most Authentic Self’

Karol G’s latest album from 2023, “Mañana Será Bonito,” stands as her most personal work yet. The opening track establishes a tone of fragility, with lyrics conveying: “Give me time / Because I’m not in my best moment / But I’m getting better little by little, yes / Today I’m down, but tomorrow will be more beautiful. Now, the Colombian sensation is revealing even more in the new Netflix documentary titled “Mañana Fue Bonito,” which means “Tomorrow Was Beautiful,” reflecting a pivotal moment in her career where she achieved her greatest success professionally — even while grappling with personal struggles.
The film, arriving on the streamer on May 8, takes audiences into the narrative of how the Grammy awardee ascended from a young girl in Medellín harboring dreams of music to an international icon.

It features a lot of tears, yet is also filled with joy, festivities, and victories — particularly after many on Karol’s team cautioned her against embarking on a stadium tour, but she forged ahead anyway. She ultimately became the first Latina to headline a global stadium tour. Directed by Cristina Costantini (also known for “Mucho, Mucho Amor” about the life of renowned astrologer Walter Mercado, and the forthcoming “Sally” focusing on astronaut Sally Ride), “Tomorrow Was Beautiful” also explores aspects of the singer’s personal life. Following the end of a highly public relationship, her recent album was adored by fans for skillfully encapsulating the truths of heartbreak. In the documentary, she candidly discusses this experience for the first time.

“Love can make you feel like the happiest person on Earth, but at the same time it can destroy you, your dreams, your whole world… everything you are,” she shares in the film.

Ultimately, however, “Mañana Será Bonito,” encompassing the album, tour, and now the documentary, is centered on Karol’s journey towards rediscovering self-love. After initially keeping the details under wraps, she is also gradually opening up about embracing love again: this time in a “healthy relationship” with fellow Colombian star Feid. In the documentary, she acknowledges him as the person she most envisions her future with. On TODAY May 6, she told the third-hour hosts: “He understands what I do, I understand what he does. He is a really special soul. It is a blessing to have him.”

Karol G discussion with Netflix

When asked if she felt apprehensive about discussing her romantic life for the first time in the Netflix documentary, she confesses in an interview with TODAY.com that it was a challenging choice to make.

“I had a relationship that was like, super public, and everybody was into it … so to have that hard moment of the breakup, in front of millions of eyes, was difficult,” she says. she states.”But I think now it has become something that is part of my journey. I think I healed in front of my fans with my music. I understood that there’s a lot of people feeling the same, and they are not able to speak about it, or they don’t have the words, but they can with my music — with my testimony, with my journey. And I love that.”

However, her love life was not the most challenging subject for Karol to address. That, she confides, was the part where she unveils the true reason she nearly stepped away from music over a decade ago. As she recounted to TODAY, back in 2012, she decided to leave singing and relocated to New York to pursue studies in business and English. Yet in the documentary, she clarifies that what genuinely led to her feeling “disillusioned” and needing a break from music was a manager who made advances on her when she was only 16.

“It broke my heart, because it was like … you are putting me in a situation in which you’re using my hopes and dreams and putting this condition on achieving them,” she explains in the film, adding that she couldn’t find the courage to disclose what transpired to her parents at the time.

We got a report stating that she told TODAY.com that recording that scene in the documentary was so emotionally taxing that she has only watched “Tomorrow Was Beautiful” alone. However, sharing her experience was significant for her, as she hopes it will aid other women.

“When I started being surrounded by different women in this industry, I started noticing that there was a cycle — that a lot of us have experienced something similar,” she says. “I wanted to share this moment so women can feel OK knowing that they can say no, and they can open that door and they can leave. And to feel comfortable in that.”

Along with her documentary comes a new chapter: a change in hair color. Known for experimenting with various hues throughout her career phases (blue for her “KG0516” album; red followed by pink for “Mañana Será Bonito”), Karol G is now embracing brown. “I just went back to my natural color of my hair, because there is so much going on right now, so much coming right now,” she explains. “And I think I really wanted to be my most natural and original and authentic and genuine version of myself.” Clearly, the future indeed looks bright. And the subsequent days will be just as wonderful.

“There’s a lot of people feeling the same…and they don’t have the words…but they can with my music, my testimony, my journey. And I love that.” by Karol G

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