Key Takeaways
- Karol G praised Drake as "so good" at singing in Spanish and encouraged him to perform their collaboration "Ahí" entirely in the language.
- She coached him to emphasize the "r" in "Rico" and called his performance "amazing."
- The pair debuted "Ahí" live in Houston during Karol G's Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour, which runs through July 2027.
Karol G has heaped some high praise on Drake, giving him an A+ for his Spanish fluency.
The Latin pop singer was a guest on the Thursday (October 8) episode of Popcast, where she was asked about having to teach the five-time Grammy winner how to sing in Spanish on their "Ahí" collaboration. The song appears on Karol's sixth studio album, No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, which was released in August.
"I love him singing in Spanish and he does it so good that when I presented the song to him, he was like, 'Should I do like a verse in English or something?'" Karol explained around the 51-minute mark of the video below. "And it was like, 'You should do it in Spanish. You sound so good in Spanish.'"
Karol also shared that she urged Drizzy to stress the 'r' in his pronunciation of 'Rico,' going on to call the Toronto rapper "amazing."
On "Ahí," Drake references his Maid of Honour track "New Bestie," with his "I want a Latina" line.
Karol G and Drake performed "Ahí" for the first time last month during the Houston date of the singer’s Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour tour, which continues until July 2027.
