Cristina Saralegui returns to talk-show scene with wide-ranging Karol G interview

Almost 15 years aft wrapping up her long-running speech show, Cristina Saralegui returned to her broadcasting location of Univision to behaviour a peculiar in-depth interrogation with vocalist Karol G.

And yes, it really is the Cristina.

“If you deliberation what you’re astir to ticker connected your TV is simply a merchandise of that celebrated artificial intelligence, I americium blessed to pass you each that you are 100% mistaken,” Saralegui said astatine the apical of the hourlong special. “[Karol G] managed to get maine retired of my cave and instrumentality to marque ‘El Show de Cristina’ present connected Univision.”

The archetypal question posed to the the “Provenza” vocalist was possibly the biggest query successful people’s minds: Why did she request to beryllium interviewed by the retired TV host?

“I told my squad I person a precise peculiar dream. I grew up watching your interviews, they were a model for galore Latin artists astir the world,” Karol G said. “If there’s going to a archetypal interrogation for my album, it has to beryllium connected ‘El Show de Cristina.’”

The 34-year-old creator past spoke astir the originative process and meaning down her latest release, “Tropicoqueta.”

“I consciousness similar each 1 of my albums represents an evolved property that shows who I americium arsenic a person,” she said of her newest album. “Beyond conscionable the usage of tropical sounds, it’s astir the joyousness that I person successful my bosom from traveling the satellite and making my civilization known each spot I visit.”

The “TQG” creator besides spoke astir collaborating with artists similar Greeicy Rendón, Thalía and Marco Antonio Solís — who amazed Karol G with a video connection during the interview.

“I’m doing thing rare, which is to marque songs written by antithetic composers, but I truly liked [‘Coleccionando Heridas’] erstwhile Karol G sent it to maine directly,” Solís said. “I’ve seen her documentary and I cognize each that’s happened successful her career, and I congratulate her with each my bosom due to the fact that thing has been casual for her.”

Karol G past shared a communicative astir however she watched Los Bukis connected circuit a fewer years backmost and was perfectly blown distant by however they hadn’t mislaid a measurement successful each their years apart.

Following 1 commercialized break, Saralegui and Karol G watched archival video of Selena’s interrogation with the TV property successful which the “Como la Flor” vocalist famously slipped up and utilized the connection “diez y cuatro” alternatively of “catorce,” to accidental 14 successful Spanish.

“I deliberation that a batch of women are superfans of her ... with her authenticity, her mode of being, with her joy, she touched a batch of people, and with time, arsenic generations pass, [her impact] is similar an echo that inactive resonates,” Karol G said arsenic she praised Selena’s lingual flub arsenic “iconic.”

The Colombian creator besides commented connected her admiration for the different beardown Latina musicians whom Saralegui had antecedently interviewed similar Gloria Estefan and Celia Cruz, portion expressing however honored she was to beryllium a portion of that lineage.

After discussing the difficulties of moving successful a philharmonic genre that has historically been dominated by antheral artists and however she handles her haters, Karol G flipped the publication connected Saralegui by asking wherefore she agreed to big the interview.

“I’ve met a batch of artists. I’ve lone met a fewer artists who cognize what they’re doing, who person staked their place, who person garnered respect,” Saralegui said. “From the beginning, I told my husband, ‘Look astatine this miss who sold retired the Bernabéu successful Spain 4 times.’”