Pod Insights Call Her Daddy Podcast Alex Cooper x Youtube Presents: BTS of Headlining Coachella (ft. KAROL G) - Part 2 About this episode Join Alex for an interview with KAROL G during part 2 of the YouTube Coachella Special. KAROL opens up about the creative process behind her Coachella set, how she selected her special guests and what message she wants to tell. Alex then travels to Coachella to meet up with KAROL backstage before her history making moment. Enjoy!
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2:19 Speaker 01 My real name is Carolina.
2:23 Speaker 02 Para nadie es un secreto que es muy raro ver una mujer dentro del género del reggaeton.
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3:10 Alex Cooper? Hey Daddy Gang, welcome back to part two of this very special Carol G. Coachella episode. I just got to Coachella, I'm backstage, I'm about to go hang out with Carol G. and I'm so, so, so excited for you to see this episode. Before we get into it, if you have not watched part one of this series, you have to pause and you need to go watch that. In episode one, Carol G. shared her story of being a teenager growing up in Colombia and then getting to where she is today, headlining Coachella. Now in this episode, Carol is going to talk about her creative inspiration and just the whole process that went into putting this Coachella set together. Before we kick off Coachella with Carol G., we're going to take it back to the studio so you can hear from her what went into this set. Let's get into it.
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4:06 Alex Cooper? I know that you performed at Coachella in 2022. Now, four years later, yes, you are headlining and it's very well deserved. But where were you when you found out? Like, who called you? What was your reaction?
4:20 Speaker 01 I'm a loud person. I'm a very loud person. I love to scream. I love to, I think I'm a very loud person. But actually, this one got me like super different. Like, my sister called me. My sister, she's my sister, and at the same time, she's my manager. And she called me and I was like completely shocked. Because I think right now, I feel so, so special that I have the opportunity to be in this generation that is changing the narrative for our Latina culture. It's super important for me. And when she called me and she told me like, okay, they want you to be the headliner that is going to close the festival because I have Sunday. So I closed the festival and it's the first time they're going to have like a Latina
5:05 Speaker 01 women in Spanish being a headliner. So it felt heavy, you know? It's kind of like crazy. So at that moment, I was like kind of a little shocked. I got like this silent moment and I was like, okay, let's do it. Like, we were talking at the time, we were talking about starting the tour. But then I was like, let's stop everything and let's just focus about this because this is huge. And I really want my community to feel proud and I really want the world to feel that I was ready for this huge opportunity.
5:42 Alex Cooper? How did you begin to come up with what you wanted this message to be?
5:46 Speaker 01 It's a mix of things. I think in my whole career, like I have had the craziest experiences, good ones, very bad ones, things that I just feel that I shouldn't have lived at that time. And...
6:07 Speaker 01 Because of that, I just feel that I need to speak for women in so many different reasons. So yeah, there is still like the message of my community. We're fighting for rights, but at the same time, there's so many different battles that we have to still keep fighting for. And so I was like thinking how I can put all of these things together and make it work and make it still like it's a show, it's a concert, you know? So that was the hardest part to get in. And we had like five or six different. We started from something, then it becomes something different, then it's like, and at
6:48 Speaker 01 the end, like, well, we just built, for me, it's kind of, I love it. I'm very hard on myself and to have a show that I love, love, love made me feel like very confident about the show that we have.
7:03 Alex Cooper? I just am so impressed because I think, listen, we've seen people go up there and have fun at Coachella, perform their songs, and then we have seen people make statements, whether it was, right, political, or whether it was to represent their community, or it was about, yes, like gender, whatever it be. And the fact that you have two huge things on your shoulders, right? You're trying to speak up for women and you're also trying to speak up for your community. That is a lot. Like, I think about it, this year, we had the Bad Bunny Super Bowl, and this is on the Bad Bunny Super Bowl. Yes, it was his Super Bowl.
7:38 Speaker 01 Yeah, it was amazing.
7:39 Alex Cooper? We've got you headlining. Like, what impact do you hope to see from this massive moment that Latin music is having in American culture right now?
7:50 Speaker 01 I just feel like to have the opportunity to change people's minds, it's the most important. It's still like things that are still like running by different people that I don't know how much we can change that, but at least what I love the most is to see how people, for example, from here. They're fighting for us. And that's what means everything because it's about that. It's about love. It's kind of, uh, we're here in this world that it, that is pushing us to be separated in all the ways possible. And when human, they got this empathy and they, when humans understand why we are here, that all, we are all a community.
8:32 Speaker 01 I know it's Latinos, it's Europeans, it's, but at the same, uh, at the end, we're us in here in this world. It's kind of a, it's humanity. So I, like, I, I just feel that when you see that people is open their eyes and understanding that it's, it's, we have to do something together that's gonna make the, the voice louder. And that's what we need to, to get together and speak for everyone at the same time.
8:58 Alex Cooper? And in a really powerful way, I feel like something that has always prevailed and risen up is music unites people. Music is this thing that no matter what is going on in the world, it is something that can bring us all together. So kudos to you for doing that. Okay. Talking a little bit more about Coachella, because now I'm like, obviously, weekend one happened, we're going into weekend two. Can you tell us a little bit about like, once you decided on this vision, you're like, I need to represent my community. I want to speak up for women. How did you even think about like, the set design and the set list and the costumes?
9:36 Speaker 01 Okay, that's a good one, because as I said before, like, we had like, seven different options.
9:43 Alex Cooper? Okay.
9:43 Speaker 01 And not options, because we started from this and then I feel like, I like this, but I don't feel yet what I visualize for this moment. And then we moved to here and we just, until the moment we got to what we presented. Okay? So I wanted, of course, to represent where I come from. I am, I'm from Colombia. I'm, I'm a Colombiana and I'm Latina and I'm a human in this world. And so I can repre, how I can represent like my culture, not being.
10:16 Speaker 01 I wanted to go deep. So what existed before the aesthetic of Latinos? You know, like this colorful world. We're really extra. We are full of beautiful, uh, different, even cultures in our culture. Cause there's Mexican, Colombians, Peruvians, like everything. And we're from different places and we have our different things. So how I can represent everything, but in a way that people can understand? Because I want the world to understand who we are.
10:48 Speaker 01 And at the same time, like speaking about women, um, I read a book seven years ago. Las Mujeres Corren Con Los Lobos is the name in English is Women That Run With Wolves. I think is the meaning. And the book is so beautiful because the book tells you and explain you how women were respected in like years ago. We're going to, we're talking about like a primitive.
11:12 Alex Cooper? Yep. The OG days, yes.
11:14 Speaker 01 Exactly.
11:14 Alex Cooper? The OG days. All the socialization and society built, like all the way back to the very, very beginning.
11:20 Speaker 01 Exactly. We're like.
11:21 Alex Cooper? Women were.
11:22 Speaker 01 That time.
11:22 Alex Cooper? Got it.
11:23 Speaker 01 Exactly. So women at that time, we were wild, you know? Everyone was wild at that time. And it was all about intuition, spirituality, like the realness that it is in our energy, in our bodies. And I find always like the energy of women, like the most inspiring thing for me. Like I love men and because I love them, but when I feel something that inspires me a lot, most of the times it comes from a women. Exactly from women. So, um, when I read that book, I was like so surprised how they used to be the leader of the tribes and everything because of all the energy.
12:03 Speaker 01 You know, even because of their sensuality, their energy, the powerful mind, the power of the body. And then society, a structure, system, they just have been taking that out from us. So I was like, mm, that's a good start. To thinking about the stage, to thinking about where I want to put the people like when they see the show, where we're gonna be. So we're gonna be in that specific time when women, they just were powerful because of theirselves, their inner mind, their inner feelings, their like wildness that is so powerful and so beautiful. And I want to
12:45 Speaker 01 put the people in that specific time and I want everyone in that space, even women more, feeling that powerful energy. You know, you, you can be big, feeling intelligent, smart, brilliant, but you can feel like intelligent and smart and brilliant, feeling sexy, hot, mamacita, why not? And I want to put that wildness in all the show. So we have like one, two, three, like four different stages. As the people saw, uh huh, we have four different stages that this kind of, of this world where we live in, that for me would be the
13:27 Speaker 01 perfect world for women to be free.
13:31 Alex Cooper? Women are going to be going feral. Like I can't, I can't explain even just you sitting in this chair, how like it has me getting hyped because I'm like, this is what we need right now. So then when you go out on stage, do you ever get nervous that you're gonna get choked up and emotional? Or do you just go right into performer mode and you just have to like blackout the emotions? Because this is pretty emotional, Carol.
13:57 Speaker 01 Literally, I'm the most emotional person that you're gonna have sitting in this chair. Like I cried for everything, like happiness, sadness and everything. I think with the time, I've been trying to control it a little more because you understand that sometimes, ah. I wanna be super genuine and honest with my feelings, but sometimes you realize that there's specific places where people is gonna be hard on you because you feel real. So I'm trying to taking care of myself with those things. But I'm super emotional.
14:34 Speaker 01 It happens to me. And actually, I love my fans because they gave me the confidence that I needed to be open with one of my albums, Mañana Será Bonito. I did that album in a specific moment in my life where I was like really broke, everything in me. And then when I had to put like an album, it was like songs that I just were like doing just to let out feelings. And then when I put all those songs together and I put that album out, because, okay, you have an album, it becomes something that I understood people needed, like a voice, you know, someone that speaks about realness and real feelings. So after that, like I feel comfortable.
15:20 Speaker 01 I know they call me crier, they call me like I'm like a kid, they call me like I'm immature and everything. And girl, yeah, I don't, I just feel that I have the most beautiful memories of my childhood and the way I used to feel at that time and the way I used to have a relationship with people. And yeah, I didn't grow up, like I still wanna be there and I'm still that girl.
15:47 Alex Cooper? I, then there should be no shame, though. It's like being emotional about things that you love, that's what we live for, right? Like to actually be affected by those things and to feel it so deeply, like that is, that is beautiful.
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18:31 Speaker 01 Okay, with the guests, I started like with different feelings because, okay, I'm gonna be a headliner, Coachella. There's something special that happens just in Coachella, you know? But at the same time, I wanted just to have the people that if I'm gonna put us on, on the show.
18:53 Speaker 01 And I have a guest like on the song, like I just want to bring them on stage. Because they're part of the success. So I don't, I don't sit like in, in my chair thinking, okay, what would be the greatest guest for the show to, I don't know, to touch someone? No, no, for me, it was about who are the ones that I feel their song to perform their song on this show is gonna make a moment very special for my fans and I'm gonna bring them on stage. So it was about that. And, and actually for one of the moments, specifically talking about
19:35 Speaker 01 the Latina culture, I want to bring someone that has made like an statement for life, you know, a legacy, a pioneer of, of what we do and why, why we're here. And that said, it was so.
19:51 Alex Cooper? I love it. I'm so happy for you. Okay, speaking of your fans, you reference them. They obviously are obsessed with you, but your fans wear bright blue and red wigs to your shows. And they are very, very, very invested in the different colors that you dye your hair. Can you walk me through each of your hair color eras and what they represented in your life at the time?
20:19 Speaker 01 Okay, when I was at school, my mom was, was, she was super open with the idea of me dying, like my hair in different colors. I didn't do it like with a, a chemical, in the chemical way. But I don't know if you know, there, there is like a paper that you use to pack presents that they have, like if you're putting in hot water, it like just put like the, the water in the color. And I used to pull like my hair there and I got like this little blue or the little, it was like a touch. It wasn't that hard as I did. Uh huh. So when I was in, um, we were in, in COVID time.
21:01 Speaker 01 And we were just locked. And I was like, okay, this is, I don't have interviews. I don't have like shows. I don't have nothing. I really wanna be back in this. Love that I feel for colors in the hair. So, the first one was blue. Uh, I am a very colorful girl. And when I say colorful, it's not all the time colorful. It's because I see colors. I see everything in colors. Like, I, I see feelings in colors. So sometimes I'm with someone and I just, I'm just talking. And I'm like, Alex, like, what I feel for you is pink. And, and I say that, like, ah, I don't know, but what I'm feeling right now with you is pink. And, and sometimes, and this song for the show, it has to be yellow. And everyone is like, but it's not kind of like black?
21:45 Speaker 01 And I'm like, no, for me, it feels yellow. So let's put the visualizers and everything in yellow. So, I don't know, but I, I see everything in colors. So, my soul at the time was feeling blue. So, I just put my hair blue. And I tried to explain to people why I was blue. And I think my fans, they just got this as I'm feeling blue too. So they put their hair in blue. And the crazy thing is, I never asked for, they started like coming to the shows with their hair blue. And they came to the show in Coachella with their hair blue. And it was like this, it was this crazy picture about the crowd with this little, um, group of people with their hair blue.
22:29 Speaker 01 And I was like, I loved it so much. And then I was so scared to change the color, but I wasn't feeling blue anymore. But in that specific time where you're healing, there is a rebellion moment. You don't come from this to the healing. There is a, a part of you that is tired, that it, it's, it's kind of, you know, it's, it's rebellion.
22:51 Alex Cooper? It's like fiery.
22:52 Speaker 01 Exactly. So it's, it's someone that I start thinking like, fuck it. Like, you know, I, it's just, that's it. Like, please. So that's red for me. So I put my hair red. And I was, I remember that I was in Santorini. And I put my hair red. And I was like, how do I show this to the world? Like, I don't know, I don't know if I'm gonna lose my fandom, cuz they just noticed me with this blue hair. Okay, just a bit on Instagram, poop. I'm with the red hair right now. And people got crazy with it. So the next time, like I just, the next day, be like videos on TikTok and everywhere like,
23:33 Speaker 01 people going to the salon to change the hair from blue to red. And I was like, oh my God, okay, that's crazy. My fans are crazy.
23:44 Alex Cooper? It's so intense.
23:45 Speaker 01 We have a really, really, really toxic relationship.
23:50 Speaker 01 Well, with my partner, yeah, a toxic relationship because we go hard.
23:54 Alex Cooper? You go really hard.
23:55 Speaker 01 Ah, so they always with me, they have my tattoos, they have this tattoo, like most of them, I have this tattoo that represents like friendship and they all of them, they got.
24:05 Alex Cooper? It was like a full codependent relationship.
24:07 Speaker 01 So then wait, because I was with this red hair. And then when you heal, actually you feel less heavy. You feel, uh, everything feels effortless. And everything is just about like chill, you know, you're kind of understanding at the time, yeah, now I know how I was feeling that way. Now I understand how, like, why I was like with this red idea of this toughness that I needed to be here right now. So it was pink. So for me, the era was pink.
24:45 Speaker 01 And I knew at the time, like if I put my red in pink, my fans were about to do it like too. So I put my hair pink and then next day, videos, my fans like, please, Carol, stop bitch, because you're gonna make my hair and my, even my wallet.
25:02 Alex Cooper? Literally, they're like, babe, my hair is falling out of my head. I was with you from the blue, then I was okay for the red. Now we're going to pink? I'm gonna have no hair left.
25:10 Speaker 01 And actually, when I was about to come back to my natural color with highlights, but with to my natural color. I was crazy, I was crazy about the idea to have it like orange.
25:21 Alex Cooper? No.
25:22 Speaker 01 Yeah, but then I was like more conscious about like my fans, you know, like, but let's, let's have a moment. Let's have a moment to just. Heal the hair too. Exactly. Now I heal.
25:33 Alex Cooper? If you, Carol, if you went orange, I think your fans would have been like, I've got like three strands of hair left, girl.
25:40 Speaker 01 Okay, I'm gonna put these three little hairs that I have left in orange because.
25:47 Speaker 01 Yeah, but maybe just one day I can be back.
25:50 Alex Cooper? Okay, so now we're gonna wait to see if you dye your hair again because now I'm stressed.
25:55 Speaker 01 I would love to.
25:56 Alex Cooper? Okay.
25:57 Speaker 01 I will love to like always like fashionable people is always like girl eh with your natural color hair. Everything looks more elevated and this and that like I don't really care like a lot about it. So maybe I just wake up one day and.
26:12 Alex Cooper? You're having fun.
26:13 Speaker 01 And it's done.
26:14 Alex Cooper? I love it.
26:14 Speaker 01 Yeah.
26:15 Alex Cooper? Um, okay. Being a Sunday headliner, Miss Carol G, are you gonna be able to catch anyone else's sets? Or are you like way too busy rehearsing for all of your stuff?
26:26 Speaker 01 I would love to go like, uh, actually I'm still a fan girl, you know? And, and I would love to go to some shows. So maybe for the second weekend, like I'm gonna be around.
26:37 Alex Cooper? So first weekend you'll lock in.
26:39 Speaker 01 Yeah.
26:39 Alex Cooper? Second weekend you may go see who?
26:42 Speaker 01 Yeah, uh, uh, like, I don't know, but for sure I really want to see, uh, Justin show. Uh, it's long, long time. He haven't been on stage and, and, and I had the opportunity to meet him in at Super Bowl. We were in the same like, uh, Sweden. We talked a lot about like, what does this mean for us? And actually his show at the Grammys for me, I loved it. How he was like in his like bed shorts with his guitar on it. They're just like, uh, creating the instrumental right there. Like it was honest and so pure.
27:22 Speaker 01 And so, I don't know, but for me it has a really big meaning, the show like that. So maybe I'm gonna go to that one. I would love to go to see Sabrina's, of course, because, uh, I think I wanna, I want the people to feel that this is our year. It's not like about like eh eh every single year we see this different artists that are gonna be there. But I want the people to feel that this year is about all of us and I wanna be for some, like some of them. I can be in all of them, but I would love to be in a lot of them.
27:52 Alex Cooper? No, it's beautiful. Um, as you were speaking about, obviously your Coachella set is so focused on celebrating your culture. Um, what do you wish more people understood about Columbia?
28:08 Speaker 01 Oof.
28:10 Speaker 01 Beautiful, you nailed it with that question, because you said it specific about Colombia. And Colombia is a country that grew from a lot of disaster, from a lot of suffering. My country is the most beautiful country you're ever gonna see. Because when people go there, they know that like we literally is a beautiful country, is rich in biodiversity, in animals, in different species of fauna and flora in Spanish. And the people, we are like, they nos crían, they, we grew up like with attitude is everything,
28:51 Speaker 01 everything. Even the person in the worst situation, there's always waking up at four A M. in the in the morning saying, Diosito, God, this is gonna be the day, even in the worst situation. So when you meet people in Colombia, you're gonna feel the most, the big, a big hope from everyone. And speaking about that, and about like the strength and the spirit that as a Colombian we have, my country has a beautiful future and an opportunity to be an amazing grown country. We just need the right people to lead the country, you know?
29:31 Speaker 01 So I'm just very proud of my country, of the culture that represents my country, the music, the artists that have been representing our flag from all over the places. That's a good thing. And you're gonna go and you're gonna see how beautifully our country has grown from all of the pain and all of the hard times. It's just amazing.
29:54 Alex Cooper? It is amazing, and I think that's what is so important right now to be speaking about culture and people and what connects us, because we all
30:06 Alex Cooper? Are so connected in a way that it feels as of recent, we've been made to feel divided and we've been made to feel like other. And I think through your music and through your work and through other artists and other people, like the more we talk about how we are connected and you speaking about your culture in such a beautiful way, like not that you have to educate people, but it is so important that people like you are able to tell people who you are, where you've come from, how proud you are, because it is a really scary time in this country. And I think what you're doing is so beautiful. And I can't wait for the world to see this Coachella set, because to even hear that
30:47 Alex Cooper? you've infused so much of that love and that culture and your background into it, that's something the world needs to see. And I love that you've brought it here.
30:57 Speaker 01 Thank you. And you know what, like just to add something like a little thing, because I can understand that sometimes people think that what we're doing as Latinos is kind of a trend. It can become something that they come again with their message. Of course, we're having a situation, we're coming, like, we're going through a lot of, I'm not gonna say me, but there is a lot of people that is going through a lot of hard things in this country. And it's our responsibility to speak about. But when we do it, we do it like as a welcoming way, you know, we're not saying like we're this, and you're not part of this. No, we're saying like, we're Latinos, we need to speak about from like
31:36 Speaker 01 our culture, our how this community has helped grow this country too. And we're this, we're like fabulous people, we're like a hard worker people with the most beautiful spirit, and you're welcome to join us as a community. We're not taking no one like out of the situation.
31:58 Alex Cooper? It's beautiful. And can you talk a little bit just about your foundation that you have back home in Medina?
32:04 Speaker 01 Concora. Concora is my foundation. I think like, we grew up like going to these different like ancianato, like old places with viejitos and for children and everything. That's something that my parents, they put us, since we were like little girls. And I think when I grew up, like, I think everything needs to have like a circle. It's not just for me, for me, for me. It has to keep like circling and with the, with the foundation, we worked a lot, even in my country, that is a beautiful country, but we lack, we need a lot of opportunities for the people, education and support and someone that sees what the ones that need to see, they don't see.
32:49 Speaker 01 Uh, but actually like for me, it's so beautiful that all the fans that follows me and eh, go to my shows and they just listen to my music, they, they're part of this changing situation. They're being part of this foundation too. So I'm very grateful. I love to keep like moving forward with things and, and, and that's what I, actually what I feel that is my, my, my purpose, purpose in, in the life is that uh, I'm this blessed because I have like a mission and I'm just making sure that it's our mission, all of the people that follows me and we did this work and so beautiful, so special.
33:29 Alex Cooper? Okay, Carol, last question. What do you hope fans take away from listening to your music?
33:36 Speaker 01 Uh, that's a good one too.
33:42 Speaker 01 Hmm, I've, I don't know, like I'm on, I'm a, an open book and I want them, them to find like a space, like a safe space. And that's why I speak about like all of the things in life, even the uncomfortable things that nobody speaks about. Like I'm trying to do music for every situation that I feel for everyone to find like a safe space in my music. And I want them to feel proud at the same time. So that's why I keep like being hard on me and learning and evolving and yeah.
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37:19 Speaker 01 You look so gorgeous. I'm excited. Should we say? Yeah, I'm doing, um, with sewing. You're sewing? Yeah. You're sewing?
37:31 Speaker 01 I'm like sewing a dress for my niece. What do you mean you're sewing? Is this what you're doing? Are you like calling yourself? My first time doing it for her. Like, I like to do things, but, but like, I'm trying to installize a little bit of her things. Cause she came with a Mickey Mouse something and I was like, "Ma, my mom brought her with a Mickey Mouse something." And I was like, "This look is Zero Coachella." And it's less dirty, tropical. How are you feeling? Crazy. Like, I don't know. It's, it's, my feelings are like, um, I'm kind of, uh, happy, proud.
38:12 Speaker 01 I have a, I feel a lot of nostalgia, of course, but it's not healthy. Like, it's like a little, good nerves. It's good nerves, but it feels unhealthy. It feels like a lot of pressure. Like, the day when we rehearsed, like, um, of course, we just, we went to Las Vegas. And we just built a pool stage there and it was amazing. But here, we were like, we built a stage in the level of the, of the floor. Right. But here is in the level of the stage. So it got like massive and, and the scale of the, the, the stage is that huge and, and it has three levels. So I'm on top and I see everyone down there and okay, I got nervous. Okay, this feels real.
38:56 Speaker 01 Yeah, this feels real. After that, it, it is like I got these special nerves that it, they feel a little hard. What did you do today? I woke up really early, I trained, then I did like two hours and a half of my singing class, because I really want my vocals be on point for today. And then I got here like at 11:30 or something.
39:19 Alex Cooper? 11:30 in the morning?
39:20 Speaker 01 Yeah, I'm super obsessed with it.
39:22 Alex Cooper? Guys, just for context, she's going on at 9:55 at night, and she got here at 11:30 in the morning. What have you been doing?
39:28 Speaker 01 But I, like, I'd rather be here, because at least I have my team around, and if I have a note or whatever, or if they have notes, they come to me and we're close and it's better, you know? Like, I hate just being at home, waiting, waiting. No. It gives me more stress. And actually, I think I'm trying to enjoy the day, because it's gonna pass so fast.
39:50 Alex Cooper? It's, I feel like it's gonna go by so quickly, that like, once you get out there, right? But the lead-up feels like 12 days. We, okay, is there anything that you do before you go on stage, that like, is a non-negotiable, you have to do it every time before you go on stage?
40:05 Speaker 01 Hmm, I don't really have like a ritual. My ritual is like, I get in me, really, like, I have a lot of conversations with myself, but something that is super important is to get together with the whole team.
40:18 Alex Cooper? Yup.
40:19 Speaker 01 With dancers, production, like musicians, band, and everyone, just to connect, really, all of us, and be ready for the show. Because sometimes when we don't do it, like, I have this feeling, if we don't connect before the show, people is going to feel that disconnection.
40:35 Alex Cooper? What is the conversation you have with yourself, though, before? What are you saying to yourself all day?
40:40 Speaker 01 Uh, I treat myself like a little heart, uh, with a lot of, yeah, a heart. It's not in a bad way, but it's kind of, um, you know, there is like, in my team, for the, the building of the stage and the music and every detail, we are like more than 500 people, so it's kind of my face represent the hard work from everyone. So I have to take it with responsibility, you know? It's not about like, just, of course I want to have fun, but it's my face that is going to pop up there and show the hard work from everyone, so I have to be like, super...
41:16 Alex Cooper? You're the leader.
41:17 Speaker 01 Focus, exactly. So, it's about that.
41:19 Alex Cooper? Now that you know exactly what your show is, and we're all about to be able to watch it, like, what do you want your fans to actually feel while you're performing?
41:28 Speaker 01 Proud.
41:30 Speaker 01 Like proud, I really want my community to feel proud and at the same time, we are in a festival. I want everyone to jump and to scream and to cry. You know, we're closing, so I really want my show to be the one that puts the energy like on the next level.
41:48 Alex Cooper? How many guests are you bringing out?
41:50 Speaker 01 Uh, one, two, three, four.
41:55 Speaker 01 For guests? Yeah.
41:58 Alex Cooper? Four?
41:59 Speaker 01 Yeah.
42:00 Alex Cooper? I'm gonna be, you can't tell us who, right?
42:02 Speaker 01 No.
42:03 Alex Cooper? Okay, I'll be on the side stage, I'm freaking out.
42:05 Speaker 01 I'm super happy that actually you came, because it was a possibility that you wouldn't make it.
42:10 Alex Cooper? It was a huge possibility I wasn't gonna make it, and you literally were like, you were leaving the Call of Duty studio, like, you better come, you better come. And I'm like, I don't even know if I'm gonna be in the United States, and we made it happen, and I'm so happy. I'm gonna be sobbing side stage, like, there's my girl!
42:24 Speaker 01 Did you come with some of my friends?
42:25 Alex Cooper? Yes, my husband's here, my friends are here, we're very excited.
42:28 Speaker 01 Okay.
42:28 Alex Cooper? We're all very excited.
42:29 Speaker 01 Please, have fun.
42:30 Alex Cooper? Okay, last question, then I'm gonna let you go.
42:32 Speaker 01 You tell me.
42:33 Alex Cooper? Before you went on that stage tonight, if you could tell your 10-year-old self anything, what would you tell her?
42:41 Speaker 01 Oof, it's gonna work. It's gonna work. Like, actually, and the show is very, it's very deep, dedicated to woman, and, and I just feel that we have to make ourselves really strong in our spirits. Because we have to go through a lot of things, but at the end, it's worth it, you know? To feel that you get through things, and then you achieve goals, and you do another one, and you do another one, another one. It's kind of yourself, like unlocking these superpowers that every woman has in the world. So I would say to her, like, keep going, you're gonna be, it was worth it.
43:23 Alex Cooper? Okay, so your moments from like going on in a couple hours, what are you gonna do until then? Are you gonna keep?
43:29 Speaker 01 No, I have, no, I have some meetings after you.
43:32 Alex Cooper? You have meetings?
43:33 Speaker 01 Yeah, like meetings for different teams.
43:35 Alex Cooper? You're always like, I got meetings!
43:36 Speaker 01 And then, no, but after, like, more or less 7, 7:30.
43:41 Alex Cooper? You're locking it down.
43:41 Speaker 01 Yeah, I'm locked in. So that's why I asked to do everything before for me to be, yeah, locked in.
43:48 Alex Cooper? Give me a hug. I'm so happy for you.
43:51 Speaker 01 Oh, shaking, you see?
43:53 Alex Cooper? I'm so happy for you, you're gonna do so amazing.
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45:56 Speaker 04 Big fan. I'm a big fan. Are you fucking kidding me? Monumental.
46:00 Alex Cooper? Monumental. Carol G just hooked us up with cold tequila. Okay, here's the clip.
46:31 Speaker 04 I want to present myself. I am Carolina Hidalgo from Haiti, Colombia. And today, I am the first Latina woman to headline Coachella. And I'm very happy and very proud.
46:45 Speaker 04 This is not just about me. This is about my Latina community. This is about my people. And at the same time, this is for my Latinos that have been struggling in this country lately.
46:58 Speaker 04 We stand for them. I stand for my Latina community. And at the same time, I'm very proud because this brings out the best of us, unity, resilience, a strong spirit. And we don't do this because we want to take everyone out. Actually, we do this because we want everyone to do a welcome to our culture. Don't feel fear. Feel proud. Fight your battles. ¡Le van a hacer de madera! ¡Le van a hacer de madera!
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