Karol G Opens Up About Her Breakup From Anuel AA: 'I Wanted to Die'
Karol G is opening up about the tribulations of her 2021 breakup with Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA, speaking with about the ways that her emotional struggles influenced her newest album. Karol and Anuel confirmed their relationship in 2018, and announced their engagement only a few months later. They remained together for two years before ending their relationship in 2021. «I wanted to die, I was crying horribly,» Karol says in 's Global Creativity Awards issue. On the opener of her new album, released in February, she uses the beat of Bobby McFerrin's «Don't Worry, Be Happy,» and Karol says that she used the song's message as an affirmation for herself following the breakup. «I wanted to tell people: 'It doesn't matter.