NNo one can deny that Rosalía’s ‘Despechá’ was a total success and was heard all over the world in 2022, as it is the main argument that the followers and defenders of the Spanish have to point out that there was an alleged copy of Karol G to this song. But it is known that the Colombian has been experimenting with different Latin rhythms, which have been heard in her country for many years and have even had contributions there, so accusing her of copying does not make much sense.
Well, those are the bases of the debate that has been brewing on social networks after the song ‘If I had known you before’, a work by ‘La Bichota’, was released to the world and has caused very good sensations and criticism. But it has also returned to her put in the crosshairs of critics and accusations of alleged copies, as has already happened on other occasions.
Are Karol G and Rosalía’s songs similar?
At first it must be explained that both have bases, instruments and all the ingredients of a traditional Dominican merengue, which in Colombia has been well known and appropriated by groups for more than 40 years, so it is natural that it is related to Karol G. But lRosalía’s song came out first and gave a different look to the scene in 2023 with this proposal, so there are no reasons to highlight it.
However, the songs have their differences, such as the beginning with piano in the cheerful and high tone of the Spanish one is not similar to the tone that sounds with the paisa, being a little lower and with a kind of fall. And if we talk about the lyrics and central message of the songs, they are on opposite paths, since Rosalía’s song, as the title itself indicates, gives a message of spite and a party attitude to get away from reality and leave behind the miseries.
On the other hand, Karol G’s lyrics clearly show a lament for what would be a forbidden love, it becomes clear little by little when she explains that her inspiration is a man who has a girlfriend and that she did not meet him in time.
In variations and forms, ‘Desphá’ is shorter in length and has a type of rapping in the middle plus another similar fragment at the end. And in the version of the official video clip there comes a moment when there is no background music, returning to rap-type phrasing.
But ‘If I Had Met You Before’ has the same rhythm, constant and a little longer in duration, the difference comes in the final section with the voices of the audience that accompany it at that moment and that end the song in a unexpected.
Of course, just as the merengue rhythm is shared, the 2 videos have a beach and summer party concept, with the Spanish one being a plan of friends and chaos, while the Colombian one has a more familiar or neighborhood vibe.
Attacks on Karol G and Rosalía for their songs in merengue rhythm
Obviously, social media does not represent artists or their musical ideas, but They take the floor to defend their musical references and the messages against Karol G are strong and aggressive:
But given these accusations, Rosalía has been singled out because, having more Spanish and European proposals, she has ventured into the Latin environment for alleged appropriations of rhythms, genres, sounds and abandoning what she previously did. All this, with strong terms and in the same attitude as the attacks on ‘La Bichota’:
Did Rosalía respond to Karol G for the alleged copy?
It’s one thing for fans to fight and send all kinds of messages, but for Rosalía herself to have uploaded photos with obscene gestures and supposedly playing the background music with ‘Despechá’, it already gives other interpretations and that’s what happened with the recent ones. publications of the European on her Instagram profile.
The truth is that music, instead of uniting and being an example of culture and representation, ends up being an excuse for so many controversies that divide people.
