The Karol G sentimental blue era arrived without much warning. On 7 August 2026, the Colombian artist dropped No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto (I Don’t Regret Feeling So Much) via Complex‘s reporting confirms it was released through Bichota Records/Interscope, landing in the middle of her Viajando Por El Mundo tour. The surprise release felt less like a detour and more like a destination that had been quietly signposted for months.
A Different Colour From Tropicoquetta
The contrast with her previous album, Tropicoquetta, is hard to miss. Where that record was fluorescent, maximalist and celebratorial, No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto is stripped back, introspective and raw. The album cover shows Karol almost makeup-free, bathed in a cool blue hue. Melancholic ballads sit alongside unruly anthems like “Matadora,” which Billboard reports debuted at No. 3 on the Hot Latin Songs chart on the tally dated 8 August 2026. The album also carries high-profile collaborations: Drake appears on “Ahí” and Bruno Mars on “Still,” alongside “Después de Ti,” her track with Greg Gonzales of the pop band Cigarettes After Sex.
The hints had been there. In January, Karol posted a carousel on Instagram showing rhinestones across her forehead and a baby-blue manicure, captioned “Unfocused But SparkLYYYY.” Easy to dismiss at the time, given she was still building the world around Tropicoquetta. A promotional video for the tour held another clue: she opens a suitcase, sparkles spill out, and she says, “No, I’m not packing that one yet.” It reads differently now.
The Karol G Sentimental Blue Era Began in Hawaii
The actual origin of the blue sits somewhere over the Pacific. According to Duván Foronda, Karol’s makeup artist of nearly a decade, it was during a trip to Hawaii that the shift became visible. “I noticed she started wearing a lot of blue,” he says. When he asked about it, she told him: “I don’t know, this new era, which is more mine, more vulnerable, more personal, feels blue.” Not an electric cobalt. Not neon. “You’ll notice it’s not a vibrant blue; it’s like a sky-blue. It’s calming.”
Foronda, whom Karol affectionately calls “Duvi,” has been central to translating that feeling into looks. He frames her approach to colour as fundamental to how she works. “She is someone who puts colour to everything; for her, a song has a colour; for her, a feeling has a colour.” With Tropicoquetta, that colour was orange, rooted in happiness. “She said, ‘I want an album that’s really tropical, that feels really happy.’ And to her, the colour that expressed that was orange.” The makeup followed: red lips, brown lip liner, orange-tinted cheeks.
Before joining Karol’s world, Foronda had built his career working alongside his mother, Adriana Pérez, a notable Colombian makeup artist, assisting her across various jobs before developing his own client list. That included work with Leonisa, which the report describes as comparable to Victoria’s Secret and one of Colombia’s most recognisable brands. The grounding in Colombian visual culture runs deep.
More Glitter, Darker Lines
The Karol G sentimental blue era is not, it turns out, a retreat into minimalism. On the Viajando Por El Mundo tour, which recently ran for three sold-out nights in Los Angeles with special guests including Becky G and Bruno Mars, Foronda has been layering the new aesthetic over the existing Tropicoquetta spectacle. “We’re adding Swarovski crystals in her makeup, adding glitter to her makeup, and we’re also doing darker makeup,” he says.
The biggest departure is what Foronda calls the “moodier” look: smudgy, imperfect eyeliner that is deliberately undone. “It has to be messy; it can’t be glam or perfect, like a perfect line.” His reference point for the glitter work is Sophia Sinot, makeup artist to Zara Larsson. “I love all the glitter she uses, and the little rhinestones she adds to the eyes.” His own technique is low-tech: an eyeshadow palette from New Zealand-based brand Question Beauty, mixed with body lotion.
Underneath all of it, skincare sets the foundation. Before a show, Foronda uses a 15-minute Medicube Booster Pro massage alongside MIM Hydrating Gel, which contains hyaluronic acid and vitamin B5. Removal gets equal attention. Karol’s kit now includes the MIM Gentle Makeup Remover as a permanent fixture after years of accidentally taking off her eyelashes with heavier cleansers during stage makeup removal. “She would tell me, ‘There’s no makeup remover like this one,'” Foronda says. A new MIM body lotion, inspired by a lyric from Karol’s song “Ivonny Bonita,” is expected to launch soon and will be available worldwide.
For a full breakdown of the album and its chart performance, Karol G’s official site has the latest tour and release information.
