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Creativity Quote by Karol G

"I worked so hard to get here, and I’m not going to stop"

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The power in Karol G's line is that it refuses the tidy arc pop culture loves to sell: struggle, arrival, closure. "I worked so hard to get here" nods to the familiar grind narrative, but she uses it less as a victory lap than as a receipt. The labor is proof of legitimacy, a pre-emptive answer to an industry that still treats Latin women as either breakout anomalies or interchangeable trends.

The pivot is the real thesis: "and I'm not going to stop". It's a declaration built for a moment when success is supposed to soften you into brand maintenance. Instead, she frames "here" not as a destination but as a platform - and that framing matters. In contemporary music, especially in reggaeton and Latin pop, women are often invited in as features, not architects. Karol G's subtext is territorial: I earned this space, and I'm expanding it.

The simplicity of the sentence is strategic. No poetic metaphor, no self-mythologizing - just momentum. It reads like something said backstage, in motion, which is precisely the point: the quote keeps the camera on process rather than perfection. In the context of her rise from Medellin to global stadiums, it also lands as a quiet rebuttal to every gatekeeping story about language, genre, and "crossover" as permission. She's not asking to be translated. She's insisting on continuity - ambition as a permanent tense.

Quote Details

TopicNever Give Up
SourceThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon interview appearance (2023) [translated]
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APA Style (7th ed.)
G, Karol. (2026, February 9). I worked so hard to get here, and I’m not going to stop. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-worked-so-hard-to-get-here-and-im-not-going-to-185038/

Chicago Style
G, Karol. "I worked so hard to get here, and I’m not going to stop." FixQuotes. February 9, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-worked-so-hard-to-get-here-and-im-not-going-to-185038/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I worked so hard to get here, and I’m not going to stop." FixQuotes, 9 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-worked-so-hard-to-get-here-and-im-not-going-to-185038/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Karol G

Karol G (born February 14, 1991) is a Musician from Colombia.

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