Karol G, first Latina to headline Coachella, led with love on Sunday
Karol G may have kicked off her headlining set 30 minutes late on Sunday night — which is early for those familiar with the spatial-temporal concept known as “Latino Time” — but it made her display on the main stage no less monumental. “I’m Carolina Giraldo Navarro from Medellín, Colombia, and today, I am the first Latina woman to headline at Coachella,” she told the crowd, decked in the red, blue and yellow colors of the Colombian flag. Yet it was not just a celebration of Karol’s country people; but a musical welcome wagon, extended from Latin America to the rest of the world. “Forever wild, forever free … Latina foreva,” she recited from backstage, kicking off her set with the slinky reggaeton number of the same name — exalting the primordial goddess that lives inside every Latina. Andean pan flutes trilled as she and her backup dancers surfaced in glittering Stone Age club looks, undulating seductively from cave to cave, in a paleolithic apartment complex that recalled “The Flintstones.” Karol was quick to welcome …



