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Karol G’s ‘BbY WOW’ Lyrics & English Translation: What Song Does It Sample?

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Karol G has yet another hit on her hands.

The 35-year-old Colombian superstar’s “BbY WOW” with Judeline and Rusowsky, featured on her new album NO ME ARREPIENTO DE SENTIR TANTO, is steadily surging up the streaming charts, and fans are eagerly looking up the lyrics and English translation, as well as the familiar song it samples.

As of the end of August, the song broke through the Billboard Hot 100 to No. 38, and is already a No. 1 hit on US Hot Latin Songs and Hot Latin Rhythm Songs charts.

What is the story behind “BbY WOW”?

Karol broke down the story behind the song in an in-depth interview for Rolling Stone.

I felt like I needed a song, one that people could dance to in the club but that also had that emotion. So, what happens when you’re in the club and you’re heartbroken? You just think about the other person, about the song you’d love to be dancing to with that person.

The first version of the song was just me. But I felt like, live, I wanted to sing that song with more people on stage and for it to really become a bit more of a party. And that’s when I thought of Rusowsky and I said to Judeline, “Why don’t you join the song?” I worked a lot on that album with Judeline because the way she sings about love made me feel how men sometimes don’t understand how deep a woman’s pain can be. She has something special, and it’s that every emotion feels so intense. She has a song called “Is God Good or Just Powerful?” It’s literally one that lasts about a minute and a half. What she sings is super short, it’s like a verse and a chorus. And I was like, “Wow, how can you say so much in a verse and a chorus?”

So it was literally a must for me to write music with her for this album. Our teams got in touch. We told her I was making new music and she traveled to Los Angeles. I spent about a week with her, and it was really nice because the first thing we did was sit down and talk, like, “I’ll give you some context about where I am, how I’m feeling.”We were both going through almost the same thing, so I loved that because we were in sync and it just worked. I thought, “We’re both here, feeling almost the same thing, it’s going to flow in a special way.”We were in the studio for about three or four days, and we made more music there that isn’t on the album.

What song does “BbY WOW” sample?

The song samples the “Coolie Dance” riddim by Cordell ‘Scatta’ Burrell and Everton, as popularized on “Move Ya Body,” the 2004 hit by Nina Sky featuring Jabba and Kat DeLuna‘s “Whine Up,” among other hits over the years. Kehlani also used it on 2024’s “After Hours.”