The Cuban singer Danay Suárez revealed that Karol G included "I Learned" —one of her most iconic songs— in her new album, in a collaboration that emerged from a chance meeting in Spain and turns the roles of a duo that already has a history upside down.
On July 18, Danay shared the news in a video posted on her Instagram account, where she excitedly recounted how this collaboration came to be, describing it as one of the most significant of her career.
"I am very excited because, first of all, it's a song I heard for the first time in 2017 at the Latin Grammy Awards. It's a song that no matter how many times I listen to it, I never get tired of it because it continues to teach me personal lessons," said the artist.
"Yo Aprendí" originally belongs to Danay Suárez's album Polvo de la Humedad and already had a prior connection with the Colombian artist: Karol G included it in her album Ocean in 2019 as track 16, with Danay as a featured artist. Now the roles are reversed: it is Danay's song that welcomes Karol G as a collaborator.
The Cuban artist confessed that for years she wanted to propose a collaboration to Karol G, but her insecurity held her back: "I never dared to speak to Anaís Suárez, the artist who owns the song, because I always wanted to have her on my album, but I kept thinking, how is she going to know my music? I mean, does she even know me? Will she listen to my work?"
The turning point came when Karol G was in Spain and saw Danay participating as a co-coach on La Voz España.
A message that Danay shared in that program impacted the Colombian artist, who decided to write to her: "One day she saw me talking about a message that I said touched her and, in a way, affected her, and she reached out to me."
That contact came at just the right moment: “When I was finishing the album, I received that message that says in La Voz, it touched me, it worked for me, how wonderful that the world can get to know that Karol G,” Danay recounted.
The Cuban singer didn't hesitate to take the opportunity: "It was my perfect chance to say to her, I'm closing the album, I love your song, I adore your song, we made it together and I believe it’s a song with a very important purpose."
Danay Suárez is one of the most prominent female voices of her generation, with roots in rap, hip hop, jazz, and a fusion with traditional music from the Island.
In 2017, he received four nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards for his album Palabras Manuales, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year.
Karol G, on her part, comes off a year of resounding successes: her album Tropicoqueta, released in June 2025, debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 57,000 equivalent units in its first week and reached number one on the Top Latin Albums chart.
At the end of the video, Danay proudly summarized what this collaboration means to her: "That invitation is about opening the door to the chair, saying 'how are you, ma'am, you are always at home here'."
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