KAROL G and Bruno Mars bring two global pop stars together for “Still,” an emotional duet about a love so powerful that even a breakup would not completely erase it.
Released August 7, 2026, “Still” appears on KAROL G’s album NO ME ARREPIENTO DE SENTIR TANTO. The 14-track project also features Drake, Judeline, rusowsky and Greg Gonzalez of Cigarettes After Sex.
Yet “Still” stands apart for another reason. It represents a significant new step for KAROL G: the song is performed entirely in English.
What Is “Still” About?
“Still” asks a painful question: What remains when a relationship ends?
The song imagines a love strong enough to survive emotionally even if the relationship itself does not.
Rather than approaching a possible breakup with anger, KAROL G and Bruno Mars focus on the memories that would remain. The emotional idea is that losing someone does not automatically switch off the love you felt for them.
That gives “Still” a bittersweet quality.
Creative Disc describes the song as a ballad about love enduring even when a relationship faces the possibility of separation.
The concept also fits the larger theme of KAROL G’s album. NO ME ARREPIENTO DE SENTIR TANTO translates roughly to “I don’t regret feeling so much.”
That is exactly what “Still” does.
It does not apologize for being emotional.
Bruno Mars Is a Natural Partner for the Song
Bruno Mars is particularly well suited for this kind of record.
Throughout his career, Mars has moved easily between upbeat pop, funk, R&B and emotionally direct ballads. Songs such as “When I Was Your Man” demonstrated his ability to make heartbreak feel intimate even when performing for a massive audience.
“Still” gives him another opportunity to work in that space.
But this is not simply a Bruno Mars song with KAROL G added to it.
The collaboration works because both singers approach the record with restraint. They do not need to overpower each other. The emotional tension comes from hearing two voices consider the same frightening possibility.
What if this love does not last?
And what if the feelings do?
“Still” Is KAROL G’s First Fully English Song
The language is one of the most important parts of the collaboration.
Billboard Colombia reported that “Still” is KAROL G’s first song performed entirely in English. The publication described the record as an ’80s-inspired ballad built around synthesizers and a nostalgic atmosphere.
That makes the track more than another high-profile feature.
KAROL G has become an international superstar largely while recording in Spanish. She has not needed to abandon her language to reach enormous audiences.
So choosing to perform an entire song in English feels less like a requirement and more like experimentation.
KAROL G has said she remains open to recording in other languages when the opportunity develops naturally. “Still” provided that opportunity.
The result expands her sound without erasing the identity that built her career.
Recording “Still” Required an Intense Session
The collaboration also has an interesting studio story.
According to Billboard Colombia, KAROL G traveled to meet Bruno Mars while he was on tour so the pair could record the song together.
The recording process stretched across two days. One session reportedly began around 7 p.m. and continued until approximately 9 a.m. the following morning.
That level of effort is significant.
Major collaborations are sometimes assembled remotely, with artists recording their parts separately. “Still” instead developed through direct work between two performers with very different musical backgrounds.
That may help explain why the song feels like an actual duet rather than two unrelated vocal tracks combined for marketing purposes.
The Song Shows Another Side of KAROL G
KAROL G has spent years proving how easily she can move between reggaeton, Latin pop and other styles.
NO ME ARREPIENTO DE SENTIR TANTO pushes that flexibility further.
UPI confirms that “Still” is one of the album’s featured collaborations, alongside “Ahí” with Drake and “BbY WOW” with Judeline and rusowsky. The album followed 2025’s Tropicoqueta.
Pitchfork describes the new project as an exploration of post-breakup emotions that moves through Latin pop, urbano and more vulnerable musical territory.
“Still” represents one of the clearest departures.
Instead of relying on a reggaeton rhythm, the song moves toward an R&B-influenced pop ballad with a deliberately nostalgic feel.
That creates room for the vocals to carry the record.
“Still” Became a Live Moment Too
The collaboration did not stay in the studio for long.
KAROL G and Bruno Mars performed “Still” together during her August 2026 run at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. According to LOS40, the performance took place during the second of three sold-out shows and was also used to capture footage for the song’s music video.
That setting is almost the opposite of the song itself.
“Still” is intimate and vulnerable, yet it was being performed inside one of the largest stadiums in the United States.
Great ballads can make that transition.
The details are personal, but the emotion is universal enough to reach the back row.
Two Global Careers Meet at the Right Moment
The collaboration also makes sense because neither artist needs the other to establish credibility.
Bruno Mars has spent years as one of pop music’s most successful singers, songwriters and performers.
KAROL G has become one of the defining Latin music stars of her generation, helping Spanish-language music reach enormous global audiences without treating crossover as something that requires abandoning its roots.
That makes “Still” interesting.
It is not presented as KAROL G suddenly becoming an English-language artist. Nor does Bruno Mars attempt to transform himself into a Latin performer.
They meet in the middle.
The language is English. The sound leans toward nostalgic pop and R&B. But the voices remain recognizable.
“Still” Finds Strength in Vulnerability
The most memorable part of “Still” is not the superstar pairing.
It is the vulnerability.
The song imagines the end of a relationship without pretending love would disappear at the same moment. Memories would remain. Certain objects would still carry meaning. The person who left would continue occupying emotional space.
That is a more complicated view of heartbreak than simply turning sadness into anger.
Sometimes love ends badly.
Sometimes it fades.
And sometimes two people can separate while a part of the relationship remains with them.
KAROL G and Bruno Mars capture that third possibility beautifully on “Still.”
For KAROL G, the song also represents another expansion of an already global career. Her first fully English-language performance does not sound like an attempt to become someone else.
Instead, “Still” sounds like an artist discovering one more way to express exactly what she feels.
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