Kany García Delights With Her Guitar & The Stories Behind Her Hits at Latin Music Week

Kany García delighted attendees at Billboard Latin Music Week on Monday (Oct.

19) when, accompanied by her guitar, she shared the stories behind her songs during a “Superstar Q&A,” performing snippets of hits like “Hoy Ya Me Voy,” “Te Lo Agradezco” and “A La Niña Que Fui.” During the conversation, moderated by Billboard ‘s co-chief content officer of Leila Cobo and held at the Faena Theater in Miami Beach, the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter shared how “Te Lo Agradezco,” her successful 2023 collaboration with Carín León, came to life.

The track made its way onto Billboard ‘s Regional Mexican Airplay and Hot Latin Songs charts.

Related ‘Cómo una experiencia cercana a la muerte, una infancia con conciencia social y muchos amigos moldearon la música de Kany García Comenzó Billboard Latin Music Week 2026: Aquí lo más destacado de cada panel de negocios e industria Premios Billboard de la Música Latina 2026: Cómo ver la ceremonia, quiénes actuarán y más “I started following Carín on Instagram, and I loved his work.

I kept liking and commenting, saying things like, ‘Wow, so beautiful.’ And I kept thinking, ‘When will he notice me?’ And suddenly, he did and wrote to me: ‘I didn’t know you followed me.

When can we meet?'” The meeting took place shortly after in Las Vegas, where they crossed paths during Latin Grammy week, and García came prepared with the song almost fully written, eager to show it to him.

“I had everything except the line ‘Te lo agradezco,'” she recalled.

“I invited him to a suite my label had in Las Vegas to talk music… It was 9 a.m., I was getting my makeup done and I still didn’t have that phrase.

While they were doing my makeup, the line ‘te lo agradezco’ came to me, and I jumped up, as we say in Puerto Rico: ‘¡Puñeta!’ “ When they met, León told her he had a song he wrote with Camilo that he wanted to show her, and García said she had one too.

“He said, ‘You go first.’ I sat down, played my song on the guitar, and he was stunned.

I told him, ‘Now show me your song.’ And he said, ‘No, not anymore.’ I never found out what it was,” she shared, making the audience laugh.

García, who graced the cover of Billboard Español in August in the midst of her ambitious arena tour Puerta Abierta, has built her career on deeply emotional songwriting and her ability to transform intimate experiences into songs that resonate within Latin pop and contemporary music.

She also spoke about “A La Niña Que Fui,” one of the most heartfelt tracks from her latest album, Puerta Abierta , dedicated to herself as a child and which has become a sort of anthem during her current tour.