When Colombian superstar Karol G dropped her single and video “Papasito”, from her album Tropicoqueta, she did more than release another reggaeton earworm. She enlisted three Brazilian Zouk instructors, Charles Espinoza, Jessica Lamdon, and Melissa Tamada, to light up the screen with their dancing.

Brazilian Zouk has long thrived in studios and underground scenes, but it has rarely reached global pop videos at this scale. By featuring Espinoza, Lamdon, and Tamada, Karol G put a spotlight on Zouk. For the community it feels like winning the dance-floor lottery: millions of fans will pause, curious, and ask, “What is Brazilian Zouk?”

“I wanted ‘Papasito’ to taste like a tropical party,” Karol G told Rolling Stone.

Together they turn a seaside-mansion set into a sultry ballroom, inviting Karol G, in bold prints and gold jewelry, to step into their world and trade reggaeton swagger for Zouk’s close embrace.

Karol G, the genre-jumper

Since her mixtape days in Medellín, Karol G has built a reputation as a fearless genre-jumper. She was the first woman to debut atop the U.S. Billboard 200 with a Spanish-language album (Mañana Será Bonito), she is a Grammy winner, and she has a habit of sampling merengue, flirting with dembow, or flipping early-2000s R&B. With “Papasito” she does it again: English and Spanish lyrics, a nod to vintage vedette glamour, and now Brazilian Zouk in the mainstream.