One of my favorite Pop and Latin/Pop artists right now is none other than music veteran Camila Cabello. The vivacious 27-year-old songstress hails from Cojimar Columbia and she is a force to be reckoned with in today’s music industry. Camila has what it takes — shed’s flawlessly beautiful and has a stellar set of pipes to give her predecessors like Ariana Grande or J.Lo a run for their money. A lot of people forget, or do not know that this girl once upon a time came from a singing show like-Idol over a decade ago, called The X Factor, getting her start in one of the popular girl groups Fifth Harmony (“That’s My Girl”, “Work From Home”) created by music mogul Simon Cowell (the group only lasted a few years from 2012 until 2018, giving the girls a chance to branch out else-wise musically).
From her humble beginnings within a well-known girl group, it didn’t take long for fans to quickly flock to her original artistry when she first released “Havana” in 2018, where it quickly established her own trail, as the song catapulted to making it one of the best selling singles to date for Cabello. In turn with the song, it talks about her love for the city of Havana, Cuba, and especially her Cuban heritage. But moving forward, let’s talk about her latest album coming C,XOXO on June 28th. Her fourth studio album was produced by music producers Daniel Aged (Frank Ocean), El Guincho (J Balvin, ROSALIA) & producer Jasper Harris (Post Malone, Jack Harlow), shortly after parting ways with major label Epic Records and starting a with new chapter with Universal Music Group’s Epic Records. Camilla speaks of the producers: “I do feel like I’m a weirdo, and that’s the music that I love, and that’s the music that I feel the most proud of making. I think, a lot of time it comes to finding people that are weirdos too, and Jasper’s a weirdo, Guincho’s a weirdo, and I think the three of us were able to just keep it in this bubble of like, we don’t give a fuck, and we’re just going to do what we think is fire.”
From embarking on a new journey artistically, Camila says in a 2022 interview of the recording process, “…it’s really sitting in the discomfort of things and realizing there’s not gonna be a neat, in-a-box answer. I feel strong in these ways, weak in these ways, and there’s no real clear answer here. But the album process has been such a journey…”.
The lead single off the record was “I Luv It (feat. Playboi Carti)”, releasing to streaming music platforms on March 27th, 2024. It is the follow up to 2022’s full-length Familia (alongside She performed the new single at this year’s renowned musical festival for popular secular music for Coachella. Featured on C,XOXO is girl group City Girls and solo artist Lil Nas X. The new album will mark a fresh sound and artistic venture for Cabello.
One impressive collaborator on Cabello’s LP is none other than superstar Hip-Hop artist Drake — so impressive that Camila gave him not one but two songs of his own on her forthcoming album. She says in an interview with Billboard, “Why does he have his own song’, you ask? Because selfishly, I just want to hear Drake on my own album. I love that for me — it’s like that rebellious mood. Who says I can’t do that? It’s Drake talking his s—.” Cabello goes on to say about her star collab, showed him the album when I felt comfortable enough— and he really liked it!”. The song two songs of Drake’s are “Uuugly” and “Hot Uptown”.
Overall. Cabello’s career is still bright and shining as ever. Thus far, she has sold nearly 40 million records worldwide (38.5 million according to RIAA) and received two renowned Latin Grammy’s. Go and download Camila Cabello’s music, ya’ll won’t be disappointed.
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