Camila Cabello already had a handful of collaborations out when she announced her debut LP in 2017—initially titled The Hurting, The Healing, The Loving—including a feature on Machine Gun Kelly’s “Bad Things.” Her first official solo single “Crying In The Club” didn’t meet commercial expectations and was scrapped from the final tracklist, but “Havana” featuring Young Thug proved to be a pop sensation. The song’s telenova-inspired video hit over 400 million YouTube views, and generated a ton of anticipation for the re-named album Camila. With each song written by Camila and filled with personal memories, the Cuban-born, Florida-raised singer truly comes into her own for the first time in her post-Fifth Harmony career.
“I feel like the best way to come up with something new and different is just to be the you-est you possible,” Camila said in a recent New York Times interview about her solo venture and taking inspiration from the Latin music of her childhood. “If you pull from all the different little parts of yourself, nobody can replicate that.”
