Her newest song is about her ex… but not in the way you might think! Camila just dropped a new track called “Cry For Me”, with lyrics like “When I said I hope you’re happy, I didn’t mean it/never thought you’d be so good at moving on” and she posted about it to Insta, saying I think everyone has felt this at one point or another, when your ex moves on faster than you and of course you want them to be happy but just… not so fast. But her ex wasn’t the one who was quick to move on – she was! Which means this song might have been written from his point of view.
Camila & Shawn initially didn’t want to record Señorita!The song was Shawn’s idea, but when he initially sent it to her she wasn’t feeling it, Watch here. By the time she decided she wanted to do it, he had changed HIS mind. They went back and forth for months before finally getting into the studio to record the track that ended up going all the way to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and LiveXLive’s Weekly Pop 40! Listen here.
She’s been open about her struggles with anxiety. Camila was extremely shy as a kid – her family says they never even heard her sing! She would wait until they left the house before performing privately in her room. It took her a long time to get past her performance anxiety, something she’s still working on. She wrote two long posts about overcoming anxiety in July 2019, saying I went from never wanting to sing in front of my family to being addicted to performing, from being too anxious to hang out with new people to... still being a little anxious but having THE BEST time and making irreplaceable memories. The essence of me is the same, but i’ve changed so much as a person. You choose who you’re going to be. Force yourself to do what you’re afraid of, always- and go after what you want and who you want to be, because you’re worth that. You’re worth the fight. It’s the most worthwhile one there is. Love you ❤️
She spent the money for her Quinceañera on a trip to audition for X-Factor!She told the LatinX blog mitú: I didn’t want to have a Quinceañera, I’m not really that type. I wouldn’t have had enough friends to invite to a party. So I asked my parents that instead of spending money on a party, if they could take me to North Carolina to audition for The X Factor. It was the best decision I ever made.
She posted dozens of covers to Youtube before she became famous, then deleted all but one. Karla Cabello (as she was known before she got famous) really did love to sing, even if she didn’t like to sing in front of anyone. She eased her way in to performing by posting covers on Youtube, at first with her face covered in the videos so that her classmates wouldn’t recognize her. She deleted all of them but one – her cover of Demi Lovato’s “Skyscraper", which you can still find online under the Youtube account karlacabello. Watch here, it is ADORABLE.
Find out more about Camila’s musical influences, plus hear her hits and biggest collabs on Camila Cabello: DNA!