Camila Cabello Reached Out to Fifth Harmony After All the Drama — It Didn't Go Well
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Buckle up because Camila Cabello's interview with Billboard is her most revealing yet. The now solo singer had lots to say about why she left Fifth Harmony and the dramatic way it all went down on social media.
When asked if she had been in touch with her former bandmates, Camila candidly answered no, but it all turned emotional once she revealed she did try to reach out to them, adding: "I don't want to get into the details of that, because it was really intense and it's hard for me to talk about. It makes me sad." It sounds like the drama kept going even after all the Instagram back and forth.
But though the details of her departure from 5H are juicy, the best part of the interview gave away lots of details on her upcoming solo album, now confirmed to be coming this Fall. (Insert celebratory emoji here!) Her sound, according to her producers, is a mix of Rihanna's Anti, Shakira, and R&B pop, with a touch of Cuban influence. If you can't picture that, maybe the names of two of the tracks that might be included in the album will help: "Havana" and "It's Only Natural."
Read on for more from Camila and to check out the gorgeous images that were shot (all with just an iPhone 7) to accompany the interview.
- On how she felt after leaving Fifth Harmony: "You know that quote, 'In the silence, you find God?' I felt like I could hear everything my heart was telling me."
- On dealing with all the drama: "I went to the beach a lot. I listened only to Latin music. It reminds me of where I come from and that this [conflict] doesn't have to be World War III. In Cuba, people are literally making rafts out of tires and sticks, throwing themselves into the ocean to find opportunity. That's real shit. Not this."
- On what she loved and didn't about 5H: "We represented all different kinds of women coming together. We didn't write our records. We were interpreting somebody else's story. Fifth Harmony is an entity or identity outside all of us, and I don't think anybody felt individually represented by the sound — we didn't make it."
- On writing solo songs while on tour with 5H: "I would wake up super early, get off the bus, go to the hotel, put the TV on super loud — I didn't want people to hear me f—ing yelling — then go into the bathroom, put my laptop on the toilet, and sit on the floor and write all day."
- On her childhood as an immigrant: "My parents worked really hard. We always had periods where my dad would be out of a job. It was a constant flow of having money, losing everything, and then finding a way to get it again. If we had food to eat, a roof over our heads, and I was going to school, that was enough."