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Record LabelSony Music

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Release Year2018

GenreRock

Run Time43 Mins 57 Seconds

ArtistCamila Cabello, Young Thug

Release TitleCamila

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Number of Discs1

ReviewsRolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Cabello has a real flair for melancholy piano break-up ballads, as in 'Something's Gotta Give' or 'Consequences'..." Entertainment Weekly - "10 tracks so intimate and indelibly melodic that it felt less like a commercial pop record than a beautiful secret she chose to share." Entertainment Weekly - Included in Entertainment Weekly's "The 20 Best Albums of 2018" -- "[A]n intimate, almost criminally pretty collection of delicate midtempo ballads and confessionals." Billboard - "Cabello is in complete command as a writer and performer throughout, with the set's blockbuster lead smash almost a red herring for the combination of intimate bangers and restrained confessionals that reveal Cabello as one of the most compelling pop stars of the moment." NME (Magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] strong and surprisingly confident first impression."

Additional informationAudio Mixers: Jaycen Joshua; Serban Ghenea. Recording information: Electric Feel Recording Studio, West Hollywood, CA; Nightbird Recording Studios, West Hollywood, CA; Rib Cage, Los Angeles, CA; Twentynine Lions, Studio City, CA; Windmark Studios, Santa Monica, CA. Photographer: Dennis Leupold. The debut solo album by singer Camila Cabello, the eponymously titled Camila, is a warmly produced set of romantic pop punctuated by several rhythmically infectious Latin-influenced tracks informed by her Cuban heritage. Notably, Camila comes roughly two years after Cabello's much publicized departure from the all-female pop ensemble Fifth Harmony. While her exit begged some concerns (Was she a self-centered diva? Or just a singer with an abundance of personality and creative drive?), the release of several pre-album singles, most notably the deliciously steamy, piano-driven "Havana" (featuring rapper Young Thug), largely turned audiences in her favor. Purportedly, the reaction was so favorable it cause Cabellod (who was born in Cuba and raised in Miami) and her producers (Frank Dukes, Jarami, Skrillex, and others) to delay the album's release, adding songs that better reflected the Latin vibe of "Havana." Whatever the case, it worked, and there are several other Latin-inflected songs here, including the sultry, electronica-tinged, dancehall-ready "She Loves Control," and the buoyantly percussive, steel drum-flavored "Inside Out," in which Cabello sings briefly in Spanish. Along with the aforementioned "Havana," these are easily the most potent songs on the album, and showcase Cabello's effusively resonant voice and playful charisma. Elsewhere, cuts like the R&B-tinged anthem "All These Years" and the yearning, singer/songwriter-esque "Consequences" are emotionally resonant, lyrical songs that stick with you. There are also some nice, upbeat pop moments like the euphoric opener "Never Be the Same," with its falsetto pre-chorus and deftly placed Afro-Cuban drum sample. Similarly engaging is the steamy late-album banger "Into It," in which Cabello wryly coos to her would-be paramour, "Add up the things I wanna do to you, it's infinite/I mean...if you're into it." With tracks as contagious as "Into It" and "Havana," it's hard to imagine even the most resolute Fifth Harmony devotee not getting into it. Ultimately, Camila is a refreshing debut that makes good on Cabello's flight to pop freedom with songs that feel like they were borne out her own life experience and artistic point of view. ~ Matt Collar

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