Camila Cabello has defined herself as a weirdoa strange one when he announced his fourth solo album and first single I Luv Ita fever dream track featuring Playboy Carti and sampling Gucci Mane.
A piece that has something maniacal in the chorus, and that made people wonder if the former contestant of X Factor was entering its hyperpop era. The new album C, XOXOon which Cabello worked with El Guincho (Rosalía) and Jasper Harris (Doja Cat) has its explosive moments, though overall it feels like a gradual decline from the euphoria of the opening track (I Luv Itprecisely). There is a trace, Twentysomethingsin which she also admits: “I don’t know what the fuck I’m doing.”
Along the way, the former Fifth Harmony indulges in pure pleasure (the carefree Chanel No.5Lil Nas X's Backseat Escapade He Knows); celebrates his successes (the collaboration with the City Girls Dade County Dreaming) and her friends (the joyfully groovy Dream Girls); expresses his feelings for his exes (June Gloom). Drake appears on two tracks that chronicle the tempestuous adventures of a doomed couple; he even threatens to “pull out the credit card statements” in her defense, which is a very Drake-esque way of handling conflict.
C, XOXO It's not an album that will make Cabello go down in history as a weirdobut its neon chaos suggests she’s been allowed to unleash her ideas more fully (she wrote all the lyrics and lead lines, and it’s the first time in her career that she’s played with her voice, deforming it). It’s a lively album, fearless even when it confronts the unknown: late-’20s paradox transformed into sugar-coated pop.
From Rolling Stone US.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM