Camila Cabello - C,XOXO
- Thread starter Dangerous Maknae
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I think a lot of the negativity towards her points back to the fact that she posted some very problematic, racist and idiotic statements on her Tumblr back in 2012, it all came out around the release of her album Romance in 2019. She’s since apologised and went to racial learning classes organised by racial equity groups, but people are allowed to still be upset by it.
I really loved Don’t Go Yet. I guess the failure (?) of that album has resulted in an attempt to pivot. And a change in record label too.
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She also was completely silent when Normani was racially abused during their last album campaign together. It underscored how much of that behavior was part of her regular operating schedule.
The first time I heard of her and Fifth Harmony in 2013/2014 was because those Tumblr posts and (alleged) vile leaked Facebook messages had surfaced and it was trending on Twitter. It's surprising it flew under the radar for so long.
The snippet sounds truly awful.
The snippet sounds truly awful.
I was honestly disappointed to see a thread for her come about, after the full extent of her inexcusable behavior was exposed. I really thought no one was checking for her on this forum, but maybe I shouldn't have been surprised. Her vocal tone is that of a diseased cat and I don't endorse it.
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Yeah. The Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook posts and messages spanning years were of course part of the problem, but it was Camila’s lack of acknowledgment for years that made it worse. Especially when Normani was being bullied by Camila fans, being sent literal photos of lynchings. It wasn’t until after Normani left Twitter after being harassed for days that she finally spoke up and said she didn’t condone the behavior. In 2019, Camila finally acknowledged everything and apologized, because it was impossible to ignore and it was overshadowing the release of her album. Normani herself has said she was disappointed it took Camilla so long:
Anyway, my views on ~cancelation and whatnot have shifted so much over time. If someone is genuinely working on themselves then great. Camila has some tracks I really enjoy, even if I don’t listen to her these days. But I agree, she just doesn’t have much (if any) of her own artistic identity, so it’s kinda hard to be invested. Everything is wearing her as opposed to her wearing it, and you can immediately see what indie pop girl from the last 4 years she’s referencing as opposed to having her own influence on it. If I didn’t know any better, I would honestly just guess she hired some Twitter stan to creative direct.
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I've enjoyed something from every album she's put out so I'll be in the minority on here for at least checking it out.
The thing is, if she had kept the sound of ''Don't Go Yet'' for the whole album then we'd have something great.
The way this made “Hereditary” trend last night AAAAHHHH
This random Spring Breakers rebranding is especially jarring because I guess I didn't realize how badly her last era flopped. Bam Bam has over 800M streams, and I don't check for her at all, so I just assumed the album did okay, but Wikipedia tells me it sold under 30K first week and the single missed the top 20.
But if they think this is going to be what she needs to get back into the top 10...
But if they think this is going to be what she needs to get back into the top 10...
Her streams have always been quite impressive. I didn’t even realise Don’t Go Yet had just under 500 million.
I have zero attachment to her as an artist (or a person), but credit where credit's due - the Don't Go Yet song + video combo was about as close to perfect as pop music has got in the last two decades. Its underperformance is an absolute headscratcher to me.
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I now hate myself for looking this up
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I still haven’t even seen that film and it was my first thought. But it also brought this back up dd
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I'm continually amazed by the maggot infested trash some of you will snatch off the top of a landfill. Don't Go Yet is ass.
