Camila Cabello FaceTimes Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1 to talk about her new songs ‘Liar’ and ‘Shameless.’
She reveals she has a song coming with Finneas and is finally writing from the perspective of someone who has experienced a romantic relationship. She also says she’ll be releasing more music in the next few weeks, and talks about confiding in boyfriend Shawn Mendes about her self-consciousness.
on releasing ‘Liar’ and ‘Shameless’
It’s a little double whammy. I feel a bit vulnerable I feel excited but vulnerable and my philosophy is very today I have this acoustic performance which I’m thankful for because it keeps my mind focused on putting out. The way I work is to put out and just surrender. I’m OCD.
on having an upcoming song with Finneas and writing from the perspective of now really knowing what a relationship is like
A lot of times when I’m doing interviews people are like, you know the songs are a lot more personal. I’m like I’ve always been personal it’s just when you have real stories there’s a detail it’s impossible. I have songs on this album not even after ‘Liar’ and ‘Shameless,’ I have this one song with Finneas and he’s an incredible artist and songwriter we were just talking about this day I had right before the writing session and there was so much detail it clicked for me. Oh yeah I can do this now because it’s easy and it’s happening whereas my first album a song like never be the same which is one of my fave songs I’ve ever written is coming from a place like this is what it would be like to be In love oh this is what I felt like this one time a year ago but the depth from being in a relationship and having fights is – I didn’t even know the concepts of the song I wrote.
on releasing more music in the next few weeks
There is more coming i’m gonna be releasing a lot of music in the next few weeks so that’ll be really fun i’m really excited this is def the album I feel like in my life as an artist I just want to get closer and closer to who I am and I feel like i’ve gotten closer with this album. I really wanted this album to be more than just songs I put it out I wanted it to be a world and that to me, romance, which I knew what I wanted to call the album is a world and in 2019 I even noticed with my sister who’s younger she’s 12. People are not so open about talking about love not even just romantic, but honestly romantic love is the most insane feeling in the entire world and I wanted this album to take it back to even before in the 50s and 60s where it was these songs that would be called corny or cheesy now just being so open with your emotions and shouting from the rooftops that you’re in love and heartbroken and all these things that make you feel.
on Romance as an album
It’s a whole journey of what i’ve lived in the past two years since the day the last album was released from then to now. That’s why I like to focus on getting closer and closer to it I feel like i’m getting closer to it in this album and the rollout and the proudest moment for me was this monologue what do I know about love 3 minutes of something I wrote. What makes me feel better is when i’m being truthful. I tell my mom send me comments from people that aren’t ego hype I don’t want to hear that my brain doesn’t operate well. How can I be truthful and share my soul with another soul? I have to look at it like that, not like, oh I have so many people. I have to look at it if i’m just sharing it with one person. If you’re really communicating on a deep level it doesn’t matter if it’s 1 person or 50,000 and I think Twitter can be the opposite of that. It can put you in the mindset of, oh I have to compete with this person and that person.’
on confiding in Shawn Mendes about her self consciousness
I was telling him about when I was younger and I was on X factor and 15. I would always be so goofy in interviews and I’d read “she’s so annoying, she’s so this, she’s so that” and it was starting to change who I was all the time. I was so self-conscious because I carried these voices in my head that weren’t mine. That was the moment when I was like, I can’t do this because this is gonna affect how I live in the world and interact with people in general. It affects my heart and what comes out of you there IS your career.
on being off social media and her mom sending her Tweets about her new music
You know what’s so funny? I’m not on social media. I post but I haven’t had Twitter on my phone for 3 years I’ll go on my mom’s phone and tweet and sometimes when the release was coming out I want to be a part of it and celebrate it with my fans because that’s beautiful I’m like, “mama can you send me screenshots of things that are not necessarily like ‘oh her album is going to be so amazing’ because that makes me anxious.” I want it to be things I can relate to, things from the heart. I do it to protect my energy I intensely just want to live the best life that I can and be the best artist I can be. I can’t do that if I care about what people think. I can’t do that if I’m trying to please.
on her first heartbreak and crying on the bathroom floor to Julie Michaels ‘What A Time’
My first heartbreak was devastating and I realize it doesn’t matter when you’re in relationship when you really love someone no matter who breaks up with who it’s the worst. I haven’t been on the receiving end of that in a relationship I’ve only been in two really but it’s the kind of pain that brings you back to Earth. All these anxieties I had and stresses and when you’re in that situation you’re like, this is real pain. The best way to describe it is you can be here and stressing but when you really feel like you’re hurting someone you really love it pulls you back down to the core of being human. I remember crying in the bathroom floor to this Julia Michaels song ‘What A Time’ and I was listening to that song crying playing it over and over again. To me I’m like oh yeah I love this shit because the thing that makes me cry the most is music. I think even though I’m really sensitive and i’m getting better at it, I could be having a really hard day and hold it in and if you play a song it’ll just come out. Nothing makes me feel or connect with my emotions the way music does. I’ve heard it in songs like Crying on the Bathroom floor and i’m like that’s such a beautiful song i’m like oh this is really happening. Being human is if you’re willing to take it.
