Camila Cabello left Fifth Harmony eight years ago and time is starting to heal those wounds.
In her latest magazine, Cabello opens up about her decision to leave the girl group and how she overcame her bad feelings for Normani.
“I don’t know if I’m struggling more than a normal teenager should, because it’s hard to say what’s normal, whether you’re famous or not,” she said. Nylon. “My barometer isn’t working. It’s more than a person can bear.” [in that situation]. I think conflict resolution is really important, especially when it comes to a group. Those are skills you didn’t have when you were 16 years old. How do you deal with being abandoned? How do you deal with jealousy? How do you deal with these without hurting yourself or others?
Despite her sudden decision to leave Fifth Harmony and the bad feelings it may have caused for other members of the group, Cabello shared that she’s working through some of those issues with Normani.
In the interview, she said that meeting at Paris Fashion Week in September got the two talking again.
“I remember the times we laughed so hard,” Cabello said.
“With space, we can go back and exploit that. I’ve met her a few times before, I say something and she smiles really hard. It doesn’t feel like we’re strangers . We’re getting back together.” times when we were really close,” she added.
In the past, Cabello was caught using racist language. CBS reported that Cabello’s Tumblr featured memes that perpetuated stereotypes about black and Asian people. Other posts have the n-word in them.
Cabello later apologized and said: “When I was young, I used language that I am deeply ashamed of and will regret forever. I was uneducated and ignorant and once I became aware The history and the weight and the true meaning behind this.” Horrible and hurtful language, I am deeply ashamed to have ever used it. I apologized and now I apologize again.”
Normani spoke about the incident in an interview with Rolling Stone.
“I wanted to be very clear about what I was about to say about this uncomfortable subject and thought it would be best to write down my thoughts to avoid being misinterpreted as I have done in the past. I have a hard time talking about this because I don’t want it to be a part of my story, but I am a black woman, part of an entire generation that has a similar story,” Normani began.
“I face senseless attacks every day, as do the rest of my community. This represents a day in our lives. I have endured discrimination long before I understood exactly what was going on. Direct and implicit hatred had been directed at me for years because of the color of my skin. It would be dishonest of me to say that the situation was specific This can’t hurt me. It’s amazing when this comes from a place that was supposed to be a safe haven and sisterhood because I knew that if the tables took a turn I would protect each and every one of them in a heartbeat. It took days for her to admit what I’m dealing with online and then years for her to take responsibility for the offensive tweets that recently resurfaced whether that was her intention or not like I’m second to the relationship she has with her fans”, she added.
“I don’t want to say that this situation makes me hopeless because I believe that everyone deserves the opportunity for personal growth,” Normani continued. “I really hope that an important lesson has been learned from this. I hope there is a real understanding of why this is completely unacceptable.”
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Elsewhere in the interview, Cabello talked about misconceptions people have about her most recent album, C,XOXO.
“I said something like ‘elements of hyperpop’ [somewhere]I hate that I said that, because everyone was chasing this before the album was even released,” Cabello shared.
She specifically pointed to a song on the record that deviates from the hyper pop sound as an example of people not listening to the album.
“‘Twentysomethings’ is literally a guitar song about a New York breakup. I can tell the people saying this don’t even listen to music. They don’t read. They don’t listen,” she quipped. satire.
“This has been a difficult album cycle for me. It’s been really challenging from an audience standpoint. I wrote this entire album and people are questioning my authenticity. It’s like like something silly. Like, this came from my intuition,” Cabello continued.
C,XOXO was polarizing upon release. The album received mixed reviews from critics and became her first solo effort to miss the top 10 on the chart. Billboard Chart 200. A premium version was also released in August with average results.
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