“[The album] is the story of my journey from darkness into light, from a time when I was lost to a time when I found myself again.”
Camila Cabello’s breakthrough is marked by both tears and faith as her upcoming album, “The Hurting. The Healing. The Loving”, due for September 2017, has already begun outlining a heart-warming story. She is no longer just one of the five members of Fifth Harmony and her music has changed 100%.
“My goal is to be brave and open up my soul,” the artist declared, hoping that her fans will understand her decision to go solo. Camila is mostly excited for writing her own music, thus being able to express herself without any restrictions.
The album will feature collaborations with J Balvin, Pitbull, Pharrell Williams, Ed Sheeran and Charli XCX.
The Curse of Unrequited Love
She has never had a serious relationship but there’s still plenty of time for that. After all, she’s only 19. How does Camilla write so effortlessly about love, you wonder? Well, the young musician is full of fantasies and quite an expert on loving from afar, unrequited love and such. Not something anyone would want to be an expert on but, luckily, it has played out to her advantage.
The first single, which premiered at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, “Crying in the Club”, received somewhat of a double music video, as it encloses a bit from Camila’s other newly released song, “I Have Questions”. Not only are both of the tunes simply gorgeous, but the video and the crossing between two different moods were splendidly done.
From ..
“I’m way too young to be this hurt
I feel doomed in hotel rooms
Staring straight up at the wall”
To ..
“‘Til you feel the sunrise
Let the music warm your body
Like the heat of a thousand fires”
Starting off in a black and white warehouse and the pale blue scenery of a bathtub, Camila morphs into a fierce woman, as she enters the club completely “cured” of her mischievous ex.
“Let the music lift you up like you’ve never been so high.“
The club could also signify a symbolical place (“For me, the club is kind of like a euphemism.”) that Camila reached through improving her musical skills and becoming independent.
“That was definitely part of the healing, this song. The beat has this very intense, cathartic feeling about,” the artist herself explained. So how did Camila exactly heal?
Camilla used to write a sad song every day, stocking all the lyrics on her phone, thus expressing every single thing she couldn’t say out loud. After a while, she couldn’t stand sad songs anymore. As she began writing more and happier songs, her mood started to improve. Therefore, Camila realised her songwriting wasn’t only a part of her career, but also a healing method, she said via Twitter.
Sure, we’re not all songwriters, nor Baudelaire(s), but writing down thoughts and feelings has been demonstrated to help unwind and improve your happiness. It’s conveniently called the “Bridget Jones effect” and it includes a wide range of possibilities, from bad poetry to lyrics that simply make no sense.
Speaking of facts, you can’t deny that most of us didn’t even come close to Camila’s level of wisdom and self-reflection when we were 20. She learned to embrace the pain and use it to her advantage. Her open letter about the album is absolutely breathtaking and it ends likes this:
“To the hurting, thank you for teaching me that even if at night you take me into the deepest depths of the ocean, I will still wake in the morning,” acknowledged Camila, with courage and sensibility. “To the healing, thank you for the tears. When they finally came, they tasted like God. To the loving, you are even more beautiful than I remember.”
Another fact: this girl is pouring her soul into her work and we can’t’ wait to see more of it!
Photo Sources: PopJustice Forum, Camila Cabello
Main Photo Source: Billboard
