In the past year, there has been a lot of tension between music group Fifth Harmony and former band-member Camila Cabello, due to her leaving the group to pursue a solo-career.

At the start of Cabello’s solo career, she did many collaborations, such as the popular remix of a song, “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly, originally done by the band, Fastball.

Due to this departure, there has been much controversy on Cabello leaving the group. In light of the negative publicity, Cabello just came out with her self-titled album, Camila, on Jan. 12, 2018.

The album starts off with one of her singles, Never be the Same. The verse begins with an upbeat tempo, but, as it starts to get into the chorus, the music fades out to just her voice with barely any background music.

As a non-pop lover, this song is actually appealing to me, and draws my attention in from the sudden shift from verse to chorus.

As I listen to more of the album, I notice that there is a pattern throughout the songs. They all have a raw beat, unlike other pop songs that tend to have more techno.

Although some of the songs have slower beats, it still kept my attention throughout, whereas slower songs typically send me to sleep.

Also, a lot of Cabello’s songs tell a story, like her third song of the album, She loves Control. The tune starts out with a third-person point of view, talking about how a girl has gone through an issue before and now is facing the same problem again.

The song soon comes to an end and the next one begins with the most popular song off her album, Havana. 

Havana, although most of her songs, starts out with an upbeat and stays that way throughout the tune.

The song goes back to Cabello’s Cuban roots as she sings about leaving a relationship, but being unable to leave her heritage behind.

The eighth song on the album, Real Friends, brings up how she’s tired of dealing with people ‘letting her down too many times.’ Although this acoustic beat does not name names, it is pretty obvious on who she is talking about from the recent break up with Fifth Harmony.

As the album comes to an end, it finishes the same way it starts with Never Be The Same (Radio Edit).

This album was an unexpected masterpiece. What made it truly spectacular is how relatable each and everyone of the songs felt to me.

In all honesty, I did not expect this album to become one of my favorites. It is definitely worth a listen and there is not one song on the album I couldn’t listen too.