Camila Cabello was “hurt and felt shitty” over Charli XCX comparisons to ‘I Luv It’

Camila Cabello has admitted that she felt “hurt” by comparisons to Charli XCX and the negative reactions to her 2024 single ‘I Luv It’.

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At the time, some Charli fans claimed that Cabello was trying to tap into the former’s style on 2017 song ‘I Got It’.

Charli even fanned the flames by mimicking a video Cabello posted to ‘I Luv It’ with her own ‘I Got It’ in the background.

Now, Cabello has spoken about the comparisons in a new interview with Dork magazine. “It crushed me. I don’t know how other artists do it because the negative stuff really depresses me… It was a very weird, intense time, and I started dissociating, which has only happened very few times in my life,” she said.

She continued: “In the beginning. I was hurt and felt shitty about the reaction but I feel like I’m open to hearing positive things like that now. I am still processing everything.

“Even if nobody liked it, I’d still love this record because I only did what felt great to me. But knowing that other people have connected to this music does make me feel understood. I don’t know if I’ve had that before.

“The things I was writing about for this record are more complex, and there is more tension, which doesn’t always lend itself to easily palatable pop. Unless it’s a song like ‘I Luv It’, I guess. I do want to always push myself as a writer, though.”

The track featured on her 2024 album ‘C,XOXO‘, which NME awarded three stars. “Whether you think Cabello is ‘that girl’ or not, there’s no denying that ‘C,XOXO’ is packed with quirky earworms: she even blends emo and reggaeton on the brilliant, melancholy club banger ‘Pretty When I Cry,’” our review said. “Some of 2024’s most anticipated pop albums have sunk pretty fast after hyped roll-outs; this one deserves to keep bubbling to the surface for months to come.”

Last month, she announced her ‘Yours, C Tour’ which kicks off in Spain on June 21 before making its way to the UK and Ireland with a show at London’s Eventim Apollo on July 8 and Dublin’s 3Arena on July 9. You can view a full list of dates here and purchase any remaining tickets here.

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