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C,XOXO

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C,XOXO
A young woman with long bleached hair and make-up looks at the camera with her mouth open and tongue blue from licking a lollipop.
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 2024 (2024-06-28)
Recorded2023–2024
Genre
Length32:41
Label
Producer
Camila Cabello chronology
Familia
(2022)
C,XOXO
(2024)
Singles from C,XOXO
  1. "I Luv It"
    Released: March 27, 2024
  2. "He Knows"
    Released: May 10, 2024
  3. "Hot Uptown"
    Released: July 2, 2024

C,XOXO is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Camila Cabello. It was released on June 28, 2024, through Geffen and Interscope Records. It is her first album following her departure from Epic Records.

The album has been preceded by the release of the singles "I Luv It" with Playboi Carti[1] and "He Knows" with Lil Nas X, as well as the promotional single "Chanel No.5".

Background[edit]

In September 2022, following the release of Cabello's third album, Familia in April of the same year, it was announced she had departed from Epic Records and signed to Universal Music Group's Interscope Records.[2]

Cabello appeared in an interview by Alexandra Cooper of Call Her Daddy, where she revealed her album is "really sitting in the discomfort of things and realizing there's not gonna be a neat, in-a-box answer. I feel strong in these ways, weak in these ways, and there's no real clear answer here. But the album process has been such a journey. It started out with me having that intention of going back to how it started for me, which was just sitting with myself and really getting back to that first passion of songwriting. Nerding out over references and artists and poetry—whatever—and really tapping into that."[3]

In an interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, Cabello described the album's sonic departure from her previous works, crediting Pablo "El Guincho" Díaz-Reixa and Jasper Harris with assisting her in the departure. She revealed: "I do feel like I'm a weirdo, and that's the music that I love, and that's the music that I feel the most proud of making. I think a lot of times it comes to finding people that are weirdos too, and Jasper's a weirdo, Guincho's a weirdo, and I think the three of us were able to just keep it in this bubble of like, we don't give a fuck, and we're just going to do what we think is fire."[4]

Release and promotion[edit]

Singles[edit]

"I Luv It", featuring American rapper Playboi Carti, was released as the album's lead single on March 27, 2024.[5] The song debuted and peaked at 81 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[6] "He Knows", featuring American rapper Lil Nas X, was released as the album's second single on May 10,[7] while "Chanel No.5" was released as the album's first promotional single on June 21.[8] "Hot Uptown", featuring Canadian rapper Drake, impacted US contemporary hit radio as the album's third single on June 28, 2024.[9]

Live performances[edit]

On April 19, 2024, Cabello appeared as a surprise performer during Lana Del Rey's set at Coachella; they both performed "I Luv It" together.[10] On June 23, Cabello performed her first full concert in two years at Rock in Rio Lisboa, live debuting several songs from the album.[11]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[18]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash7/10[12]
The Guardian[13]
NME[14]
Pitchfork6.9/10[15]
Rolling Stone[16]
Slant Magazine[17]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, C,XOXO received "mixed or average reviews" based on a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 from seven critic scores.[18]

Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis opined that the album's direction compared to Cabello's earlier discography was "pretty radical to the point of being occasionally baffling". He concluded that Cabello "often sounds slightly uncomfortable" and that she "feels like a guest on her own album" due to the prominence of its featured artists.[13]

Track listing[edit]

C,XOXO track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducerLength
1."I Luv It" (with Playboi Carti)
2:55
2."Chanel No.5"
  • Cabello
  • Dashawn Moore
  • El Guincho
  • Harris
  • Schoudel[v]
2:40
3."Pink XOXO"
  • Díaz-Reixa
  • Harris
  • El Guincho
  • Harris
  • Schoudel[v]
0:55
4."He Knows" (with Lil Nas X)
  • Aged
  • El Guincho
  • Harris
  • Schoudel[v]
3:01
5."Twentysomethings"
  • Cabello
  • Aaron Shadrow
  • Shadrow
  • Díaz-Reixa
  • Harris
  • Shadrow
  • El Guincho
  • Harris
  • Schoudel[v]
2:42
6."Dade County Dreaming" (featuring JT and Yung Miami)
  • El Guincho
  • Harris
  • Schoudel[v]
2:40
7."Koshi XOXO" (featuring BLP Kosher)
  • Díaz-Reixa
  • Harris
  • Yanaco
  • El Guincho
  • Harris
  • Schoudel[v]
0:47
8."Hot Uptown" (featuring Drake)
2:31
9."Uuugly" (performed by Drake)Graham
  • Kaushik Barua
  • Harris
  • Díaz-Reixa
  • Kid Masterpiece
  • Harris
  • El Guincho
1:56
10."Dream-Girls"
  • Hidde
  • Harris
  • El Guincho
  • Schoudel[v]
2:52
11."305tilidie"Cabello
  • Díaz-Reixa
  • Harris
  • El Guincho
  • Harris
0:50
12."B.O.A.T."
  • Aged
  • El Guincho
  • Harris
2:57
13."Pretty When I Cry"
  • Cabello
  • Shadrow
  • Shadrow
  • Díaz-Reixa
  • Harris
  • Shadrow
  • El Guincho
  • Harris
  • Schoudel[v]
2:35
14."June Gloom"
  • Cabello
  • Díaz-Reixa
  • Harris
  • FnZ
  • El Guincho
  • Harris
  • Schoudel[v]
3:00
Total length:32:41

Notes

  • ^[v] signifies a vocal producer
  • "I Luv It", "He Knows", "Hot Uptown" and "Dream-Girls" are stylized in all caps.
  • "Pink XOXO", "Koshi XOXO", "305tilidie" and "Pretty When I Cry" are stylized in all lowercase.
  • "I Luv It" contains a sample of "Lemonade" (2009), written by Radric Davis and Shondrae Crawford, as performed by Gucci Mane; which itself contains samples and interpolations from "Keep It Warm" (1976), written by Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, as performed by Flo & Eddie.
  • "Pink XOXO" contains uncredited vocals from PinkPantheress.
  • "He Knows" contains a sample of "Give It Up 2 Me" (2020), written by Ojerime Smith, as performed by Ojerime.
  • "Dream-Girls" contains a sample of "Shawty Is Da Shit" (2007), performed by The-Dream featuring Fabolous. It also contains an interpolation of "Body" (2020), written by Megan Pete, as performed by Megan Thee Stallion.
  • "B.O.A.T." conatins a sample of "Hotel Room Service" (2009), as performed by Pitbull.

Personnel[edit]

Musicians

  • Camila Cabello – vocals (tracks 1–8, 10–14)
  • Pablo Díaz-Reixaprogramming (tracks 1–4, 6–8, 10, 12–14), sampler (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14), bass (1, 6, 8, 10, 13), drum programming (1), drums (2, 4–6, 8, 10, 12, 14), synthesizer (3, 5, 8, 13), sequencer (13), 5-string banjo (14)
  • Jasper Harris – synthesizer (tracks 1, 3–6, 8, 10, 12–14), bass (1, 4, 14), programming (1), piano (2, 5, 10)
  • Playboi Carti – vocals (track 1)
  • PinkPantheress – vocals (track 3)
  • Daniel McKay – synthesizer (track 4), guitar (12)
  • Lil Nas X – vocals (track 4)
  • Aaron Shadow – guitar (tracks 5, 13), percussion (13)
  • Owen Pallettstrings (tracks 6, 11)
  • JT – vocals (track 6)
  • Yung Miami – vocals (track 6)
  • BLP Kosher – vocals (track 7)
  • Drake – vocals (tracks 8, 9)
  • Hidde Ament – vocals, keyboards (track 10)

Technical

  • Dale Becker – mastering
  • Jon Castelli – mixing
  • Marcus Fritz – mixing, engineering (track 1)
  • Salvador "Better Call Sal" Majail – engineering (tracks 1–8, 12, 14)
  • Bart Schoudel – engineering (tracks 1–6, 10, 12–14)
  • Drew Sliger – engineering (track 4)
  • Noel Cadastre – engineering (track 8)
  • Pablo Díaz-Reixa – engineering (track 11)
  • Brad Lauchert – mix engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8), mixing assistance (3, 7), engineering assistance (1)
  • Katie Harvey – mastering assistance (tracks 2–4, 8)
  • Noah McCorkle – mastering assistance (tracks 2–4, 8)
  • Pedro Kayat – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 12–14)
  • Antonio "DJ Fuse" Olivera – engineering assistance (track 2)

Reference[edit]

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  2. ^ Garcia, Thania (September 21, 2022). "Camila Cabello Signs with Interscope Records (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. United States: Penske Media Corporation. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 60626328. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
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