How Camila Cabello Derailed Her Career

Camila Cabello: What’s going on with the star of Fifth Harmony?

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[alishamertelus]

As a black girl who used to be a big fan of hers, I can confirm that her racist controversy is one of the reasons why her career ain't
poppin like that anymore. The moment I saw those racist tweets I was completely turned off by her. She seem like this sweet hearted person but in reality it looks like that was just the image she put out herself to be. Especially when her fans attack Normani to the point where she had to delete Twitter, she was the only person from the band who didn't addressed it and didn't even try to stop her fans. Now that she went solo and was successful, her past finally catched up to her and showed that she wasn't that innocent. I don't know whether if she's truly sorry or not but I'm not really checking for her either way because her music doesn't stick that long and gets tiring after a few listens. in my opinion she doesn't seem to have that star power like I thought she did.

[mateorodriguezquezada]

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it".

Warren Buffett

[deqi]

Multiple things led to her downfall. The horrific marketing and roll out of the romance era. The racism controversy & problematic tumblr page resurfacing, and how poorly that was handled. Along with how uninteresting her relationship with Shawn Mendes was. All these things led to Camila becoming a joke instead of a a serious act in pop culture. Everything she did wasn’t taken seriously from performances to that Cinderella movie. She was a meme and once you become that it’s hard to pivot out of. Also part of the reason Camila has maintained her standing as the most popular 5H member is because Normani & other members like Lauren whose debut albums are highly anticipated haven’t released.

[Nissl]

I think a major reason the racism stuck to her is because she sold herself as a nice girl, even a bit of a free spirit, although her driven and competitive side has always been obvious. If she had a bad girl image, came from a rough background, or had major known psychological issues, more of her fanbase might have been forgiving. But I think the killer issue is just the lack of strong material on the second album - it neither has a lot of hits, nor is it particularly interesting.

[tochukwuudu]

That God awful Cinderella movie didn't help.

[tamyrisjones]

Honestly her music isn’t terrible, but the racist remarks and her unbearable tone cancels out any positives about her.

[danderson]

I just can’t with Camilla. I know that she has taken “racial sensitivity” classes, but if you need a class not to be racist, then you’re obviously lacking common sense. Plus, she’s fine, but there are SO many other performers I’d rather support. She doesn’t have a spectacular singing voice, or mind blowing songs that I just can’t ignore.

[Starfire]

It was her lack of accountability that ruined her. Tensions regarding race are still at an all time high and the excuse of “I wasn’t educated enough, ” is not an option. As a teenager and a supposed minority at that, you know what racism is. IDK if she could build back up her image in America, but hey, she’ll probably easily be able to win in Latin Pop.

[SnapeArgento]

She seems like someone who's stuck in 2014

[Boymeetsluv]

Outside of the obvious (the racism), I think part of what happened was 1) people realizing that she was pushed onto us because her voice was the highest, not that she was the best and 2) she’s sort of a walking, talking manifestation of 2011-14. Similar to what happened to Jennifer Lawrence, people got tired of the I’m Weird/Quirky/Different persona (it was also sexism but thats a different discussion).

[NBAgladiator]

It's the racism and traumatizing Normani for me. Hard pass.

[elroe]

As a black girl myself the moment i saw those tweets i was done. It wasn’t just one tweet of her being racist, it was around 20+ tweets . Yeah she might’ve changed like her fans like to say every three seconds but i will never look at her the same. And im sure many people felt this way as well.

[maryabuor]

I really don't care about her. As a black person, the receiving end of racism hurts like hell, especially from friends. I used to be her fan but now nope

[ravenmindful]

As a black person I can say that I GENUINELY loved Camilla. She was also my favourite in the group. I was kind of upset that she left the group, but I understood since she couldn't negotiate things with her label. You could tell that she wanted to pursue her solo career and still be a 5h member. It's very common for kpop idols to pursue solo careers while still being in groups.
Her racist past LEGIT threw me off. It broke my heart knowing that someone I loved hated me for something I couldn't change. I still like a few of her songs, but I don't like her as a person honestly. Like yeah she apologized, but did she change?? So far as I remember her apology wasn't even THAT sincere. Like I just don't know if she's really changed or is just putting on a facade. My trust for her is just gone. I don't know if I'll ever love her as much as I did back then or even have a mutual liking for her. At least.

[idkyouho]

I've been a Harmonizer since the start and the thing that made me lose respect for her was when her fans racial attacked Normani on Twitter and she didn't address it. Ally, Dinah and Lauren did but not her. It took her days to say something and when she did it was very vague.

[sugarpearl]

I stopped liking Camila before she left Fifth Harmony. The way she handled her departure from the group & the horrific racist online attacks her fans did against Normani (photoshopping pictures of her being lynched?! 💀) and I can only remember Lauren really going hard in defending Normani. Camila was quiet for mad long and than came out with a vague ass “you don’t have to hate others to love me” tweet. After her racist past came to light I was done with her. She was never my favorite but after that I refused to support her. She’s also really annoying 💀

[shanip]

As a former fan of Camila it’s very disheartening to remember her posting articles about anti-racism on her Instagram and Twitter. Then later on ignored the racism and racial threats made to Normani. That showed how she truly felt about these issues because she never apologized to Normani despite being in the group with her at the time. That tells you more about her than the fake nice girl image she and her team tries to paint.

[syren]

I think Romance was badly marketed and the public spectacle of her relationship with Shawn Mendes didn't go the way they' wanted it too.

Camila tried to solidify herself as the perfect "good girl" character, which is why any kind of controversy stained her instead of being something she could shake off.

I personally think that she took the "Taylor Swift" route when she publicly dated Shawn Mendes but Taylor only makes her dating life a public spectacle when she's giving people the drama they (like to pretend they don't) want. Like when she called out Joe Jonas on Ellen for breaking up with her via text or dated Tom Hiddleston right after she broke up with Calvin Harris. As horrible as it may sound, Camila and Shawn were squeaky-clean to the point of being boring 😂

Behind the scenes, I think she has a lot of contractual issues with her label. That's why her career on questionable grounds right now.

[bryanalstoncoxing]

Her issue is that she was marketed as the “Beyonce” or “Justin” of the group and was supposedly so much more talented than the other girls, but reality isn’t matching up… Camila’s voice can be extremely grating to listen to and Normani is by far a better dancer and live performer. The general public wasn’t blown away by Camila like her fans seem to think

[galvsgalvan]

You all don't understand how serious it was when her fans attacked Normani back in 2016 and she did not even addressed it to defend Normani directly. She's an opportunistic artist just like Nicole from Pussycat dolls. Won't deny the fact that she's talented - but whatever is happening to her now, it's pure karma. Her music is good tho.