Camila Cabello - C, XOXO

1xLP Blue Vinyl Early on C,XOXO, Camila Cabello calls herself out, singing "Cute girl with a sick mind," a lyric that could easily stand as the one-line pitch for the album. Her follow-up to 2022's Familia, 2024's C,XOXO finds the Havana-born, Florida-raised Cabello entering her bleach-blonde era, both literally and figuratively, as she embraces her inner Miami party girl and celebrates the sweaty, dayglow club atmosphere of her hometown. The aforementioned lyric pops up in "Chanel No. 5," a woozy, minimalist R&B number built around a fractured piano riff that sounds like it was lifted off a warped vinyl children's LP, all of which nicely encapsulates the consciously brand-centric, 2000s Zeitgeist atmosphere Cabello is exploring here. Produced by Pablo Díaz-Reixa (aka El Guincho), Jasper Harris, and Daniel Aged, C,XOXO is a bold sonic departure for the singer, eschewing much of the Latin-tinged pop of her past work in favor of a sleazy, hyperpop sound marked by dump-truck synths, c