Camila Cabello’s new album, C,XOXO, dropped amid tensions between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, and he or she is siding with the Toronto rapper.
The 27-year-old former Fifth Concord member enlisted Drake to function on two songs for her fourth solo challenge, launched Friday.
Nevertheless, Drake’s involvement has been overshadowed by his heated feud with rapper Kendrick Lamar.
The feud has seen the artists trade barbs by means of diss tracks and sharp accusations regarding their private {and professional} lives.
Camila Cabello voiced her help for Drake in an interview with The Occasions, expressing frustration over the negativity surrounding her collaborator.
“It’s so irritating to see folks speak about somebody you already know in a approach that’s detrimental. You’re like, ‘Dang, if solely you guys may simply have dinner or one thing,’” she mentioned.
The Cuban-American pop star revealed how she recruited the Canadian rapper for her album, highlighting the uncertainty she felt when she reached out to him.
“I despatched a direct message by way of social media however didn’t count on him to answer,” she admitted. “It’s like a bizarre teenage factor the place I really feel that no one cares about me or likes me. And it was enjoyable to be confirmed mistaken.”
Drake isn’t the one high-profile artist lending their expertise to C,XOXO, which additionally contains appearances from Playboi Carti, Lil Nas X, JT, Yung Miami, and BLP Kosher.