Camila Cabello has addressed accusations of emulating Charli XCX and her music style. After the pop star released her 2024 single, “I Luv It,” fans began comparing it to Charli’s 2017 song, “I Got It,” leading Camila to experience a “weird, intense time.”
She admitted to feeling “crushed” and “hurt” over the negative reception of the song from her 2024 album, “C,XOXO.” “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 told Dork Magazine. The “Havana” hitmaker continued, “In the beginning, I was hurt and felt s***** 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,” she added. “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,” Camila Cabello concluded.
