Camila Cabello‘s relationship with her former Fifth Harmony groupmate Normani is returning to how it once was. In a new cover story with Nylon, Cabello reflected on bumping into Normani, and the lessons she’s learned of her 5H days.
“I remember times when we’d just be laughing so hard,” Cabello told the magazine about seeing her at Paris Fashion Week in September. “With space, we can go back and tap into that. The past couple of times I’ve seen her, I say something and she laughs really hard.”
“It doesn’t feel like we’re strangers,” she added. “We’re getting back to the times when we [were] really close.”
Earlier this year, Cabello joined the rest of Fifth Harmony in congratulating Normani on her debut album, Dopamine. “Putting out a project is vulnerable and hard and you are doing it beautifully! Congratulations on your first album and many more to come,” Cabello wrote to Normani, to which she replied: “This seriously means a lot and so v proud of you. You’re next, let’s goooo.”
Cabello left Fifth Harmony at the end of 2016, following the success of the group’s album 7/27. The group, as a four-piece, later disbanded in 2018 to pursue solo ventures. In the Nylon interview, Cabello reflected on her teenage struggles while in the group.
“My barometer wasn’t functional. It was more than a person should bear [in that situation],” she said. “I think conflict resolution is really important, especially when it comes to a group. Those are skills you don’t have when you’re 16 years old. How do you deal with being left out? How do you deal with jealousy? How do you deal with these things without hurting yourself or other people?”
Elsewhere in the interview, Cabello shared her excitement about Beyoncé and Taylor Swift both commending her album, C, XOXO. “She was like, ‘I love your new album,’” Cabello said of Beyoncé. “I think I said something like, ‘I literally would not be here without you.’”
“Oh, fuck, now I’m going to sound name-drop-y,” Cabello added. “But Beyoncé told me she loved my album, OK? That’s the gold star. And I walked away fully, like, tears brimming in my eyes. She’s somebody I’ve watched from my childhood. Her and Taylor saying nice things about the album really meant a lot to me.”
“Anytime an artist that I respect has said something to me like, ‘Hey, I really love what you’re doing,’ it recharges my battery,” she continued. “A lot of the time I felt so misunderstood.”
Cabello released C, XOXO earlier this year, and earned the Number 85 spot on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 100 Best Albums of 2024.
