Camila Cabello - Romance review

The Guardian 0

(Simco)
The singer’s second solo album is too heavy on the Auto-Tune, giving cyborg sheen to what should be heartfelt love songs

The last few years have been intriguing ones for pop. As noted in a recent Guardian piece, a new wave of writers has emerged, rightly determined to overturn the longstanding critical bias against the genre. Under their influence, pop has been freighted with great sociopolitical import, its stars recast not as marionettes at the mercy of the music industry but as auteur figures. Under the circumstances, you can see why Camila Cabello has talked up the follow-up to her platinum-selling solo debut as something more than a mere collection of songs. “I was very intentional about the world I was creating,” she told one fashion magazine. “I made mood boards, I brought posters into the studio to set the vibe. It was the first time I’d done something like that.” What did the mood boards show, wondered the interviewer. “Lots of people kissing,” offered Cabello.

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