Camila CabelloandTaylor Swifthave been BFFs for years — and they owe it all to the Video Music Awards.
In the cover story forBillboard‘s Year In Music issue, the “Havana” hitmaker, 21, revealed that the pair first hit it off in 2015, shortly after Cabello worked up the courage to say hello to Swift, whom she’d admired since she was 13.
“I remember I was in my group at the time and we’d just won an award,” she toldBillboard, referring to the girl groupFifth Harmony, whichdisbanded in May, over a year after Cabello left in Dec 2016.
Seizing upon the “perfect opportunity,” Cabello approached Swift, who was sitting next to another one of her famous pals,Lorde. “I was like, ‘I just wanted to say I’m such a huge fan of you guys and I love your music and you’ve inspired me so much.’ They were like, ‘Thanks.’”
Although nothing more came out of their initial interaction, Cabello shared that she when she attended an afterparty later that night, Swift invited Cabello to sit with her — and the rest is history.
“We were just talking and yeah, we became friends,” the singer shared. “I feel like we’re really similar as people. We’re both very emotional and like a lot of the same things. Even small things like poetry or the same kind of films or very girly kind of stuff.”
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“I’ve been a huge fan ofTaylor Swiftsince I was like 13 years old,” she shared. “I know literally all of her songs. She was one of the people that really inspired me to start songwriting, and going on tour with her was a really full circle moment for me.”
“I also felt really at home because I kinda felt like a Swiftie, also,” she added. “So I was just like, I belong here. I’m at aTaylor Swiftconcert, I’m so in my natural habitat. I hope she doesn’t think that’s weird, I know she doesn’t because I told her before. But it was really, really great and fun as a tour, also surreal for me as a Swifter.”
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However, while theGrammy-nominated artistfeels at ease touring with Swift, she’s not as comfortable being in the public eye.
“I know that it would be a lot more interesting for people if I posted more about my private life or was involved in the gossip or whatever,” she toldBillboard, before explaining that lifestyle isn’t for her.
“I just don’t like it,” she explained. “I just want to be a good artist. I don’t want to be a great celebrity. I’m not!”
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Speaking about one specific aspect of her life she’s not often vocal about, Cabello opened up about a recentfan videothat showed the singer kissing her boyfriend, 31-year-old English dating coachMatthew Hussey.
Cabello, who previously revealed that shemet Hussey on the set of theTodayshowin 2017, grinned after being asked about the video, in which the pair share a quick kiss as a group of fans shout “Beso! Beso!”
“Those were my biggest, biggest, most hard-core fans,” she explained. “I thought it was really cute when they did that, and it’s like a trusted circle. … They’re chanting my mom’s and my manager’s and my dad’s and my sister’s name, so they know a lot, so I thought it was really cute when they said that, and I was just like, ‘Let’s give them a kiss.’”
source: people.com
