Get the latest gossip
Making Sense of Camila Cabello’s ‘Wabi-Sabi’
On “Chanel No. 5,” the pop singer finally reveals something about herself.
5” and the reggaeton ode to her community, “DREAM-GIRLS.” Switched on Pop producer Reanna Cruz, alongside hosts Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan, unpacked both tracks at length on their latest episode, discussing how the lyrics and musical cues help us understand the psyche of Cabello. Fold for me like origamiMagic and real like MurakamiRed, chipped nails, I’m wabi-sabiI’m the hеartbreaker, nobody’s got me, yеtMake you tongue-tied like new shibariSubtle and complex like umamiUp to me like omakaseI’m a wild horse and nobody’s got me, yet : Well, I find this verse interesting because for one, I’ve never heard “origami” rhymed with “Murakami.” But once you dig deeper, past the initial reaction that this is nonsense, each line hints at something bigger.
Or read this on VULTURE
