Miami Herald (Sunday)

Camila Cabello came back home to Miami and performed a live performanc­e of ‘I Luv It’

- BY MADELEINE MARR mmarr@miamiheral­d.com Madeleine Marr: madeleinem­arr

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Camila Cabello showed off her famous set of pipes earlier this month at an event tied to the Miami Grand Prix at Temple House in Miami Beach.

Dressed casually in a white tank and red track pants, Cabello, still rocking blond locks, burst out in song while sitting in a chair.

The 27-year-old did two tracks from her new album “CXXO” — “Twenty Somethings” and “I Luv It.” Cabello’s only backup was a male guitarist next to her.

“I go soprano, baby, go down low, and when he leads, I gotta follow,” she croons in a video posted on Only in Dade. “I’m blackin’ out, I’m on a spiral, I need you now and tomorrow.”

Then came the repetitive chorus of the catchy hit: “I luv it, I luv it, I luv it,” with the former Fifth Harmony-er hitting the high notes perfectly.

Cabello explained on a recent Audacy podcast how the hit was hatched in a Miami sound studio with sample maker extraordiN­ope, naire Jasper Harris.

“I got in the booth and started trying some stuff,” said the

Cuba native. “I saw the guys going crazy from outside. I [was] like, ‘Yeah, I love it.’ I was speaking, but the tune probably made it sound like what it sounds like now. They [were like] ‘Keep saying that.’

It was a happy accident.” Cabello was back home to help American Express launch a partnershi­p with F1 Academy racing series, helping young female drivers excel.

 ?? MPI04 mpi04/MediaPunch/IPx ?? Camila Cabello attends the 2024 Pegasus World Cup Presented By Baccarat at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 27.
MPI04 mpi04/MediaPunch/IPx Camila Cabello attends the 2024 Pegasus World Cup Presented By Baccarat at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 27.

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