Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (born March 3, 1997) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, and actress.
She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, formed on The X Factor (U.S.) in 2012, signing a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records.
While a part of Fifth Harmony, Cabello began to establish herself as a solo artist with the release of the collaborations "I Know What You Did Last Summer" with Shawn Mendes, and "Bad Things" with Machine Gun Kelly, the latter reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
Tinashe Reflects on the Runaway Viral Success of Summer Anthem ‘Nasty’: ‘Ten Years Later, Who Would Have Thought?’
variety.comSteven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Earlier this year, Tinashe was driving alone, her laptop open to Photo Booth in the passenger seat, when the idea for her viral single “Nasty” struck.
She was playing the beat she’d just confected with producer/songwriter Ricky Reed (Lizzo, Camila Cabello) off her phone, mumbling along to the sparse, hollow instrumental as she recorded herself on the computer.
Shortly after, she returned to the studio with Reed, restructured the song and went home to lay down the vocals with an engineer.
Ever since she first teased it on Valentine’s Day during an Instagram Live, “Nasty” has become the second act — or third, or fourth, if you’re counting — in Tinashe‘s decade-plus career.
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