Romance

RomanceStudio album by Camila Cabello
General information
Release Date	December 6, 2019
Recorded	October 2018 - October 31, 2019
Genre	Pop
Length	43:50
Label	Syco Music Epic Records
Producer(s)	Louis Bell, Jon Bellion, Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, DJ HardWerk, Frank Dukes, Finneas, German, John Hill, Carter Lang, Mattman & Robin, Nate Mercereau, Jordan Reynolds, Ricky Reed, RØMANS, Rush Hr, Bart Schoudel, Matthew Tavares, The Monsters & the Strangerz, Andrew Watt, Westen Weiss
Studio albums chronology
Previous	Camila
Current	Romance
Next	Familia
Singles
1. "Shameless" Released: September 5, 2019 2. "Liar" Released: September 5, 2019 3. "Cry for Me" Released: October 4, 2019 4. "Easy" Released: October 11, 2019 5. "Living Proof" Released: November 16, 2019 6. "My Oh My" Released: January 6, 2020 7. "First Man" Released: June 21, 2020

Romance is Camila Cabello's sophomore studio album. The album was released on December 6, 2019 by Epic Records. On June 21, 2019, "Señorita" with Shawn Mendes was released as the first single of Romance. On September 5, 2019 "Shameless" and "Liar" were released as the album's second and third singles. On October 4, 2019, the fourth single "Cry For Me" was released. One week later, the albums' fifth single "Easy" was released on October 11, 2019.

Camila finished recording Romance on October 31, and the next day submitted the masters for the album. On November 13, Cabello announced that the album will be released on December 6, 2019. On November 15, the pre-order was released along with the sixth single "Living Proof". The standard/first press CD's did not include the track 'My Oh My'. This is Camila's first explicit album, as the twelfth track "This Love" is marked as explicit.

Background

Following the great success of Cabello's debut album, Camila (2018), which topped the Billboard 200 chart, Brian Lee and Louis Bell told to MTV that they are already looking ahead to Cabello's next project. Bell said he imagines she will work on her second album during her Never Be The Same Tour, saying they’ll send ideas back and forth from April until June when they’ll finally be able to get into the studio together. He wants to give the second album a "more mature progression," but ultimately, the new songs will depend on Cabello.

The album mainly focuses on love and Camila wanted to focus on that for this album, Camila immediately knew she wanted to name the album Romance.

Louis Bell said: "It's all about what's going on in her life, relationship-wise, everything. All of that stuff is going to factor into the whole theme of the album". Lee, meanwhile, thinks she could go any direction imaginable. "She knows all these indie bands; she could do an indie record," he said. "Her depth of what she knows musically is bigger than mine. She could do whatever she wants."

Cabello teased the album on December 6, 2018, One year before the release date, after posting a muted video of her at a studio with the caption "CC2. 🌙". In June 2019, Camila posted a snippet of a song on her social media., that snippet was later revealed to be "Easy" another snippet later revealed as "Living Proof" was teased later in the month. On August 7, Camila had a listening party with her fans at Epic Records.

On September 5, two singles for the album, "Shameless" and "Liar", were released. On the same day, Camila confirmed that the album was called Romance and that it would be released before 2020 begins. The album's first promotional single "Cry for Me" was released on October 4, and its second promotional single, "Easy" was released on October 11. A day later, she performed the two promotional singles on Saturday Nights Live.

Cabello finished recording Romance on October 31, and the next day submitted the masters for the album.

On November 15, the third single "Living Proof" was released along with the album's pre-order.

Recording

On November 18, 2018, Cabello tweeted "MAKING NEW STUFF AND THINGS!!!" along with a picture of a polaroid with her at studio dated on October 16, 2018. On her Instagram story, she posed a picture of the files of cc2, named 'CC2 TRACKS'. Cabello finished recording Romance on October 31, 2019. A total of over 80 songs were written for the album.

Promotion

Singles

"Liar" and "Shameless" were released on September 5, 2019 as the lead singles from the album. "Shameless" peaked at number 60 and "Liar" at number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. Both songs received a music video. The Henry Schofield-directed "Shameless" accompanied the songs' release and the video for "Liar" was released a week later and was directed by Dave Meyers. Cabello performed "Liar" on The Graham Norton Show on October 25, 2019.

"Cry For Me" and "Easy" were released as the promo singles on October 4 and 11, 2019, on Friday Which i had bad mental days of off stupid things in my head which these singles saved my life respectively. Cabello performed the songs on Saturday Night Live on October 12, 2019. "Easy" peaked at number 10 and "Cry for Me" at number 15 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart.

On November 15, 2019, Romance was made available for pre-orders and the single "Living Proof" was released alongside. The song was promoted with several live performances including at the 2019 American Music Awards, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The song received a music video directed by Alan Ferguson which was released ahead of her American Music Awards performance.

"My Oh My" featuring DaBaby was released as the album's fourth single on January 6, 2020. Cabello and DaBaby performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on December 12, 2019. It has currently peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming the highest charting single on the chart from the album.

"First Man" the song was announced as the album's seventh and final single on June 21, 2020. An official music video was released the previous day, in celebration of Father's Day. It features clips from Cabello's childhood with many of the footage containing videos of her and her Alejandro Cabello father.

In addition, "Señorita", Cabello's duet with Shawn Mendes released in June 2019, was originally included in the deluxe edition of Mendes' self-titled third studio album. It was later also included on Romance. "Señorita" debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 6, 2019. It later peaked at number one on the chart issue dated August 31, 2019 becoming Mendes' first US number-one song and Cabello's second after "Havana".

"Liar"

"Shameless"

"Cry for Me"

"Easy"

"Living Proof"

"My Oh My" (featuring DaBaby)

"First Man"

"Señorita" (with Shawn Mendes)

Tour

Cabello officially announced The Romance Tour on November 13, 2019. The tour is set to begin in May 26, 2020 and is also set to go through Europe and North America. The tour was set to go across North America and Europe starting in May 2020, but was later postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Merchandise

Main page: Romance/Merchandise

Trivia

• "First Man" was the first song written for the album, and "Used To This" was the last to be written.
• This is Cabello's longest album.
• The album is Cabello's first explicit album.

Gallery

Photoshoot

Alternate

Other

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Shameless"	Camila Cabello, Alexandra Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Jonathan Bellion, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson	Andrew Watt, The Monsters and Strangerz	3:39
2.	"Living Proof"	Cabello, Tamposi, Justin Tranter, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson	Mattman & Robin	3:14
3.	"Should've Said It"	Cabello, Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Nate Mercereau, Eric Frederic, Wotman, Tamposi	Frank Dukes, Mercereau, Ricky Reed, Louis Bell	3:20
4.	"Señorita" (with Shawn Mendes)	Cabello, Mendes, Wotman, Benjamin Levin, Tamposi, Charlotte Emma Aitchison, Jack Patterson, Magnus August Høiberg	Watt, Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat	3:10
5.	"Liar"	Cabello, Tamposi, Wotman, Bellion, J. Johnson, S. Johnson, Jenny Berggren, Jonas Berggren, Malin Berggren, Ulf Ekberg, Lionel Richie, Marina Diamandis, Ben Berger, Ryan McMahon, Patterson, Ryan Rabin, Kali Uchis, Bryan Chaverra, Kevin Londoño, Andrés Londoño, Martha Llorente, Jairo Torres	Watt, The Monsters and Strangerz, Jon Bellion	3:27
6.	"Bad Kind Of Butterflies"	Cabello, Philip Constable, Tamposi, Lindsay Gilbert, Crystal Nicole, J. Johnson, S. Johnson, Oliver Peterhof	DJ HardWerk, The Monsters and Strangerz, German	2:49
7.	"Easy"	Cabello, Tranter, John Hill, Feeney, Bell, Carter Lang, Westen Weiss	Dukes, Bell, Lang, Weiss, Hill	3:14
8.	"Feel It Twice"	Cabello, Bell, Feeney, Tommy Paxton Beesley, Matthew Tavares, Louis Tomlinson, Nicholas Gale, Pablo Bowman, Richard Boardman, Sarah Blanchard	Dukes, Matthew Tavares, Bell	3:08
9.	"Dream Of You"	Cabello, Larsson, Fredriksson, Tranter	Mattman & Robin	3:42
10.	"Cry For Me"	Cabello, Ryan Tedder, Feeney, Bell, Jillian Banks, Christopher Taylor, Lauryn Hill, Robert Diggs, Gary Grice, Russell Jones, Clifford Smith, Corey Woods, Dennis Coles, Jason Hunter, Lamont Hawkins, Elgin Turner, Darryl Hill, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch, Labi Siffre	Ryan Tedder, Dukes, Bell	3:09
11.	"This Love"	Cabello, Sam Roman, Dayyon Alexander Drinkard, Jeff Shum	Rush Hr, RØMANS	3:40
12.	"Used To This"	Cabello, Finneas O'Connell, Amy Wadge	Finneas, Bart Schoudel	3:30
13.	"First Man"	Cabello, Jordan Reynolds, Wadge	Finneas, Reynolds	3:48
Total length:				43:50

Digital and streaming edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
4.	"My Oh My" (featuring DaBaby)	Cabello, Jonathan Kirk, Bell, Feeney, Savan Kotecha, Anthony Clemons, Jr., Alejandro Guillermo Marambio Altamirano	Dukes, Bell	2:50
Total length:				46:40

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[m]} signifies a miscellaneous producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies also a vocal producer
• ^{^[v]} signifies a vocal producer
• "Living Proof" contains a sample of "Meter Connection", a recording by Andy Jones for The Africa Heartwood Project.
• "Liar" interpolates "All Night Long (All Night)" written by Lionel Richie, "Karma" written by Marina Diamandis, Ben Berger, Ryan McMahon, Jack Patterson and Ryan Rabin, "Nuestro Planeta" written by Kali Uchis, Bryan Chaverra, Kevin Londoño, Andrés Londoño, Martha Llorente and Jairo Torres and "All That She Wants" written by Jenny Berggren, Jonas Berggren, Malin Berggren and Ulf Ekberg.
• "Feel It Twice" interpolates "Back to You" written by Louis Tomlinson, Nicholas Gale, Pablo Bowman, Richard Boardman and Sarah Blanchard.
• "Cry For Me" contains excerpts from "Gemini Feed" written by Jillian Banks and Christopher Taylor and "Ex-Factor" written by Lauryn Hill, Robert Diggs, Gary Grice, Russell Jones, Clifford Smith, Corey Woods, Dennis Coles, Jason Hunter, Lamont Hawkins, Elgin Turner, Darryl Hill, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch and Labi Siffre.
• "My Oh My" contains a elements of "Llaman a La Puerta" written by Alejandro Guillermo Marambio Altamirano.

Scrapped Tracks

• "Anyone" - Camila mentioned on her Twitter that it was her Mom's favourite song on the album in mid 2019.
• "Coulda Been Yours" - Two snippets have leaked from this song, first one in 2020 and the second in 2021.
• "Eyes on You" - The full solo demo leaked September 3th, 2020. On March 2nd 2021, the version with Charlie Puth's vocals was leaked.
• "Fly" - The song was talked about in one of Camila's friends live streams in November 2018.
• "Love Someone" - It was registered on GEMA
• "Not Killin' It Today" - The song was leaked alongside the demo of "First Man" in October 2018.
• "Obsession" - The song was added onto Camila's BMI in October 2019. A writers demo is on Soundcloud.
• "Same" - The song was added onto Camila's BMI in 2019.
• "Taxi" - The full song leaked September 2th, 2020. It was the lead single but it got scrapped due to Camila breaking up with Matthew Hussey.
• "Terrified"- The full song leaked September 3rd, 2020.
• "Thief Looks Like An Angel" - A snippet leaked on 5th February 2021. The full leaked on 8th February 2021.
• "Run Into You" - It was registered on GEMA.
• "Same" - It was registered on Songview in late 2019.
• "So Romance" - Rumored to be an early outtake.