Familia

"情熱の歌姫"=カミラ・カベロ 待望のニュー・アルバム 『ファミリア』
エド・シーランとコラボレーションした強力シングル「バン・バン feat. エド・シーラン」、大ヒット曲「ドント・ゴー・イェット」を収録!

"情熱の歌姫"=カミラ・カベロ。これまで3度のグラミー賞ノミネートを誇る、1997年キューバ生まれ、アメリカ人シンガー・ソングライター。2018年、ソロ・デビューアルバム『カミラ』が全米アルバム・チャート初登場1位、さらに同作収録のシングル「ハバナ feat. ヤング・サグ」が同週の全米シングル・チャート1位を獲得し、アルバムとシングル同時制覇の快挙を達成。2019年発売の2作目『ロマンス』は全米3位を記録。
約2年半ぶりとなる待望の3作目『ファミリア』は、"これまでの人生で関わってくれた全ての人たち"=家族、友人、恋人、ファンに捧げた作品。キューバ人の母とメキシコ人の父を持つカミラが、自らのアイデンティティであるラテンの音楽的要素を取り入れ、これまで自身が経験した、孤独、葛藤、独占欲、喜び、感謝など、"自分を隠さない"というスタンスでさまざまな感情を表現。
2020年7月に発表され、Spotifyにて2.3億回再生を突破した大ヒット・シングル「ドント・ゴー・イェット」と、エド・シーランとコラボレーションした強力シングル「バン・バン feat. エド・シーラン」を収録し、アップビートで陽気な音楽が、カミラ自身と人々に癒しとパワーを与える。

On 2022s Familia, Camila Cabello deftly balances the heartfelt style of her debut with the savvy pop production of 2019s Romance. Its a vibrantly cross-pollinated sound that again finds her drawing upon her Latin American musical roots. Part of the charm of 2018s Camila was just how pared down and personal it felt, while also revealing Cabellos flair for saucy, salsa-styled pop as on the mega-hit "Havana. With her warm, throaty vocals and sad-eyed penchant for Pedro Almodovar-esque theatrics, Cabello is more than capable of playing up both the silly and serious aspects of personality -- something she has done regularly since her departure from the pop group Fifth Harmony in 2016. While no less sincere, Romance was a more robust, over-the-top production, marked by a duet with Cabellos then boyfriend Shawn Mendes and with a sound aimed at competing with contemporaries like Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande. Working with a small group of producers, including Mike Sabath, Ricky Reed, Cheche Alara, and Edgar Barrera, Cabello smartly splits the difference on Familia, crafting tracks in both Spanish and English that feel organic and genuine to her life experience, but also revel in all of the frothy Latin pop vibes that made past songs like "Havana" and "Liar" so refreshingly fun. To these ends, the lead single "Dont Go Yet" is a giddy pop anthem, propelled by a crisp flamenco guitar and handclap accents that make the song sound like it leaped off the screen of a Robert Rodriguez movie. We also get "Hasta Los Dientes," a reggaeton-disco banger featuring Argentine singer Maria Becerra. Theres a handful of equally well-curated guest appearances here with singers whose styles both complement and contrast nicely with Cabellos. Willow Smith teams up with her on the 90s trip-hop-sounding "Psychofreak." Also prominently featured is Ed Sheeran, who duets with Cabello on the infectious "Bam Bam," a surprisingly effective collaboration that takes the British superstars hooky acoustic pop and injects it with a buoyant salsa groove. Equally engaging is "Celia," where Cabello coos over a dusky, minor-key groove, conjuring the spirit of legendary singer Celia Cruz. Especially potent is "Lola," a hypnotic Latin jazz and R&B ballad in the Sade-fashion featuring Cuban singer/rapper Yotuel. Inspired by the 2018 San Isidro Movement protesting the censorship of artists by the Cuban government, the song finds Cabello imagining her life had her family not emigrated from Cuba to Miami when she was six years old. She sings, "Nobody is dancing so she wont speak, wont speak/All of her dreams are fading slowly." On Familia, Cabello celebrates her familys journey and how it helped bring her musical dreams to life. ~ Matt Collar

2年半ぶりの3作目。アルバムごとに自分→恋人→家族とテーマを変えつつ、キューバン・ルーツに根ざしたラテン・ポップは今回も健在。"Don't Go Yet"のアンセミックなフックはグロリア・エステファン先輩の座を継げそうな勢いだし、"La Buena Vida"などではマリアッチ風味の伝統的な音作りでラテン圏リスナーの心も掴みそう。エド・シーランとの"Bam Bam"然り、絶妙なポップスにまとめるリッキー・リードのプロデュース力も光る。
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