Camila Cabello Reveals Drake Has 2 Features on His New Album ‘C,XOXO’

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In December, fans suspected Camila Cabello and Drake were dating after paparazzi cameras filmed the couple on a luxury vacation together in Turks & Caicos. Months later, however, the pop star finally revealed via her on Wednesday, May 29: Billboard cover story that the only “couple” they ever were was a few collaborators – with a few songs.

That’s right: Drizzy is featured on not one, but two tracks from Cabello’s fourth studio album. C,XOXOwhich arrives on June 28. They weren’t just jet-skiing last winter, says the Fifth Harmony alum – while in the islands the duo were also finishing up a track.

“He’s the fucking GOAT, so it was like reaching for the stars,” she said. Billboard, noting how she first connected with the rapper by sliding into his DMs. “I showed him the album when I felt comfortable enough and he really liked it. (The functionality) came out of a non-transactional place. He had this idea for a song called “Hot Uptown,” and I felt like I was in the city. I was in Miami.

Drake is also featured in a two-minute interlude titled “Uuugly”, which comes immediately after “Hot Uptown” on the C,XOXO track list. The snippet, which was apparently entirely Champagne Papi’s idea, shows him singing over a mix of synth beats and Cabello’s vocals.

“Why does he have his own song? Because selfishly, I just want to hear Drake on my own album,” Cabello continued. “I like it for me – it’s like this rebellious mood. Who said I couldn’t do this? This is Drake talking his shit.

The interview comes about five months after the “Havana” singer and Drake’s trip. Cabello previously quelled dating rumors stemming from the outing in March, simply saying Call her daddy“I really felt like he would like my album, so I messaged him and was like, ‘Hey, I’ll just put it out there.'”

“We hung out together, I played him my album. He loved it,” she added at the time, without yet revealing that Drake was actually in the project.

Cabello’s upcoming LP also includes City Girls, The-Dream and BLP Kosher, as well as the singles “I Luv It” with Playboi Carti – which peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 – and “He Knows” with Lil. Nas

“I think that’s why it seems so cohesive,” she said. Billboard. “Because it really looks like me.”