Camila Cabello just released her new single “Never Be The Same,” and after performing the song on Ellen this week, she’s come under fire for her “strange” guitar playing. See for yourself below. It’s actually pretty cringe-worthy, unfortunately.
I just don’t understand what happened. She usually kills it when she performs, so what’s the deal? I’m not alone in this thought, either, as Twitter users didn’t hold back their feelings about her random strumming.
camila cabello pretending to play the guitar while lipping her pre recorded vocals: live on the ellen show!
— (@imreadytomoveon) March 22, 2018
imagine thinking camila cabello was actually playing the guitar on that ellen performance
— (@lunariaes) March 22, 2018
who told camila that it was cute to do the air guitar to a song like never be the same i just wanna talk
— ً (@flpsides) March 23, 2018
Watching Camila Cabello awkwardly pretend to play the guitar when she does TV performances of Never Be The Same is the most uncomfortable thing I’ve seen in a long time
— oc (@Orlala_) March 22, 2018
Though it was painful to watch, Cabello’s Camilizers were quick to defend the singer, who apparently knows how to play guitar. I can’t say I blame them, they have the evidence to show for it.
There’s literally an endless amount of videos of her playing spanish and electric guitar. Shes been playing guitar throughout her girlgroup days and first played with her dad as a childhttps://t.co/lyM6d1stiF
— it’s not that serious. (@RobynCamriana) March 21, 2018
There’s more footage of Camila Cabello playing guitar, whole ass songs alone in fact, than there is of H*rry Styles playing guitar yet I don’t see anyone question him when he brings a guitar on stage and “plays” it with 2 guitarists backing him. Hmm
— paola (@pauoIa) March 21, 2018
You can delete your tweet and deactivate your profile after I’m done w/ this thread with videos of her playing the guitar pic.twitter.com/pXtSJtz3zs
— Steph (@flawlesscamilac) March 21, 2018
She may be able to play guitar, but I still want to know why it looked so strange. Maybe the sound cut out? Maybe it was intended to be a prop? I don’t know. Camila might chime in to let us know what happened. All awkwardness aside, the new single is fire—and we all know she crushed those vocals, at the very least.
Just keep doing you, girl. You’re crushing it despite the minor setback.