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An insight into the Hidden Meanings and Implications used in @Camila_Cabello 's 'ROMANCE' era Aesthetics and Why this Album is A 'Work of Art' : (a thread) 
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Nobody really talked about how artistic and incredibly crafted everything in this era was. An album is not only about Numbers and Charts (Although Romance was the #6 most streamed album of 2019 
) But Music, Love & Romance are forms of art. And they should be appreciated as ART!
) But Music, Love & Romance are forms of art. And they should be appreciated as ART!
DISCLAIMER :
Some of these concepts may be a bit far-fetched (cuz i'm over-observant)
But FIRST OF ALL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE STREAMED ROMANCE !!! Because u won't understand half of the things on this thread if you haven't heard the album. 
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Vsbl0diFGw8HNSjG8ue9m?si=YucS3V0dTH2LFBnAj_bLDg
Some of these concepts may be a bit far-fetched (cuz i'm over-observant)
But FIRST OF ALL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE STREAMED ROMANCE !!! Because u won't understand half of the things on this thread if you haven't heard the album. https://open.spotify.com/album/3Vsbl0diFGw8HNSjG8ue9m?si=YucS3V0dTH2LFBnAj_bLDg
The World of Romance has been represented by "A Museum of Loves and Stories they've left behind" - 'they' refers to certain people from Camila's life until now, and each of the songs on the album represent the memories these people have left behind.
Speaking of Romance, check out this video where Camila was explaining what Love means to her and what message she wants people to take from the album Romance 
The word 'Romance' is said to be an initiating stimulus to a relationship that may thrive in the future. Romance makes individuals fall in love with each other; but it can also lead to the end of a relation. All these aspects of love are expressed through the songs in the album!
In one of the teaser videos used at the start of the era - we can see the key of Romance opening Camila's heart to show this elaborate thing underneath. It is a mechanised body with the heart on the upper left side, an hourglass in the upper right side & the Romance museum below.
The design represents the various stages of falling in love. The knot in the neck represents inability to accept that you're in love.Your heart is having to be beaten mechanically because you're slowly losing your control over it as you're starting to develop feelings for someone
These two pictures were used to reveal the cover arts for 'Shameless' and 'Liar', the first two songs released from Romance. However this room has some other objects which had hidden implications and messages with respect to the album :
There's a lie detector present at one corner in the room - possibly suggesting the track 'Liar' from the album. This same lie detector was also used in one of the teaser videos for the single and also as a prop in the Liar Music Video.
There's a picture on one of the walls in the room & this picture is a behind the scenes photo from the cover shoot of 'Easy',a song from the album that was released later on. Easy is a song Camila dedicated to the people,who love her for who she is, inspite of knowing her flaws
There's a statue of Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love, in the room. Love is a theme on 'Romance'.Also, i found that Friday is called the Day of Venus. & weirdly-Cry For Me, Easy, Living Proof, the preorder for Romance & the album itself were all released on Fridays! Coincidence?
This other statue in the room represents Flora, the Roman Goddess of Flowers and the arrival of Spring. Flowers have been used as a symbol in the arts and aesthetics of this era, including the cover art for 'Easy' and also in the 'Living Proof' music video and live performances!
At one corner of the room there is a bow and three arrows - two with Golden tip and another with a lead tip. The cover art for Liar represents Camila as Cupid, the son of Venus and the perpetuator of love. Cupid is usually portrayed with wings, a bow and a set of arrows.
According to Roman myth, Cupid had two sets of arrows - a golden tip one(to make people fall in love) & a lead tipped one(to make people fall out of love). In the room there are 2 golden tipped arrows & 1 lead tip arrow signifying-one has fallen in love twice and out of love once
Cupid fell in love with Psyche, a beautiful mortal human, after accidentally hitting himself with one of his gold tipped arrows. In the Liar cover art, Camila is shown to be hit with two arrows as well. The song Liar is about accepting that u love someone and to stop denying it.
There's a story about an interaction between Cupid and Apollo, where Cupid shows him the pain of heartbreak by making him experience a one-sided love. The lyric "I know love is the loneliest place when you fall alone" of the song Feel it Twice from Romance also has a similar idea
This is one of the pictures used for promoting the first 2 singles off Romance (Shameless & Liar) & it bears resemblance to Da Vinci's art the "Vitruvian Man" - which was used to depict that the working of the Human Body is analogous to working of mathematics, art & the universe.
This is the original Album Cover for Romance. If you look closely, there are some lgbtq couples behind Camila in this cover. This cover portrays the fact that Love is blind- When you fall for someone, you fall for the PERSON as a Whole and not their physical or outward attributes
The official tracklist for 'Romance' had an intricate design of 'The Immaculate Heart of Mother Mary'. This Heart usually symbolises Love for one's Beloved and Love for God.
The cover Art for Cry For Me is probably inspired from the Greek God, Miseria who was depicted with tears running down her face.She was the God of hurt & grief & this song is about how you feel sad when your ex-lover moves on real fast from you while you still can't get over them
In many cultures Blue Butterflies are a representation of our Souls. This is the visualiser for Feel it Twice and there's a lyric in the song "Oh, I'm scared if I look in your eyes, I might see your soul". You can also see the Eye-ring and the Blue Butterfly in this visualiser.
This cover art for the Album represents Mila holding an Apple in her hand. 'Apple' is a very old symbol of Love & relates back to Greek God Dionysus who offered apples to win the Goddess Aprodite's love. However the apple here is bleeding which signifies Love that gives u anxiety
That cover art possibly refers to the track Bad Kind of Butterflies from the Album as it was present on the visualiser for the song as well. While talking about the song, Camila said that the track name 'Bad Kind of Butterflies' in itself is a nice way of describing Anxiety.
This picture from the Album Lyric book represents Camila climbing up the Stairway to Heaven. Love is considered as an emotion made by the Gods in Heaven. Metaphorically, you need to transcend to Heaven in order to witness the Act of falling in Love!!
Now let's talk about the "main" music videos from the Romance Era! These include - Señorita, Shameless, Liar, Living Proof and My Oh My! The First Man music video was also released later but the song wasn't really released as a single - it was released as an Ode to her Father!
Technically Señorita was the 1st song released as a track from 'Romance'. The fact that we all freaked out when we saw this teaser.The music video represents a boy & a girl who fall in love at 1st sight, but after having their moments-decide to call it off.
Señorita doesn't really have any hidden meanings. Everything is very explicitly stated & shown 
Btw - Did y'all know-Camila & Shawn wrote their parts of the song separately. The "You say we're just friends; But friends don't know the way you taste" were lyrics written by Camila
Btw - Did y'all know-Camila & Shawn wrote their parts of the song separately. The "You say we're just friends; But friends don't know the way you taste" were lyrics written by Camila
The Shameless music video, in comparison to the other music videos from this era, is kinda dark visually. There are a few details in the Music Video which you may have missed while watching it cuz this song and the video obviously leaves us "shook" !
The mv opens with the scene of a confession box where there's Camila & another woman serving as her look-alike. In this scene, Camila sings - "Don't speak, no, don't try/It's been a secret for the longest time/Don't run, no, don't hide/Been running from it for the longest time.."
The other woman who serves as the lookalike is a representative of Camila's old self. Camila is telling her old self to stop hiding & running from her feelings! She had said that 'Shameless' was her accepting that she loves this person whom she had kept denying her feelings for
whom she had kept denying her feelings for
At the very end of the video, the confession box catches fire while Camila is outside. It suggests that she's left behind the self-denying version of herself and is ready to accept her feelings for the person she loves whole-heartedly.
There are some exaggerated representions of how it feels like being in love with someone in the video - including the heart veins going red hot with anxiousness and excitement or ; her floating up in the room when she notices that the person she loves, is in the same room as her.
There are some outfits in the Shameless music video which are similar to those of her Debut Album era - including an outfit similar to that from the cover art for her debut album & another of the dresses which is similar to a dress from the Never Be The Same music video.
Speaking of outfits, there's this 1 scene in the mv, where Camila is wearing a dress which is very similar to a tour outfit from back in the days of 5H. Later in this scene, a pair of hands also draw her inside the pool of clouds. Tbh this kinda seems like a "r e a c h" we- idk
So let's talk about the Liar Music Video! A lot of people don't like this video cuz it had sort of a complicated concept. But in the end its a video about lying over & over again & everyone knows that lying makes your life complicated But this mv is actually artistic & fun ngl
But this mv is actually artistic & fun ngl
This is what Camila said about the concept of the Liar Music Video in the behind the scenes In short the video addresses the fact that one should always be true to themselves and choose what's real and true
In short the video addresses the fact that one should always be true to themselves and choose what's real and true
The Liar Music Video is technically a dream. Camila is dreaming throughout the entire video and she finally wakes up in the end once she stops lying and says the truth. Speaking of dreaming, there's an image in the video which also brings out her intention behind the video
There's this one scene in the video with a lot of Flamingos. If u see Flamingos in your dream, it possibly means that you need to let out your emotions instead of trapping them within yourself. In other words 'Acceptance of the Truth' - which is the whole point behind the video!
There's a song called 'Bad Kind of Butterflies' on the Album which talks about how Mila was in a relationship with someone, but had feelings for someone else. That's the same situation in the liar video. She has a fiancé but she's in love with the Bus Boy! https://open.spotify.com/track/0Q2kFlgnqusKAqCDpCKAIY?si=keCq72gwRjup33tmFZZdUw
This small piece of paper from the video has the sentence "All i do the whole day through, is dream of you" which is a lyric of the song 'Dream of You' from Romance. This is also one of Camila's favourite lyric from the entire Album! Listen to DoY here : https://open.spotify.com/track/7jJ4y8hXMLMlGBu7Zm1XZj?si=Z6OSaQXrSUKEVDwOyPJdXQ
There's a talk show scene in the mv which represents how Media and Press thrive off of mocking & debating on celebrities and their personal lives. It plays on the theme of Appearance vs Reality. Everything that appears from afar may not always be true!
Okay so this date - December 6th was put in this scene and at that time we the fandom, were contemplating about it! This later on became the day on which Album Romance was released!
The time 9:06, can also be read as the date 6th Septembe. But 6th Sep is not a date from the Romance Era cuz the first 2 singles of the album were released on 5th Sep.But this date is present on one of the promo photos as well. Maybe this date will be relevant in the future idk
For a song that's called liar - you'll see the word 'Truth' scattered more often in the video! 
This scene from the video obviously represents the fact that Camila is gonna play Cinderella in the live-action Cinderella remake which also stars James Corden, Idina Menzel & Billy Porter and some others. Make sure y'all watch the Movie once it comes out! 
The Living Proof music video was the fourth mv from the Romance Era and it was released after the preorder for the Album! This music video is very beautiful, sensual and gives off feminine energy! Its sort of simplistic and yet elegant
This is what Camila said about the concept behind the music video abd the song :
This particular scene from the music video is inspired by the John Everett Millais painting 'Ophelia', which depicted the fictional Shakespearean character (from the play 'Hamlet') floating in a pool covered in flowers.
In case you didn't know, the intro of the song 'Living Proof' contains a sample of a recording by Andy Jones for his 'The African Heartwood Project', which contains orphan kids from Liberia singing. You can get details about it on this link : https://www.africaheartwoodproject.org/cc/
My Oh My was the fifth music video from this era. In case u didn't know, the song My Oh My was a later addition to the album and that's why the song wasn't there on the first physical CDs of Romance.
This is the basic concept and theme behind the My Oh My video :
In the beginning of the video Camila plays a character named Dollface who is constructed based on the persona of Marilyn Monroe somewhat. Dollface is represented as someone who is always forced tp play roles of a "Damsel in Distress" ! However she yearns to be a 'HERO'-
There's this one poster in the music video which represents Camila's 2018 chart topping hit Havana! The song reached #1 in multiple countries, #1 on the BB Hot 100, 9X Platinum certified & was named Spotify's most-streamed song ever by a solo female artist till June 2018!
There are also a few movie posters referring to her as a 'Silent One' & 'Helpless Victim' ! She rips up 1 of these posters because she doesn't want to do roles that project Weakness! She's trying to prove that she is not to be considered WEAK just cuz she's a FEMALE actress.
There's again a sattire to paparazzis and media as to how they manipulate their news to make celebrities look like they are in some compromising and bad situation. Celebs have no freedom of enjoying themselves & have a good time even when they're at some party or public place!
The executives read the news but they don't care about the fact that the Actress under THEIR contract got their Image ruined because of some fake photos n stuff that the press wrote! Its as if it doesn't matter to them. These executives represent the selfish people in our society
The executives had refused to listen to Camila's wishes in the earlier parts of the video; but instantly agree to break their contract with Camila as soon as Dababy hands them a briefcase full of money. That also signifies how money-minded our society has become now!
Dave Meyers, the director of the My Oh My video, plays the role of an Accountant in the excecutive scene. Camila forced him to make this cameo in the video
The dance scene from the My Oh My video was shot at Frank Sinatra's house. Numerous parties by Marilyn Monroe and other eminent celebrities have been held in that same house at one point! 
First Man was the last song for which Camila released a music video. The video contains old videos of her as a baby and her father. It was released on Father's Day and its a really beautiful video! You can watch it on here :
She also performed the song at the 2019 Grammys as an ode to her father! The song reached to Top 3 on US ITunes that very day after the performance and #6 on Billboard US Digital Song Sales that week.
That's all i caught up and figured out about the details and hidden implications behind the things from the Romance Era based on my understandings! But Now that we're talking about this Era,I have a few more things to say in general about why this Era didn't get too much popular:
I have seen a lot of people claiming that Romance "tanked" or its "unimpressive" and "not good" . Having heard the album over 5000 times now- i can assure u, for a Sophomore album by a Solo artist, this is an INCREDIBLE ALBUM! And even a lot of popular press and media said so-
An Album is made up of not "just songs" but the feelings of the artist penned down in the form of lyrics. So before saying-an Album "flopped" just because you don't like that person or don't like a few songs from it,listen to the Full Album again instead of being insensitive!
Romance was not as successful as Camila's debut Album- okay! But it ended up going #3 on BB, #6 as the most streamed Album of 2019! Has the #1 most streamed song of 2019 in it which is also the most streamed male-female duet of all time!
Romance has a very diverse set of genres including Ska, Latin Pop, Pop Rock, Ballad, R&B and many more, which just signifies how chaotic and diverse "Love" as a feeling is. Every song on this Album is worthy of being a single in itself!
There are a few reasons as to why Romance couldn't get the appreciation it must have got- 5 songs were released as singles before the Album came out. Shameless & Liar were released on the same day; CFM & Easy were released in consecutive weeks.
The entire Romance Album got leaked 3 weeks before its release & was literally being spread around in the form of links. Camila's team, to counteract the situation, just added the new song 'My Oh My' to the Album! They couldn't or didn't really do anything to stop the leak.
At the time of the Album release - there were entire groups of stans who were hating on Camila & Shawn for engaging in a PR relationship(according to them
) and using it to apparently promote Señorita. This fake allegation also somewhat hindered the Album's popularity!
) and using it to apparently promote Señorita. This fake allegation also somewhat hindered the Album's popularity!
The Hate against Camila was aggravated when an account tweeted her horrible tumblr reblogs back from 2012 along with a WHOLE LOT OF FAKE SCREENSHOTS. Check this THREAD out!! We must consider the GROWTH & CHANGE in a person before jumping on the hate train! https://twitter.com/sevenscamila/status/1295998578326822917?s=19
It makes me sad thinking about the fact that she worked so hard on this album, which is indeed worthy of being called one of the BEST ALBUMS of 2019. This album is based on her love and feelings. And stans use the "success" of this Album as a point to drag her and hate on her 
Anyways that's the END of this thread! Thanks for reading my Ranting ! #Romance is an Incredible Album/ a Work of Art! Make sure you stream it everyday from now if u hadn't been doing it already! And NEVER EVER use an Artist's music or Art to joke & ridicule them!!
! #Romance is an Incredible Album/ a Work of Art! Make sure you stream it everyday from now if u hadn't been doing it already! And NEVER EVER use an Artist's music or Art to joke & ridicule them!!
Btw why don't y'all stream my fancam while you're here
