Camila Cabello (22) used the stage of the Grammy Awards 2020 for a heart-warming declaration of love. However, this was not addressed to her friend Shawn Mendes (21, "Stitches"). Instead, the former Fifth Harmony member sang for her father, Alejandro Cabello, who had taken a seat in the front row of the Staples Center in Los Angeles and was moved to tears.
"As we walk to the altar, you look at me. With tears in your eyes. (…) You don't know how much it means to me that you were the first man to really love me," they said Words from the 22 year old. She performed her song "First Man", at the end of the song she went down the stairs to the audience and took her father's hand. This could no longer hold back his outburst of emotion.
He taught her "selfless love"
Cabello later explained to Instagram about the creation of the emotional track: The idea came to her during her tour last year. "Suddenly I thought of my father and how much I miss him and how much he means to me," said the 22-year-old. The writing process was so emotional that she "sobbed every ten minutes". Even at yesterday's Grammy Awards, she said she "almost didn't manage" to get the song on stage without tears.
Her thanks go to her father, "who showed me what it means to love someone selflessly. He always makes me laugh when I cry. He gives me security and open arms that I can fall into."