I'll admit it, I'm a harmonizer. That's the self-appointed name of Fifth Harmony Superfans,

who've been following the girl group's meteoric rise since they were paired together by the

evil geniuses of X-Factor in 2012. They first came to my attention when they recorded a song

my boyfriend wrote called Dope, an epic ode to New Jersey teen love. I adore their videos,

throwback infections where these beautiful diverse girls roll on a beach or work a sweaty

construction site in very impractical footwear. Their pop, plain, simple, and joyful. Fifth Harmony

reminds me of 1999, the year of candy and genie in a bottle when it seemed like low-slung cargo

pants and coordinated dances with your camp friends were the height of sensual appeal. I've always

been especially fond of Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello, who, while looking like a femme fatale,

projects a goofy affability even when singing about lust that makes watching her delightfully

human. I caught up with Camila over the phone this December before she headed to play the last

Fifth Harmony show of 2016 in Brazil. What I didn't know was that it would be her last Fifth Harmony

show ever. I've been doing all the research on the history of your career and you started out on

X-Factor being put directly into a girl group. Obviously, there's an amazing creative history

of girl groups in America, but as we've gone on, they've become more manufactured. I wondered how

you felt about that being the start of your career and how you felt about being put into this preconceived

creation and what that experience was like for you at 15 and how it's evolved. Man, to be honest with

you, I always say I'm so grateful for that opportunity because I wasn't raised to become a part of

the entertainment industry. My family, people sing for fun and my grandma loves music, but there

was nobody that ever did this professionally. I came from a place where it wasn't like I came from

LA or New York where there was people around you that were trying to make it and it was kind of like

people actually had a chance or a shot at success. I came from Miami, completely Cuban family,

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