Camila Cabello Cut a Choppy Bob

Just when we thought we were getting used to seeing Camila Cabello back to brunette after her short-lived blonde era, it seems that she’s done another hair makeover, this time chopping her long locks into a blunt bob. Welcome to the Cabob Era…

…unless its a wig? In a behind-the-scenes video from her Nylon photo shoot, it certainly looks like a true cut (another glimpse here, via her hairstylist, who revealed nothing), but then again, she recently posted from NYC with long hair…unless those are extensions! There are layers to this. “miami girls 🤝 NYC during quismois” she captioned the pics, referencing her infamously weird pronunciation of “Christmas.”

In the accompanying interview, Cabello told the outlet about the pop-star peers who inspire her, starting with Queen Bey, whom she ran into over the summer. “She was like, ‘I love your new album.’ I think I said something like, ‘I literally would not be here without you,’” Cabello revealed, quickly adding, “Oh, f-ck, now I’m going to sound name-drop-y! But Beyoncé told me she loved my album, OK? That’s the gold star. And I walked away fully, like, tears brimming in my eyes. She’s somebody I’ve watched from my childhood. Her and Taylor saying nice things about the album really meant a lot to me. Anytime an artist that I respect has said something to me like, ‘Hey, I really love what you’re doing,’ it recharges my battery. A lot of the time I felt so misunderstood.” (If Beyoncé ever so much as blinked at me you would never hear the end of it, so go ahead, Cam.)

The pop singer also reflected, “Being in the industry made me build that harder shell and harder exterior. Like Rihanna, Beyoncé, Taylor [Swift]—this kind of bravado happens in their later work,” and she stated that “All I wanna do in this lifetime is make Britney Spears giggle.”

In an especially positive development, Cabello revealed that when she ran into former Fifth Harmony bandmate Normani in September, they shared a laugh: “It doesn’t feel like we’re strangers. We’re getting back to the times when we really close.”