With her new singles topping the Billboard charts of 2017 and her music videos trending on YouTube, Camila Cabello has taken the pop world by storm. “CAMILA,” her first solo album after splitting from the all-girl group Fifth Harmony, was released on Jan. 12, marking a major milestone in Cabello’s career.

Cabello’s single “Havana” held the No. 1 slot on Billboard’s “Top Pop Songs” chart for seven weeks, deeming it the longest reigning single by a solo female artist in five years. The massive success of “Havana” led to changes in the album and a postponed release date.

The album had been in the making since she was still a part of Fifth Harmony. After she left the group in December 2016, Cabello announced that her album would be titled “The Hurting. The Healing. The Loving.” In December 2017, however, Cabello revealed that she had decided to change the title to “CAMILA” to reflect a new state of mind.

“I decided to call it by my name because this is where this chapter in my life ended. It started with somebody else’s story, it ended with me finding my way back to myself,” said Cabello in an Instagram post.

Consequently, Cabello removed her initial singles “Crying in the Club” and “I Have Questions,” songs about heartbreak and unhealthy relationships that were released in the beginning of 2017, from the album in favor of the majorly successful and cheerful “Havana” as the lead single.

“Even if other songs like ‘Questions’ or ‘Crying’ represented me in the beginning parts of the year, I have grown more as an artist and as a person,” said Cabello on Apple Music Beats 1’s World Record. “It felt like [the album] needed to represent the most recent snapshot of my life.”

The album as a whole portrays the contrast between love and heartbreak. It represents Cabello’s growth as a person as she searches for the truth in people’s personalities and, undoubtedly, herself.

The album begins with the song “Never Be The Same,” in which Cabello chooses a style of music different from the status quo, combining the flow of an electric tune with powerful bass and beats. In “All These Years,” she switches to an acoustic guitar accompanied by backing vocals, employing a tone of reminiscence as she recalls an encounter with an ex. In this first part of the album, Cabello sings about finding someone she truly loves and her life, consequently, being completely transformed as she gives her all to this relationship.

Shifting to sultry upbeat songs with references to her Latino roots, Cabello sings about taking control of her life in the reggaeton dance track “She Loves Control.” The Spanish guitar tune and thumping bass paint the picture of a sexy summer. After warning potential lovers of wanting control, Cabello finds a bad boy in “Havana,” her lead single. The song is rich in Latino flavors and includes a rap verse by Young Thug, making the song a perfect blend of pop and hip hop.

The album then turns somber when Cabello shares her heartbreak(s). In “Consequences,” the delicate piano accompaniment, along with her soft voice, make the song the perfect ballad. She then questions her toxic relationships in “Real Friends,” where she switches back to acoustics as she sings about “feeling lonely and disillusioned by people in LA while [she] was away from home.” With “Something’s Gotta Give,” Cabello sings with the piano about how “[she] should know by now” that she was naive about love, and that “all [she] did was give, and all [he] did was take.”

Leaving her sorrows behind, Cabello looks forward to a new budding romance in “Into It,” which is perhaps the most sultry track of the album with her soft vocals and choppy lyrics against fast-paced beats and minimal music. She urges her lover to be part of “whatever trouble that [he’s] thinking.” The album ends with a remixed version of “Never Be The Same,” where she is influenced by her lover. This time, however, she is not naive anymore and “[she’ll] never be the same.” Her chapter comes full circle, and even though she’s in a relationship again, she has learned from her previous experiences.

Overall, “CAMILA” is an album that reflects Cabello’s struggles with loneliness and her relationships. If you enjoy relatable lyrics in fresh new music influenced by Latin pop, then this is the album for you.