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Mariachi at the White House! Why not?
Camila Cabellojoined a star-studded list of performers for PBS’In Performance at The White House: Spirit of the Seasonon Tuesday — and brought along a full mariachi for her rendition of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.”
Julia GarnerandJill Bidenintroduced Cabello, 24, for her performance from the Grand Foyer as Cabello rocked an all-red jumpsuit and matching gloves.
Among the other performers were Eric Church, Jonas Brothers, Pentatonix, Billy Porter, along with Andrea Bocelli and his children Matteo and Virginia.
Cabello previouslyperformed the song(alongside a mariachi) during NBC’sMichael Bublé’s Christmas in the Cityearlier this month.
“I wanted to pay tribute to my Mexican heritage with this Christmas cover of I’ll be home for Christmas,” she wrote on Instagram about the tribute. “Luis [Miguel] did it firstand in Spanish, but I wanted to bring it to an audience that normally doesn’t get to hear the beauty of Mariachi music.”
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In Spanish, she added: “Much love to Mexico and to the beautiful music of my country. Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy this cover that’s now available on Amazon Music.”
Cabello first introduced a mariachi to her music during Latinx Heritage Month for her NPR Tiny Desk performance, when sheperformed a track called “La Buena Vida.”
Earlier this month, during a conversation withKid Cudi,Anderson .Paakand theSparks BrothersforThe Hollywood Reporter’s Songwriter Roundtable, the Fifth Harmony alumopened up about how writing a songfor herCinderellafilm helped her with her mental health.
“I don’t think I know how to write in any way thatisn’tpersonal to me,” she said. “When I was working on ‘Million to One’ forCinderella, to be totally honest, I was going through a really hard time with my mental health.”
“It was just a period of a lot of anxiety and sadness for me, and that song had me feeling like, ‘I can overcome this. I know that I can make my life better.’ I feel like I channeled my personal journey into the one of the character. The character was super confident — everybody was telling her no, but she knew,” Cabello added.
source: people.com
