CC: Yeah, it's so cool. I think they're super talented and cool. I saw them perform at the American Music Awards, which was their debut on American television, and I know everybody was super, super excited. A lot of my fans are their fans, too. They also mentioned "Havana" in this one interview! It was one of my favorite performances from the show. They put a lot of work into their choreography and into their performance. And you can tell that they really work hard, and I respect that a lot.

TV: Definitely. Like you said too, it's cool to see the mainstream music charts really diversify this year — like, look at the success of "Despacito." But while it's obviously been a huge year again for Latinx artists, what do you think about this all happening in this particular political climate? And I know you're someone who's been very vocal about what's happening with DACA and the Trump administration's anti-immigration policies, do you see your music as a way to speak out against that?

CC: Yeah, absolutely. I think that as you get older, you just realize what is really important, and I think that for me, I love music and music is my passion and more important than any statistic or numbers. It's what I do with my platform and how I help other people and how I do something that's bigger than just me. So I think I've felt more and more responsibility to speak for my people, and I feel more and more responsibility to do that every day. Especially in the political climate, like you said. I feel like I'm a pretty private person. I don't go on social media…I'm definitely introverted in that sense. I feel like my way of expressing myself is always through my music, through my art and through my performances. I literally had to make a conscious decision [to speak up], even after I made this first album, to do that more in the second one and in the next album. 'Cause that's just my medium of communicating.

TV: That's awesome. And is that why the album title changed to just Camila?

CC: No, the album title changed because I just moved on from the first title. The first title was about this broken relationship in my life. And I didn't want to give so much power to that situation because it didn't have power over me anymore. I just genuinely moved on, and it just got kind of exhausting talking about it, after I'd moved on.

TV: And instead, centering it on yourself is really powerful.

CC: Yeah, totally.

TV: So, moving on to the "Havana" music video itself, I know the telenovela concept really resonated a lot with your Latinx fans. So, I'm just kind of curious, why did you choose that theme? How was that video conceptualized? And why did you decide to go with the all-Latinx cast?

CC: Well, I think that it's really important to represent and to be proud of your story, and be proud of who you are. And I think that being the most "you" is what makes you different. Also, for me, when I was growing up in Miami, I didn't really have anybody that shared my story to look up to. So that's why, for a long time, I thought that having a career in music was not possible for somebody like me that was in Miami. I came from a family that didn't really speak English, and we had no money to move to LA and do meetings. That was not even in my vocabulary. So I think that's why, for a long time, it was only by chance that I auditioned for X Factor. If it weren't for that chance, I don't think that I would even be here. So I just think it's important for me to be authentic and to hopefully inspire young girls and young people that share a similar story.