Camila Cabello honours Cuba as she reflects on Coachella performance

Camilla Cabello is honouring her home country as she reflects on her Coachella performance.

The former Fifth Harmony star joined Coachella headliner Young Thug to perform their 2017 hit, Havana during weekend one of the iconic music festival on Sunday, April 12. The next day, Cabello took to Instagram to share two reasons why “this was a beautiful moment” for her.

The first reason, per Cabello, was that she “got to celebrate jeffrey” aka Young Thug, “who is the kindest and most talented.” She added that their collaboration nearly a decade ago was one that “brought so much joy to my life.”

The second reason was much more personal to Cabello, who was born in Havana, Cuba — which is currently going through a humanitarian crisis.

“In these particular moments singing ‘half of my heart is in Havana’ feels so poignant and bittersweet… my heart truly goes out to every single Cuban who feels their heart ache for a beautiful country and culture that has been drained and abused for so many years of an oppressive dictatorship,” she explained, “but the beauty about our people is our ability to persevere and be proud of where we come from and have the hope better days are ahead.”

The Grammy-nominated singer also wore an “SOS Cuba” pin on her white silk piece for the performance, paired with a blue, red, and white scarf — the colours of Cuba’s flag.

“Also i was really feelin maself thank you for the aging backwards allegations i’ll give y’all the tips,” added Cabello. “Thank you Coachella !!!!!!!!!!!”