Camila Cabello, Living Proof | Steamy Saturday 💎

Camila Cabello exemplifies Steamy Saturday, delivering the sexy “Living Proof” from her 2019 album, Romance.  

Steamy Saturday features songs where the temperature is hot, and we’re not talking about Celsius or Fahrenheit.  Songs appearing on this day are seductive; sensual; sexy.  For Saturday, April 18, 2020, a steamy record that came to mind was “Living Proof”, a gem from Romance, the 2019 album by Camila Cabello. I already know what you’re thinking – why “Living Proof” as opposed to “Señorita” featuring Shawn Mendes? Well, simply put, “Señorita” has had its day! Let’s spread the wealth on this Steamy Saturday, shall we?

The awesome, fancy-tickling “Living Proof” corresponded with the official announcement of Cabello’s sophomore. The second track on the LP, “Living Proof” is produced by Mattman & Robin, who deliver a sleek, urban pop backdrop featuring dynamic synths and pummeling, rhythmic drums. Shifting to the songwriting, the topic of choice is love, romance, and sex, hence the steaminess! The best moment is undoubtedly the chorus, where Cabello delivers some of the most impressive falsetto of her career:

“Where did you come from baby?
And were you sent to save me?
Ooh, there’s a God in every move
Ooh, and you’re the living proof
The way your hands can’t shake me
Soft to the touch like, baby
Ooh, there’s God in every move
Ooh, and you’re the living proof.”

Cabello excels at being sultry and sexy, also managing to throw in blasphemy, further accentuating the suggestive, sensual nature of the record.  On the first verse, she sings, “I wanna study every inch of you / ‘Til you trust me to make the angels come through.” On the second verse, she’s a bit more devilish, as she sings, “Show your demons, and I might show you mine.” Of course, on the pre-chorus, sex and religion co-exist seamlessly: “Like a choir singing, ‘Hallelujah,’ / When my body’s crashin’ right into you.”  Maybe “Señorita” is steamier, but “Living Proof” is steamy in its own right and fits perfectly on STEAMY SATURDAY.  Worth noting, “Living Proof” also previously appeared on the ‘no rhyme or reason’ playlist, 15 L Songs Selected with No Rhyme or Reason. 

Camila Cabello • Romance • Epic • 2019

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