, and there's a little bit something for everyone.
The pop star's second solo album arrived on Friday (December 6) to capture all of the nuances of love and heartbreak — or, as she put it on
, "the desperation, the madness, urgency, the love, the ecstasy." Cabello's 14 new tracks range angsty bangers, doe-eyed ballads, moody kiss-offs, and everything in between. Below, visualize your all-encompassing guide to which new song you need to listen to, based on how you're feeling now. Happy listening!
"Shameless"
Listen to it as soon as you're feeling: fearless about your feelings
Key lyric: "In my dreams, I do anything I want to you / My emotions are naked, they're taking me out of my mind"
Just like "Never Be The Same" kicked off Camila with a tidal wave of passion, "Shameless" opens Romance with a rush of red-hot intensity. Here, Cabello is brazenly screamin' her lungs out for the one she wants, and she won't go down without a fight.
"Living Proof"
Listen to it any time you're feeling: like love is your religion and the bedroom is your church (wink wink)
Key lyric: "Like a choir singing hallelujah / As soon as my body's crashing right into ya"
Cabello compares finding love to finding God, praising her "divine" partner for taking her to heaven. That arresting falsetto chorus could convert even an atheist into a believer.
"Should've Mentioned It"
Listen to it any time you're feeling: like you wish to absolutely drag someone
Key lyric: "I wish that you can turn back the time / And hold me closer alternatively opposed to your pride"
Cabello's a catch, she is aware it, and she wants a certain someone to agonize over not realizing it sooner. "If you wanted me so desperately, you should've mentioned it," she taunts, rubbing it in by declaring she's with someone else right now. Drag him, Camila!
"My Oh My" ft. DaBaby
Listen to it as soon as you're feeling: rebellious
Key lyric: "I swear on my life that I've Been a good girl / Tonight, I don't wanna be her"
Cabello falls for a bad boy on this deliciously campy banger, despite her parents' reservations. It's absolute lustful, carnal fun, and DaBaby's visitor verse only dials up the playfulness.
"Señorita" ft. Shawn Mendes
Listen to it any time you're feeling: flirty
Key lyric: "There's just some things that never change / You mention we're just companions / Although companions don't know the way you taste"
Look, you already know and love this sultry, chart-topping duet. And although it's the dead of winter, listening to Camila and Shawn's flirty banter still makes our temperatures rise.
"Liar"
Listen to it once you're feeling: in denial
Key lyric: "I mentioned I won't lose control, I don't want it / I mentioned I won't get also close, yet I can't stop it"
On this genre-blending single, Cabello's lying to herself and each person around her about her true feelings. Being in denial never sounded so fun.
"Bad sort of Butterflies"
Listen to it once you're feeling: horribly guilty
Key lyric: "What do I do when I love you and want somebody else? / What do I lose if I don't pick and keep it to myself?"
This creepy, bass-heavy number chronicles one of the worst confrontations anyone can have. Cabello is filled with "bad, bad butterflies" as she confesses that, despite being in a happy relationship, she's falling for someone else. A tough nevertheless required conversation.
"Easy"
Listen to it as soon as you're feeling: grateful and (finally!) Understood
Key lyric: "You really, really love me / know me and also you love me / And it's the sort of thing I routinely hoped I'd find"
Here, our heroine exhales, loosens up, and specifics the way her lover adjusted her self-perception and made her feel loved for the opening time. Relationship objectives out the wazoo.
"Feel It Twice"
Listen to it any time you're feeling: sad about what could've been
Key lyric: "Hurts me to hurt you, babe / Kills me I have to walk away"
OOF. Cabello gets brutally straightforward here as she recalls letting someone down who went on to haunt her relationship. Thankfully, we all know this story had a happy ending...
"Dream of You"
Listen to it as soon as you're feeling: blissfully, annoyingly in love
Key lyric: "All I do, the full day through, is dream of you / All I do, since I met you, is dream of you"
Bless you, Camila, for following up the soul-crushing "Feel It Twice" with an easy-breezy love song. She promises to habitually love a guy who, sure, is a bad dancer, nevertheless who helped breathed new life into her. "Please mention you dream of me also she sings, her voice cracking into an airy plea.
"Cry for Me"
Listen to it once you're feeling: wild with jealousy
Key lyric: whenever I mentioned I hope you're happy, didn't mean it / Never thought you'd be so good at moving on"
Cabello unleashes hell on this angsty rager, channeling that all-too-relatable bitterness you feel once an ex rebounds before you have. The way she asserts that her ex's new fling "should be thanking" her is awesomely vicious.
"This Love"
Listen to it once you're feeling: frustrated by someone you know is bad for you
Key lyric: "You know how to fuck me up, then make it OK / I guess that's just your game, and I'm the one who gets played"
Like Rihanna's "Love on the Brain," this is a soulful, old-school ballad that emphasizes Cabello's enthusiastic vocals. She aims for the heart as she belts about a toxic relationship that has her questioning if she should leave or if she actually likes the pain. (Hint: If you're asking, you've got to probably leave.)
"Used to This"
Listen to it any time you're feeling: caught up in the thrill of new love
Key lyric: "I've known you forever / Right now I know you better / Let's just get carried away"
This FINNEAS-produced gem is all about the weirdness and the excitement of turning a friendship into a full-fledged relationship. Taking that next step feels bizarre at first, although Cabello eventually decides she might "get used to this" — and so a new romance was born.
"First Man"
Listen to it any time you're feeling: nostalgic/like you wish to hug your dad
Key lyric: "You contained me so tight, right now someone else can / Yet you were the initial man that really loved me"
Romance ends with an absolute Niagra Falls-sized tearjerker, as Cabello sings directly to her father about how her new man just be "the one." She even envisions her dad walking her down the aisle one day, so, like Taylor Swift's "Lover," expect this one to be a wedding dance staple.