Camila Cabello proves dreams can come true as old tweet resurfaces

So much has changed in six years!

Camila Cabello

by Anna Sky Hulton |
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Pop star Camila Cabello won TWO awards at last night's MTV VMAs - one for Video of the Year ('Havana') and Artist of the Year. After taking home the gongs, she decided to tweet her past self, replying to a tweet she had posted six years ago! In the tweet from 2012, the young, aspiring pop star said, '#VMA2012 I wanna be there SOOOOOOO bad you dont understand #someday'. [sic]

Now, six years later, so much has changed! The 21-year-old pop star is now an MTV VMA winner and has retweeted her original tweet saying, 'YOURE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS SMOL CAMILA BUT: IN 2018 MADONNA IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN AWARD FOR VIDEO OF THE YEAR AND YOUR ACNE WILL CLEAR'. [sic]

This recent tweet had now attracted a massive 54K likes and 17K retweets with fans leaving comments such as, 'congratulations my love, you deserve it a lot, you won the most important prizes when only a year and a half ago all this beautiful madness began, i love to accompany you and i will always, i love you so much and i so proud of you😭❤️ #VMAs⁠ ⁠ #CamilaOnVMAS'. [sic]

Another fan said, '2012 camila is shook rn' [sic]

During Camila's acceptance speech for Video of the Year she thanked all of her friends, family and fans as well as Madonna, who presented her with the award saying, "Madonna, I love you so, so much, I've seen every single music video and every single documentary of yours. You've inspired me so much, and for that reason this is a surreal moment."

As well as picking up the Video of the Year award, Camila also picked up the Artist of the Year dedicating her award to her fans. The 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' singer told the audience, "I'm fully aware that you never know when you're going to get a moment like this again and you never know when it's going to be the last time on this stage but the relationship I have with you guys, with my fans, is a forever thing."

See the full list of winners from the MTV VMAs 2018.

She went on to praise the others in the category saying, "I wanna say it's incredible, I'm so honoured to be in a category with such incredible nominees, especially the female nominees that are in the category this year, Cardi B, Ariana, Nicki (Minaj)."

Many of these female artists have appeared in collabs this year, here are some of the best...

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Biggest collabs of 2018

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Camila Cabello and Young Thug

Former Fifth Harmony singer Camila Cabello dominated the charts with her massive collaboration with Young Thug on the catchy single 'Havana'.

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Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris

BRIT Award winner Dua Lipa teamed up with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris to create their amazing summer track 'One Kiss'.

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Cardi B and Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars enlisted the help of American rapper Cardi B to re-release his super upbeat single 'Finesse'.

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Rita Ora with Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charlie XCX

Rita Ora teamed up with Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charlie XCX for her single 'Girls' in May.

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Liam Payne and Rita Ora

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne joined forces with Rita Ora to record the Fifty Shade Freed single 'For You'.

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Paloma Faith and Sigala

Paloma Faith lent her vocals to Sigala's amazing single 'Lullaby'.

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Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton

Justin Timberlake made his return to music in 2018 and teamed up with American singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton for the massive single 'Say Something'.

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Anne-Marie and Marshmello

British singer Anne-Marie and American music producer Marshmello worked together to create the incredible 'Friends'.

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Jess Glynne and Rudimental

Jess Glynne teamed up with Rudimental on the single 'These Days' to help her become the first British female solo artist to ever score six UK Number 1 singles.

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Calum Scott and Leona Lewis

Former Britain's Got Talent star Calum Scott and winner of The X Factor Leona Lewis teamed up on the stunning single 'You Are The Reason'.

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Camila Cabello and Pharrell

Camila Cabello and Pharrell have teamed up for 'Sangria Wine'. This new song didn't make it onto Camila's self-titled debut solo album, but it has now been released as a single.

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Maroon 5 and Cardi B

Maroon 5 and Cardi B teamed up for 'Girls Like You'. The music video stars a number of celebrities including Camila Cabello, Millie Bobby Brown from Stranger Things, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez, Rita Ora and Adam Levine's wife Behati Prinsloo and their daughter Dusty Rose.The photo shows the lead singer from Maroon 5, Adam Levine and Cardi B.

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Nicki Minaj ft. Ariana Grande

Superstar rapper Nicki Minaj has teamed up with Ariana Grande for another great collaboration, 'Bed'. 'Bed' is the follow up to Nicki's 'Chun-Li' and features on her fourth studio album, 'Queen'.

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Sigala - featuring Fuse ODG, Sean Paul and Kent Jones

Sigala's song is quite the collaboration, it fuses together inspiration from each of the collaborators. Sigala described the song as an, "Amazing mix of cultures with Sean Paul from Jamaica, Fuse ODG from Ghana and Kent Jones from America."

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Little Mix and Cheat Codes

This track is Little Mix's first song to be released in 2018 and quite different from their usual sound.

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Jax Jones featuring Mabel

'Ring Ring' is Jax Jones's first song since 2017, the music video includes graphics of a spaceman interspersed with a bag of sweets called Jax Jones, in the style of a Haribo bag.

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David Guetta and Anne-Marie

David Guetta and Anne-Marie team up for the first time to release 'Don't Leave Me Alone'.

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DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper and Quavo

DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper and Quavo have teamed up to release 'No Brainer'.

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Calvin Harris and Sam Smith

Calvin Harris and Sam Smith teamed up on 'Promises'.

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Bastille and Marshmello

Bastille and Marshmello have teamed up for their new single 'Happier'. Lead singer Dan (pictured) tweeted saying, 'Last year we wrote a song called "Happier" which we thought would be great as a collaboration. We had a lot of fun getting to work on it with Marshmello who managed to find some joy in the melancholy…'.

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Sigala, Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor and French Montana

British DJ Sigala has dropped another fantastic single, this time teaming up with some big names, including Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor and French Montana!

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Olly Murs and Snoop Dogg

Olly Murs and Snoop Dogg have teamed up for the fantastic single 'Moves'. They dropped the song the lyric video on the 27th September.

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Little Mix and Nicki Minaj

The Little Mix girls teamed up with American rapper Nicki Minaj for their amazing hit single 'Woman Like Me'.

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Liam Payne, Jonas Blue and Lennon Stella

Liam, Jonas and Lennon teamed up on the hit 'Polaroid' in 2018. The single was a massive hit with fans with its summery vibe.

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James Arthur and Anne-Marie

The amazing James Arthur and Anne-Marie teamed up to release their own rendition of 'Rewrite The Stars' from The Greatest Showman.

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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper teamed up together when they both starred in 2018 film A Star Is Born. Their duet 'Shallow' took the charts by storm, with many fans dubbing it their 'favourite duet' of the year.

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Ellie Goulding and Diplo

After taking time off, Ellie Goulding returned in 2018 with 'Close To Me', featuring Diplo.

Back in 2012, Camila joined Fifth Harmony who were created on The X Factor US and saw huge success on both sides of the Atlantic, with hits such as 'Worth It' and 'Work from Home'. However, in late 2016 she decided to part from the group that made her famous speaking to Fault magazine Camila said, "I think the scariest part about it is leaving a successful project to pursue a new dream with a path full of questions of self-discovery that only you can answer."

And whilst she felt grateful to be part of the group she said expressing herself as an artist "became a necessity" and so she decided to leave.

Now take a look at how Camila Cabello did in our British slang quiz when we caught up with her earlier this year.

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