Cabello’s aspirations were no surprise to her bandmates: Over 18 months, she’d been open about solo prospects in the press. At the same time, many in the industry are wondering what happens to the hashtag-christened “Fourth Harmony” from here - especially considering the label is staring down a deadline at the end of December by which the company has to decide whether to pick up the group’s option for a third full-length album (Epic Records has not commented on the status of the deal reps for Fifth Harmony and Cabello declined further comment).įifth Harmony Hit Back at Camila Cabello: 'We Were Truly Hurt'Īlthough Fifth Harmony’s recording contracts are structured as individual solo deals, allowing them to make music both as a unit and on their own, according to multiple sources, tensions had been festering among the group members for some time as Cabello increasingly voiced her desire to pursue a career outside the group. The unexpected statement was followed by Cabello’s own response that, “Saying that I was ‘leaving the group’ is simply not true,” Harmonizers, as their fans are known, have taken to social media to express their confusion over what really led to the act’s downsizing from five to four.
18, Fifth Harmony members Ally Brooke, 23, Normani Kordei, 20, Dinah Jane, 19, and Lauren Jauregui, 20, announced via social media that Camila Cabello had, in their words, “decided to leave” the group. In what’s been a volley of she said/they said statements over the last 72 hours, following the girl group’s routine performance at their final Jingle Ball stop in Miami on Dec.