The Singles Jukebox

[5]-orito…

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Olivia Rafferty: “Favorito” just makes me want to pour one out for all the summer songs which aren’t getting a summer right now. The kind of songs that you hear on the rental car radio once and it becomes the anthem of a trip. They aren’t innovative or extraordinary, but everything that exists around that initial listen creates a kind of magic which washes back with every repeat. “Favorito” might be one of those. A lockdown play is enjoyable, but I imagine a lot of its charm comes from discovering it in the wild.
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Wayne Weizhen Zhang: The music video feels a bit like seeing that one perfect couple from school, and feeling resentful of how disgustingly cute and affectionate they are. Listening to the song, however, is a different story. This is a proper love song about cherishment and admiration, and Camilo’s honey voice sells every second. 
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Alfred Soto: Camilo sounds mousy, as if he hopes the beloved will slice him some cheese. The program, set to “Despacito,” does him no favors. 
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Katherine St Asaph: The tenor, lyric and arrangement can all spike one’s blood sugar after just five notes. Combine them, and it only takes three.
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Scott Mildenhall: Not enough songs slip in a line as self-aware as “y no te me rias porque esto es en serio.” Simultaneously, it constructs a protective barrier around Camilo’s corniness and provides a face-value boost to its sincerity. He knows how it sounds to say that “your mouth is my favourite food,” albeit not well enough not to say it, and therein lies the key to “Favorito”: he means well.
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Kylo Nocom: Camilo’s coy tenor allows for awful metaphors to go down easier than expected.
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