Colombian singer Camilo has released a second preview of his upcoming album, sharing a clip of a previously unheard song called "Chiquita" on his official Instagram account.
The album, titled "Para Cuando Sean Mayores," is due out on September 9. Camilo announced the project a few weeks ago, revealing he had been working on it for many months and had dedicated it to his two young daughters, Indigo and Amaranto.
A gift for his daughters
Camilo has often spoken openly about his love for his daughters, the challenges of fatherhood and how he and his wife organize their care. The new album is meant as a kind of gift "for when they are older."
Days before the latest clip, Camilo had already shared a fragment of another track from the record, called "El Arbol." In the preview, the lyrics translated roughly as: if he had known, he would have embraced the moment instead of waiting for it to become a memory to miss later; if he had known that rushing made no sense, if only he had known.
The new song, 'Chiquita'
In the caption accompanying the new Instagram clip, Camilo wrote that he had written the song for his daughter Amaranto, whom he calls "Ama," describing her as having "little ant steps and big elephant footprints."
The lyrics heard in the preview describe a father who wants to hold his daughter's hand, even though she sometimes only wants to hold onto one of his fingers, and who finds it harder each time to say goodbye when he has to leave. He sings that if she asks him to stay, he will stay, repeating the line "here is the one who loves you" addressed directly to Ama.
The song has an upbeat rhythm that recalls small children dancing, without becoming a children's song. Its most striking feature is the wordplay: "ama," the Spanish word for "loves," also echoes the beginning of his daughter Amaranto's name, so the line becomes both a declaration of love and a way of naming her.
His approach to fatherhood
Camilo is married to singer Evaluna Montaner, with whom he says he forms a strong team. He has said publicly that he dislikes the phrase "helping your wife at home," arguing that he carries responsibilities as a father and husband just as she does, and that the couple divides tasks between them depending on the situation.
Fatherhood has also changed how he works. Camilo's family now travels together during his international tours, and he has said in several interviews that the birth of his daughters forced him to keep a far more organized and structured schedule built around their needs.
The two song previews released so far offer only short fragments of what listeners will hear when the full album arrives on September 9.
