First Man (song)

"First Man"
Single by Camila Cabello
from the album Romance
ReleasedJune 18, 2020 (2020-06-18)
RecordedNovember 2018
StudioJordan's House
(Nashville, Tennessee)
GenrePop rock
Length3:49
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Camila Cabello singles chronology
"My Oh My"
(2020)
"First Man"
(2020)
"Don't Go Yet"
(2021)
Music video
"First Man" on YouTube

"First Man" is a song by American singer and songwriter Camila Cabello from her second studio album Romance (2019). It was released by Epic Records and Syco on June 18, 2020, as the seventh and final single from the album.[1] It was written by Cabello alongside Amy Wadge and Jordan Reynolds, with the latter producing it with Finneas. An official music video for "First Man" was released the previous day, in celebration of Father's Day. It features clips from Cabello's childhood with many of the footage containing videos of her and her father.

"First Man" peaked at number 94 on the US Billboard Hot 100, following Cabello's live performance of the song at the 62nd Grammy Awards. Musically, "First Man" is a pop rock piano ballad. Lyrically, the song is about Cabello's relationship with her father while she is in a romantic relationship with a "good guy".

  1. ^ Sources concerning the single release of "First Man":
    • Romack, Coco (June 22, 2020). "Camila Cabello Was the Cutest Googly-Eyed Baby, Her Emotional 'First Man' Video Shows". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
    • Carr, Debbie (June 22, 2020). "Camila Cabello shares emotional 'First Man' video". NME. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
    • Zipper, Marni (June 22, 2020). "Camila Cabello Revisits Childhood Memories With Emotional 'First Man' Video". Radio.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.