Camila Cabello brings dad to tears with heartfelt Grammys performance

Camila Cabello may be a Grammy-nominated artist who has topped the charts and toured the world, but she will always be daddy's little girl.

The Latin musician, 22, dedicated an emotional performance of "First Man" at the 2020 Grammy Awards to "the first man that really loved me," her father, Alejandro Cabello.

In a pink gown draped in pink pearls, Cabello belted out the heartfelt ballad from her "Romance" album as home videos from her childhood played in the background. Toward the end of the song, Cabello walked into the audience to serenade her dad, who was overcome with emotion.

The father-daughter duo shared a warm embrace.

Cabello's performance also tugged on the heartstrings of Gwen Stefani, who wiped tears from her eyes.

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Her performance – dedicated to "all the daughters and fathers out there" – had extra significance on the heels of the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who were killed in a helicopter crash Sunday ahead of the Grammys at Los Angeles' Staples Center.

"If you didn’t get the chills when Camila Cabello sang 'First man' to her dad in the audience at the Staples Center (Kobe’s House) on the same day as Kobe and his Daughter Gi-Gi lost their lives, something is wrong," tweeted @Nick_StOnge.

Twitter user @KoriJean26 added: "With that news of Kobe and his daughter today... Anyone else cry like a baby watching @Camila_Cabello Grammy performance? That one hit me hard... now I want hug my dad! Nothing like a daddy / daughter love."

The Recording Academy tweeted Cabello's performance is "what music is all about."

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Ahead of the Grammy Awards, Cabello shared a lengthy tribute to Bryant on her Instagram account, explaining how he "changed the course of my life."

"I’ve never been much of a sports fan but Kobe Bryant was a hero to me and it was his words and way of thinking and living that lifted me up during times where I felt like I couldn’t get off the ground," she wrote. " At my weakest moments I would channel a different person like he did, because when I felt broken and lost offstage, he taught me how to use my own pain, he taught me how to access strength I didn’t know I had, because on my worst days, I thought of Kobe and suddenly I could do things I didn’t think I could do."

The "Havana" singer is nominated for best pop duo/group performance with with Shawn Mendes for their smash hit "Señorita."

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