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Fifth Harmony
Image Credit: Ramona Rosales Fifth Harmony is taking on girl-group norms, patriarchy and rude exes — and even Michelle Obama is singing along.
Normani Kordei, Ally Brooke, Lauren Jauregui, Dinah Jane Hansen and Camila Cabello of Fifth Harmony photographed Jan. 21, 2015 at The Orlando Hotel in Los Angeles. -
Fifth Harmony
Image Credit: Ramona Rosales “You know that saying, ‘It takes a village?’ ” asks Fifth Harmony’s Camila Cabello, 17. Lauren Jauregui, 18, finishes the thought: “Well, we literally have a village,” she says about their three-person manangement crew and entourage who travel with them.
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Fifth Harmony
Image Credit: Ramona Rosales “The whole girl-power thing wasn’t as heavily intertwined before — we’re more aware of it now,” says Cabello.
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Fifth Harmony
Image Credit: Ramona Rosales “We’re all minorities doing a major thing,” says Cabello. “We like that when girls look at us, they don’t see perfect little blond-haired, blue-eyed Barbie dolls,” says Jauregui. “We all have different body types and different skin.” “We have different Barbie dolls, too!” adds Cabello.
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Fifth Harmony
Image Credit: Ramona Rosales The group’s song “Boss” shouts out the first lady in its hook: “Michelle Obama/Purse all heavy, getting Oprah dollars.” The track not only hit No. 43 on Hot 100, it also scored the girls an invitation to the White House last December. “When we walked in, Michelle was singing the song,” says Dinah Jane Hansen, 17. “She acted like we had been friends for years.” Normani Kordei, 19, whispers, “I was blown away.”