Camila Cabello gives an anxious “June Gloom” performance at the 2024 MTV Music Video Awards

Camila Cabello performed “June Gloom” from her new LP C,Xoxo at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, live from Ubs Arena on Long Island.

The pop star's performance began with a video clip from that album cycle, showing off her blonde look, played from a laptop. The camera then zoomed out to show a brunette Cabello singing from a glass box and performing directly into a camera while surrounded by dancers wearing balaclavas and flashing lights. In a shocking move, Cabello smashed the laptop and exited the enclosure. Her dancers unmasked before crowding around her and ending the performance with a pose.

Fans speculate that “June Gloom,” which Cabello announced on social media shortly after she reunited with ex-boyfriend Shawn Mendes at the 2023 Coachella festival, was written about her breakup. “How come you're just so much better? Is this ever going to end?/I guess I'll fuck around and figure it out…”