Camila Cabello appears to be starting off 2025 with a new romance!
The “I Luv It” singer, 27, was spotted cozying up to her possible new love interest, Henry Junior Chalhoub, while vacationing in St. Barts on Saturday, Jan. 4.
Cabello was seen sporting a brown-and-white bikini as she splashed around with Chalhoub The two walked hand-in-hand and shared a kiss in the Caribbean Sea.
The pair, who reportedly first met in November 2024 at an Elie Saab afterparty in Saudi Arabia, according to Billboard and Us Weekly, have not publicly addressed their relationship. A representative for Cabello did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Chalhoub’s family founded the Dubai-based luxury fashion distribution company Chalhoub Group, which works with Versace, Jimmy Choo, and several LVMH-owned brands, per Business of Fashion. According to the their official website, the company focuses on being a “partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East.”
Chalhoub Group was recognized in Forbes’ Top 100 Family Businesses in 2023. The magazine also reported the late Michel Chalhoub “and family” were worth $1.7 billion as of 2019.
Before Chalhoub, Cabello was in an on-and-off-again relationship with Shawn Mendes. The “In My Blood” singer, 26, confirmed to a crowd in Australia that the pair first started dating on the Fourth of July in 2019.
In March 2024, Cabello opened up about her brief romantic reunion with Mendes in spring 2023 — two years after the exes called off their romance in 2021 — while appearing on an episode of Call Her Daddy.
Of why she and Mendes ultimately called it quits the second time around, she explained: “It took us both less time to be like, ‘This doesn’t feel right and we don’t need to try so hard to make it work. It’s all good.”
She continued, “I will always care about him and love him. He’s such a good person and I’m lucky because some people have exes that are awful, and he is not. He’s a really kind, good person.”
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Cabello released her fourth studio album, C,XOXO, in June 2024. It features the singles “I Luv It,” “He Knows” with Lil Nas X and “Hot Uptown” with Drake. A few months later in September, she dropped an extended “Magic City Edition” of the album with four new songs, including the single “Godspeed.”
The singer’s holiday destination of St. Barts was a celebrity favorite for New Year’s celebrations.
Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti were seen spending the last few days of 2024 together on the island. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancee Lauren Sanchez kicked back on his yacht there to kick off the new year, shortly after celebrating her 55th birthday on board. Natalie also Portman reportedly enjoyed a getaway there around Christmas.