The bride's cousin shared footage of Cabello's speech and performance at the wedding.
Camila Cabello turned a chance fan encounter into an unforgettable wedding moment for a bride and her dad.
The "Havana" singer, 28, met and chatted with Kelli Murray and her family at a hotel bar in Iowa on Friday night. Sept. 19, according to a pair of TikTok videos posted by Murray's cousin. The bride told Cabello that she was planning to use her song "First Man" for her father-daughter dance, prompting the pop star to offer to come perform it live at the wedding on Saturday, Sept. 20.
One of the videos shows Cabello wearing a long black slip dress and holding a microphone at the wedding as she shared the story of how she came to be at Murray's nuptials. She then noted, "'First Man' is a very special song to me. It's a song that I wrote about my dad and about, you know, the moment that I get married."
Cabello quickly added, "I have not been married yet," joking, "I wonder if this will be my father-daughter dance [song]."
Continuing her story, Cabello said of her appearance at the wedding: "We kind of planned this, and it was kind of a little last-minute thing that we put together."
She told Murray she was "really honored" to be a part of such a special moment.
"I'm such a daddy's girl and I feel like your dad, if you're lucky, is your first love, your first hero -- the man that kind of sets the stage for the next man in your life," she explained.
Cabello then said that she could tell from speaking with Murray and her dad, Mike, that he "loves the hell out of you."
She ended her little speech by cheering, "To daddy's girls!" before beginning her performance.
In the second video, Cabello can be seen singing as Murray and her dad swayed together on the dance floor. At one point, the Grammy nominee even worked the bride's name into the lyrics of the song. Mike appeared visibly emotional, wiping away tears, as he danced with his daughter on her wedding day.
In the caption of the video, Murray's cousin praised Cabello's generous gesture, writing, "She was such a kind human and helped make pure magic last night."
Fans agreed in the comments. "Love this!! Camila just created a core memory for them," one wrote.
Another said: "That was so unbelievably nice of her. So refreshing to see. Sometimes meeting your idols is worth it."
Cabello herself commented on the post, writing, "I'm honored I was a part of your family's special day, u guys are precious 💕💕💕💕🥺😭."
The singer recently wrapped her Yours, C tour in support of her fourth studio album, C, XOXO. She reflected on the tour in a Sept. 20 Instagram post, writing in part, "bsoat the best summer of all time 💕🎀💌💕🎀💌💕🎀💌. Thank you to every single one of you who was a part of this tour, watched online, dressed up and put glitter on your eyelids."
She concluded by teasing that her next album is in the works: "Back to cc5 🫢."