From Billboard · Ashley Iasimone · · 1m 20s
Dove Cameron's 'When in Rome' wins the week
Billboard readers handed a whimsical Italian love song more than 71% of the vote, and it's only the opening track of a bigger swing.
In brief
Billboard readers handed a whimsical Italian love song more than 71% of the vote, and it's only the opening track of a bigger swing. "When in Rome" is the first single from Dove Cameron's long-delayed debut album, and readers picked it over Jhené Aiko, Bleachers and Slayyyter by a landslide. Originally reported by…
A landslide in the poll
Billboard readers voted "When in Rome" their favorite new release of the week, giving Dove Cameron's single more than 71% of the vote.
“Bringing in more than 71% of the vote, "When in Rome" rose above new tunes”
Voting opened Friday
The poll went up Friday, Sept. 11, pitting Cameron against a New Music Friday slate that included Jhené Aiko, Slayyyter and Bleachers.
Her first real album
Cameron went from Disney kid on Liv and Maddie and Descendants to years of solo singles. This is the lead track off her debut full-length studio album.
The muse has jet black hair
Cameron is engaged to Måneskin frontman Damiano David, who is Italian. The song's sunny romance reads as autobiography.
“We should fall in love when in Rome / Why don't we get married, build a home?”
Two days, one town's cats
Hannah De Vries directed the playful video. Cameron praised co-stars who improvised and danced, plus the local cats who, in her words, played themselves.
“thank you also to the town cats, who played themselves”
Everyone else, far behind
Jhené Aiko's Westside Whimsy album took 11%. Slayyyter's "Crank 2" and Bleachers' "Caught Myself Believing" followed. No album title or date from Cameron yet.
The headline
"When in Rome" is the first single from Dove Cameron's long-delayed debut album, and readers picked it over Jhené Aiko, Bleachers and Slayyyter by a landslide.
