Camila Cabello didn’t work from home this weekend.
The singer performed in a nearly empty venue in Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday — and wild photos of the show have gone viral on X.
“that s–t was EMPTY,” one social media user tweeted the following day, blasting the former Fifth Harmony member, 27, as a “flop.”
The same hater shared a screenshot over the weekend showing that “just around 30 percent of the tickets [had] sold out” to the State Farm Arena show.
Another troll asked, “true question why do some singers do this? if you know u cant sell arenas why do them? isnt it just extra costs for no reason and embarrassment?”
Some, however, came to Cabello’s defense for still taking the stage — including Mod Sun.
“99 percent of artists would’ve cancelled the show + put out a ‘mental health’ statement,” the rapper, 37, wrote on Tuesday. “She just gained my respect by still performing.”
He explained, “That show meant the world to the people in the crowd that night. EMPTY SHOWS ARE STILL SHOWS.”
Many fans agreed, with one gushing, “A real performer … loves her audience no matter the number.”
Another claimed, “She’s in it for the long run y’all don’t get it.”
Cabello, who headlined the show along with Myles Smith and Knox opening, gushed over her faithful followers afterward.
“Being a fan is a transformative and creative and sacred endeavor,” she wrote in a lengthy Instagram caption Monday. “And the artist who gives to their community also gets, in the form of love, inspiration, and trust.”
The Grammy nominee went on to write about how “honored” she feels to have fans, calling it “one of the sweetest relationships [she’s] known.”
Cabello’s career took off in 2012 when she competed on “X Factor” with her fellow Fifth Harmony members: Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane and Lauren Jauregui.
Since leaving the group in 2016, she has gone on to release four solo albums and is best known for “Havana,” “Señorita” and other singles.
The group announced an indefinite hiatus in 2018.
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