Cara Delevingne sits down for Variety's Up Next with Tiana DeNicola ahead of her debut album release. She talks about coming out as a lesbian, three years of sobriety, and what it took to finally let herself make music — including crying in the shower. She also opens up about her girlfriend, sending Taylor Swift her music video, already writing a second album, and the very long names she has for her cats. 00:00 Intro 00:52 Cannes for Club Kid 02:33 Modelling 03:32 Journey in entertainment 04:45 Reception from the public 06:50 Sobriety and new album 08:47 Reassurance from her girlfriend 11:15 Identifying as a lesbian 12:45 Making her album 15:40 Fan reactions to her music 17:12 Famous friends, first listens 20:00 Working on second album 23:05 Healing from trauma 25:50 Anxiety and meditation 27:45 Cara's drag queen cats 29:35 Tattooing someone in Brazil 30:30 Karl Lagerfeld Join Variety to get access to members-only perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgRQHK8Ttr1j9xCEpCAlgbQ/join Subscribe to Variety on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@variety?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe to Variety Events on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCNYLx3nct1l7Ng9Z2h4bo4w?sub_confirmation=1 Connect: http://www.facebook.com/variety http://www.instagram.com/variety http://www.twitter.com/variety