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Adorable Father-Daughter Duo Sings ‘Señorita’

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A viral acoustic cover just landed a four-year-old and her dad a couch on Ellen — and a trip to Hawaii.

Nick Casas and his daughter Sienna built a following online with stripped-down acoustic covers, but nothing prepared them for what happened after they posted their version of Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Señorita.” The clip spread fast enough to reach the original artists themselves, and by September 2019 the father-daughter duo were sitting across from Ellen DeGeneres talking about it on national television.

• Nick Casas and 4-year-old Sienna went viral with an acoustic cover of Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Señorita,” which led to their appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
• On the broadcast, Casas played guitar while Sienna sang Cabello’s verses live for the studio audience.
• Camila Cabello reacted on Instagram on September 11, 2019, writing in all caps that she wanted to “sing it w you guys forever” and asking to “squish her cheeks.”
• DeGeneres closed the segment by surprising the pair with an all-expenses-paid family trip to Hawaii, courtesy of show sponsor Shutterfly.

From a Home Video to Ellen’s Couch

Casas and Sienna weren’t strangers to posting song covers together — it’s the format that built their audience in the first place, with the pair trading verses over a single acoustic guitar. But “Señorita” was different. The cover found its way to Mendes and Cabello’s own social feeds, and once the pop stars themselves reposted it, the clip took on a life well beyond their usual following. That kind of endorsement is exactly the sort of thing bookers watch for, and it’s what put the pair on Ellen’s radar heading into their September 2019 taping.

The Live Performance

Ellen didn’t just have Casas and Sienna talk about the viral moment — she had them recreate it. Casas strapped on his guitar and the two ran through “Señorita” live in front of the studio audience, with Sienna handling Cabello’s lines note for note the way she had in the original cover. It’s the kind of unscripted, low-stakes charm that made the internet version take off to begin with, just performed a few feet from Ellen’s desk instead of a living room camera.

Camila Cabello Weighs In

The segment didn’t just play well with the studio crowd — it reached the song’s actual co-writer and performer. On September 11, 2019, Camila Cabello posted about the appearance on Instagram, gushing in all caps.

CAN WE SING IT W YOU GUYS FOREVER FROM NOW ON AND CAN I ALSO SQUISH HER CHEEKS.

Coming from one half of the duo behind the original hit, that kind of public reaction turned an already-viral clip into something closer to a co-sign. It’s a familiar pattern for breakout internet moments that make their way to daytime TV — a fair number of the segments covered on InfoSearched’s trending coverage follow the same arc, from home video to viral repost to a spot on a national stage.

The Shutterfly Surprise

Ellen closed things out the way she often does with heartwarming guests, pulling in a sponsor to sweeten the moment. She surprised Casas and Sienna with an all-expenses-paid family vacation to Hawaii, courtesy of Shutterfly. It’s the same feel-good formula that’s made her show’s viral-guest segments — much like her other widely discussed segments — reliable engines for a second wave of online attention long after the original clip fades from feeds.

Sienna, for her part, didn’t seem to grasp the scale of any of it — she was just there to sing with her dad, cheeks and all, exactly the way Camila Cabello wanted to squish them.