Victoria Canal on Steamy 'California Sober' Video, Feeling 'Sexy' in Her Own Skin & Tom Cruise Dating Rumors (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Victoria Canalis redefining what it means to be beautiful — and it’s not one-dimensional.

On Wednesday, Aug. 7, Canal, 25, unveiled the music video to her song “California Sober.” Sonically, the song represents a step in a different direction. With the music video, she’s embracing her sexuality.

Her hope for fans is that they feel like “no matter what body they come in, they deserve to feel sexy.”

“If you’re disabled, if you’re fat, if you’re trans, if you’re non-binary, whatever body you have, you deserve to feel empowered and hot. That’s part of the beauty of being alive. We’re so hard on ourselves constantly,” the “Drama” singer says.

“If you feel different in any way, I feel like it’s so easy to pick yourself apart about it. I am so over that for myself,” she continues. “I just want to celebrate my body. And I want other people to celebrate their own bodies and connect with each other and dance and let go and have a good time.”

Victoria Canal.Maris Jones

Maris Jones

Canal was born without a right forearm and hand due to a condition called amniotic band syndrome. This gave her a “specific lens on what it’s like to be observed.”

“People will always define me for that, or that’s the first thing that they see. And that’s its own journey in terms of acceptance but it’s not the whole picture. I know that. And once they get to know me and know what I’ve worked really hard at, which is music, that’ll be just one piece of the puzzle, but it’s not the whole thing,” she explains.

Body image for that matter is “not linear,” she says, but connecting with other women over that shared experience has been “healing.” Now, she’s redefining what being “beautiful” means to her and embraces the challenges.

“I work with what I have, and I enjoy that limitations can be tools for creativity. I’m stubborn about the fact that disability and sensuality aren’t mutually exclusive. You can be a sexual being while having a disability,” she says.

In July, Canal played at Glastonbury Festival with Coldplay and metTom Cruisewho was watching the show from side stage. She introduced herself and he ended up giving her ahelicopter ridetothe premiere ofTwisters. Then, on Aug. 5, she found herselfshutting down romance rumorson Instagram and called them “bonkers.”

Up next, Canal is embarking on aworld touron Aug. 17 and she’s happy to report her debut album is finished. “It feels like the most important project of my life,” she says.

The music video to “California Sober” is out now.

source: people.com