A brand new Shawn Mendes period is lastly underway.
The Canadian singer-songwriter launched his new single, “Why Why Why,” alongside its music video and a second track, “Is not That Sufficient,” each from his upcoming fifth album, Shawn, on Aug. 8 — a.ok.a. his twenty sixth birthday.
The “Why Why Why” video options Mendes singing alongside and performing in a barn and a river, intercut with scenes of him performing in an empty venue. It was directed by Anthony Wilson and Connor Brashier.
Within the lyrics, Mendes sings of a long-lost love he hoped to have a future with till their relationship ended. “Thought I used to be about to be a father,” he sings within the final verse. “Shook me to the core, I’m nonetheless a child. Typically I nonetheless cry out for my mom. Why why why? Why why why?”
“Why Why Why” and “Is not That Sufficient” mark Mendes’ first new solo songs since 2023’s charity single “What the Hell Are We Dying For?” In the meantime, Shawn shall be his first new album since 2020’s Marvel.
The “In My Blood” performer introduced his forthcoming physique of labor earlier this month, unveiling its album cowl on social media alongside a video trailer and heartfelt observe in regards to the highway to creating his new materials.
“Music actually will be medication,” mentioned Mendes on the time. “2 years in the past I felt like I had completely no thought who I used to be. A 12 months in the past I couldn’t step right into a studio with out falling into full panic. So to be right here proper now with 12 stunning completed songs looks like such a present.”
He continued, “Truthfully thank God for my family and friends. Life will be brutal however having a small group of individuals you deeply belief to stroll you thru makes it so a lot better. I don’t know how I might have made it by way of the final couple years not to mention make an album with out you.”
After thanking his collaborators, family and friends, Mendes directed consideration to his followers, “who’ve been so unbelievably supportive and affected person and loving,” earlier than including, “thanks from the underside of my coronary heart. I actually hope you like this album, I do. I actually actually do. I hope it makes you are feeling heat and near the earth prefer it does for me.”
In help of the upcoming album, the “Misplaced in Japan” musician will carry out a number of intimate concert events all through america and United Kingdom from Aug. 8 by way of Oct. 24.
See Shawn Mendes’ upcoming tour dates beneath.
Aug. 8 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater
Aug. 13 – London, U.Ok. – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Oct. 14 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Oct. 18 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
Oct. 22 – Los Angeles, CA – The Ford
Oct. 24 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
