Shawn Mendes is giving followers their first style of his upcoming album. The star unveiled two tracks, “Why Why Why” and “Isn’t That Sufficient,” on Friday (Aug. 9).
“I stepped off the stage with nothing left/ All of the lights had been fucking with my head/ However right here I’m singing songs once more/ Why, oh, why/ Ease my thoughts,” he sings on the susceptible “Why Why Why,” which captures his psychological well being over the previous few years.
Each “Why Why Why” and “Isn’t That Sufficient” can be featured on Mendes’ upcoming self-titled album, Shawn, which can be arriving on October 18. Shawn is the star’s fifth studio album and follows 2020’s Surprise in addition to Mendes’ earlier self-titled venture, 2018’s Shawn Mendes. The album was written and co-produced by Mendes, together with collaborators Scott Harris, Mike Sabath, Nate Mercereau and Eddie Benjamin, with further songs co-written by Amy Allen and Ethan Gruska.
Final month, Mendes shared a message for followers concerning the venture, writing, “Music actually will be medication. 2 years in the past I felt like I had completely no concept who I used to be. A yr 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 lovely completed songs appears 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 significantly better. I do not know how I’d have made it via the final couple years not to mention make an album with out you.”
Stream each “Why Why Why” and “Isn’t That Sufficient” under.
