While thanking fans for supporting his new single, “It’ll Be Okay,” Shawn Mendes was candid about his social media use since breaking up with Camila Cabello.
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He explained, “I just wanted to make a little video and say thank you to everybody who has been connecting with ‘It’ll Be Okay’ and posting videos.” While at home in Toronto, the Wonder artist continued, “I’m having a little bit of a hard time with social media at the moment and just kind of my relationship with it. But I have lots of people sending me videos and telling me what’s going on.”
The artist shared that he uses music as a tool to process his own feelings, sharing, “when I make music, the ultimate goal is to be sitting there and have my own truth revealed to me.”
“And a lot of the time when I’m writing songs I’m usually using music as a platform to be able to get to a place inside of myself that I wouldn’t be able through by just talking with people…” noted Shawn.
The singer touched on how he felt after seeing his fan's reactions to his new breakup anthem. Shawn addressed his fans, “I hope that’s because there’s some truth in the song…. I just feel so proud of that song and I feel so grateful that you guys are connecting with it and I feel so grateful that people are being vulnerable with it and people are just having fun with it.”
He concluded, “I see how much love you’re giving this song and giving me and that means the world to me. So thank you, I love you guys.”
Shawn’s video explanation comes a few months after he and Cabello announced their mutual split. In November the duo shared a mutual note explaining their breakup and assuring fans that there were no hard feelings.
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The joint statement read, “Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for another as humans is stronger than ever. We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends. We so appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward.
Camila and Shawn.”
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