Shawn Mendes isn’t feeling so alone anymore, thanks to Camila Cabello.
In a recent interview with V Man, Shawn admitted to Elton John, who conducted the interview, that he “felt a little bit alone.” But, he says Camila helped him change all that by inspiring him to reconnect with family and friends whom he drifted from in the course of his career.
“I don’t know if it was something that was a ‘me thing’ or a ‘men thing,’ but I think for seven years, I was on such a speedy path down one way with blinders on, and I wasn’t keeping in touch with my family and friends,” he shares. “But when I landed with Camila, immediately she had her family around more. [She’s] all about the family and friends, and it really made me like, ‘Oh, I should call my mom.'”
“I started reaching back out to my family and friends and all of these connections I felt were further away,” he continues. “I felt a little bit alone out there and she changed that for me.”
Shawn also gave a definitive timeline of when they started dating – they’ve been together for “almost a year and a half.”
Shawn and Camila have become one of music’s hottest couples, but before entering couplehood, they’ve known each other for years.
They met when they were just starting out in their careers and quickly became pals – she taught him Spanish; he taught her guitar. Fans watched their adorable friendship unfold on social media (and IRL) – and many have been shipping them for the longest time.
They first collaborated back in 2015 with “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” Years later, they dropped their sizzling collab “Señorita,” which became one of 2019’s hottest summer songs. Many pointed out that their chemistry in the music video is off the charts. And soon after, they’ve been spotted packing on the PDA. They’ve since gone public with their relationship and have been going strong since – they even added a new member to their fam: a golden retriever puppy named Tarzan.
Talking to Elton, Shawn admits that he’s been carrying a torch for Camila way way back, revealing that the story behind one of the tracks from his upcoming album Wonder, “Song For No One,” which he wrote three years ago, is about him “wishing I was with her.”
“I started playing this really eerie guitar part, super small. The whole thing is really sad,” he shared. “[I was] not with Camila at the time. I was a little hungover and wishing I was with her.”
In the teaser his upcoming documentary, In Wonder, Shawn says that “every song” he’s ever written was inspired by Camila.
“My song comes on the radio or something and I’m like, ‘Everything’s about you. They’re all, they have always been about you,'” Shawn shares at the end of the trailer. “She goes, ‘What do you mean?’ Like, ‘They’re all about you. Like every song I’ve ever wrote.'”
