Shawn Mendes.Photo: MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty
Shawn Mendesisn’t afraid to be vulnerable with his fans.
The singer, 23, shared a message to his millions of followers Thursday on Instagram, thanking them for connecting withhis new song, “It’ll Be Okay,” which he released just weeks after splitting from his girlfriend of over two years,Camila Cabello.
“I’m having a little bit of a hard time with social media at the moment, just kind of my relationship with it, but I have lots of people sending me videos and telling me what’s going on,” he started the nearly two-minute clip posted to his page.
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“I see a lot of TikToks of people crying and getting emotional and stuff, and I hope that’s because there’s some truth in the song [‘It’ll Be Okay’], and there lies honestly in it,” he continued.
Added Mendes: “I just feel so proud of that song and I’m so grateful 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.”
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In “It’ll Be Okay,” Mendes details the end of a turbulent relationship as he sings, “the future we dreamed of is fading to black.” In the chorus, however, he transitions into a hopeful attitude of healing and acceptance as he repeatedly sings, “it’ll be okay.”
Mendes andCabello, 24,announced their breakupin a joint statement made on their respective Instagram Stories in November, writing in part that they will “continue to be best friends” despite ending their romantic relationship.
“It just wasn’t a relationship that can move forward at this point,“an insider told PEOPLEafter the split, adding, “It seems the romance just fizzled.”
source: people.com
