After a two-year hiatus, Shawn Mendes is making his long-awaited music return this fall. On July 31st, the singer announced that his fifth studio album, Shawn, is set to drop on October 18th. Although, fans don’t have to wait that long to get a sense of the new Shawn Mendes era. Two new singles are set to drop on August 8th — which also happens to be Shawn’s birthday. Read on to learn everything we know about Shawn Mendes’ upcoming album, Shawn.
Shawn Mendes Is Back!
On July 31st, Shawn Mendes posted an announcement on his Instagram page that his fifth studio album is on the way. The singer’s post caption read, “Shawn” The Album out 10.18.” Later in the caption, Mendes shared that before October comes around, fans will be able to hear two new singles. He added in his caption, “Why Why Why & Isn’t That Enough out on my birthday 8.8 @ 8pm ET. You can Pre-order everything now.”
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This announcement comes after almost two years since Mendes took a mental health hiatus and called off his Wonder: The World Tour. Fans were already anticipating his musical return after Mendes began posting music-related posts to Instagram.
He took fans on a behind-the-scenes look at him working on music throughout multiple locations. He documented his first day at the studio on January 30th, 2024 in Rhinebeck, New York. Mendes captioned the video, “Day 1 at the clubhouse. This was my first time back in the studio making an album in four years.”
The singer also began teasing his first single, Isn’t That Enough, in another Instagram post while teasing the lyrics. In a black and white video, Mendes sings lyrics like, “My hand’s still shaking / My mind’s still racing / My heart’s still breaking in two / I’m still changing, my friends stay patient / My mother still calls for the news / Isn’t that enough?”
Cheers to A New Era
Other locations that the new album was recorded in were Bear Creek Studio in Washington; Darkhorse Recordings in Nashville; and Electric Lady in New York City.
Mendes shared his enthusiasm for the release of his fifth studio album with a long-form caption along with an Instagram video post that featured the single, Isn’t That Enough, also shared on July 31st. He shared, “Music really can be medicine. 2 years ago I felt like I had absolutely no idea who I was. A year ago I couldn’t step into a studio without falling into complete panic. So to be here right now with 12 beautiful finished songs feels like such a gift.”
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In that same post, he added, “Honestly thank god for my friends and family. Life can be brutal but having a small group of people you deeply trust to walk you through makes it so much better. I have no idea how I would have made it through the last couple years let alone make an album without you.”
With the album set to have a total of 12 songs, here is the official tracklist for Shawn:
- Who I Am
- Why Why Why
- That’s The Dream
- Nobody Knows
- Isn’t That Enough
- Heart Of Gold
- Heavy
- That’ll Be The Day
- In Between
- The Mountain
- Rollin’ Right Around
- Hallelujah
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