Shawn Mendes’ new song was inspired by his split from Camila Cabello.
The 23-year-old popstar was in a relationship with the ‘Havana’ hitmaker, 25, for over two years until November 2021 and admitted that the writing process ‘When You’re Gone’ allowed him to “process” being alone again.
He said: “I think, in a lot of ways, it was just me kind of processing what it feels like to be on my own again, and processing what it feels like to learn how to cope and be there for myself.
The original song was really a sad ballad and it ended up turning into an upbeat tempo kind of song, so it’s interesting… I think if you can surround a song in a sonic soundscape that makes people excited, it allows people to listen more.”
