It started off on the piano, and then when we heard what it could be with drums at that tempo, it just felt like it had to be that. I think it was the nature of what the song had to be, not what we wanted it to be. What made you decide to turn it into an upbeat track instead of something more stripped back? One of the first teasers that you posted of "When You're Gone" was of you signing it as a piano ballad. Mendes sat down with to detail how "When You're Gone" came together, his inspiration for being so vulnerable (hint: Justin Bieber is involved), and why he wants fans to examine every word he writes. "That's the whole entire point of making music, in my opinion, is to have people get closer to the song and the meaning." "I want to be put under a microscope," he tells. With its predecessor, the melancholy piano ballad " It'll Be Okay," also addressing the November 2021 breakup, Mendes' music has perhaps become more scrutinized than ever before - but to him, that's a good thing. "I know what we're supposed to do/ It's hard for me to let go of you/ So I'm just tryna hold on," Mendes sings in the first pre-chorus.īreakup songs aren't necessarily new territory for Mendes, but this one is particularly autobiographical: The single comes four months after he and Camila Cabello announced their split. Titled "When You're Gone," the pop-rock track details a looming heartbreak in raw form. While his latest release is no different, it may be his most candid yet. That came to a head with the anthemic 2018 hit "In My Blood" (which earned the singer/songwriter a Song Of The Year nomination at the 2019 GRAMMYs), and continued on his 2020 album, Wonder. Since Shawn Mendes dropped his first single, 2014's "Life Of The Party," vulnerability has always been part of his image.
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