Mendes shares new single ‘If I Can’t Have You’
SHAWN Mendes released a new song ahead of his performance on “Saturday Night Live” on May 4.
“If I Can’t Have You” was written by 20-year-old Mendes, along with Scott Harris, Teddy Geiger and Nate Mercreau.
“I can’t write one song that’s not about you/Can’t drink without thinking about you/ Is it too late to tell you that/ Everything means nothing if I can’t have you?” the singer croons in the chorus of the loverlorn pop song.
Mendes also dropped the accompanying black-and-white music video, where he paces back and forth in a sparse studio. The camera twists and turns as he moves around the nearly empty space, laying down in a bed before ending up on a treadmill.
In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1, Mendes described his latest single as “a confident pop record.”
“Pop is what’s in my blood — no pun intended. In the last six months I wrote about 45 songs and they’re all over the place and different vibes.
This is the one consistently every time I played for myself and for friends and family was giving people that smile,” he added.
Mendes will be playing “If I Can’t Have You” live for the first time on May 4, as a musical guest on “Saturday Night Live.” It will mark the singer’s second appearance on the TV show.
Mendes just wrapped the European leg of his world tour -- which still has more than 100 dates to go across North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Tickets and additional information can be found at www. shawnmendesofficial.com.cd/nmo Relaxnews