Shawn Mendes opened up about his struggles in the wake of his split from Camila Cabello last fall.
The Canadian singer-songwriter, 23, took to Instagram on Friday with a clip in which he opened up about his emotions in the wake of the end of the two-year-plus relationship.
‘A lot of the things that also is like, resonating in the lyric for me is like, oh, f***, you know, you don’t realize, like, when you’re like, breaking up with someone, you like think it’s the right thing to do, you don’t realize all this s*** that comes after it,’ Mendes said.
The latest: Shawn Mendes, 23, opened up about his struggles in the wake of his split from Camila Cabello, 25, last fall in a new Instagram clip released on Friday
The Monster singer continued: ‘Like, who do I call when I’m like, in a panic attack? Who do I call when I’m like, f***ing, on the edge?
‘I think that’s the reality that kind of hit me – it’s like, “Oh, I’m on my own now.” Now I feel like finally, like, I’m actually on my own, and I hate that. That’s my reality, you know?’
An insider close to Cabello, 25, told E! News last November that it was Mendes who had ‘initiated the conversation’ about splitting up with Cabello, who was ‘very upset over the split’ but ‘agreed’ with Mendes it was time.
‘The relationship was getting stale and complacent and they decided they are better off being friends,’ the insider told the outlet.
The Canadian singer-songwriter took to the social media site with a clip in which he opened up about his emotions in the wake of the end of the two-year-plus relationship
He said of breaking up, ‘You like think it’s the right thing to do, you don’t realize all this s*** that comes after it’
Mendes last December put out a song titled It’ll Be Okay, which some fans thought could be about the split. The lyrics of the song include, ‘We don’t have to stay / I will love you either way / It’ll be OK.’
The Summer of Love artist later took to Instagram with words of gratitude to fans for their support of the song.
‘I hope that’s because there’s some truth in the song and there lies honesty in it,’ Mendes said. ‘And I just feel so proud of that song and I feel so grateful that you guys are connecting with it and I feel so grateful that … people are just having fun with it.’
Cabello last month released a single titled Bam Bam, a collaboration with Ed Sheeran. Some fans speculated the song was her artistic response to the split, as the lyrics included, ‘We were kids at the start, I guess we’re grown-ups now,’ and ‘You said you hated the ocean but you’re surfin’ now.’
He said in the emotional clip, ‘I think that’s the reality that kind of hit me – it’s like, “Oh, I’m on my own now”‘
Mendes last December put out a song titled It’ll Be Okay, which some fans thought could be about the split
The former couple was snapped performing together in NYC last September
Mendes had previously said in a 2020 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – while discussing an outing on a boat he took with Cabello and her friends – that his ‘biggest fear is deep water.’
Following their breakup announcement in November, the Wonder vocalist posted shots of himself surfing on Instagram.
Cabello earlier this month made clear she has no hard feelings for Mendes while speaking with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1.
‘I love Shawn and I feel like there is literally nothing but love for him,’ she said. ‘And this song is mostly just about like, “Okay, how do I make a song that shows the cycles of love, and life, and gives people…” Whatever it is that’s going on in your life … hopefully, this can make you be like, “It is that way now, but things are always taking crazy turns.”‘
