Shawn Mendes Ignites Controversy After Using NYC ‘Air Pollution’ To Promote New Song About Camila Cabello
09.06.2023 - 16:41
/ perezhilton.com
Shawn Mendes finally dropped some new music… and fans can’t help but feel bamboozled.
If you follow the 24-year-old singer on Instagram, you may have seen his Thursday post teasing his new track, What The Hell Are We Dying For? The cover art featured a photo of the hazy, orange New York City skyline that’s a result of smoke being blown in from the Canadian wildfires, so many fans thought it was a no brainer the song would offer some sort of environmentalist message — especially given the fact that the Stitches singer is a Canadian native himself. But boy, were they wrong.
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As the song opens, the lyrics do seem to address the devastating fires:
However, they quickly transitioned into what fans are labeling as a “breakup” song:
We reported Thursday, the same day Shawn announced this track, that he and Camila Cabello, who he’d seemingly reconciled with in April, had apparently called it quits on love once again. An insider told The US Sun Wednesday:
Yikes, those lyrics are making even more sense now, huh?
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He continued in the song:
That sounds right on par with the report that they just realized they’re not meant for one another. Shawn shared on IG early Friday morning that he wrote and recorded the track in less than 24 hours, noting that it “felt important” to share, however, fans who were expecting a climate crisis song from his cover art weren’t exactly sold. On Twitter, one user wrote:
Another added:
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We can’t say we disagree with fans! He could have chosen ANY other cover art… However, he did share that a portion of the song’s proceeds will be donated to the Canad