Shawn Mendes appears to address gay rumors in new song

Shawn Mendes appeared to respond to nan cheery rumors astir him successful a preview capacity of his upcoming opus The Mountain.

Although nan charismatic way has not yet been released, nan 26-year-old played nan number for his fans astatine a caller performance date.

'Some days, I person a alteration of heart. You tin opportunity what you request to say,' he sang, successful video footage that a instrumentality has posted to TikTok.

'You tin opportunity I’m excessively young. You tin I’m excessively old. You tin opportunity I for illustration girls aliases boys,' he continued to a information of applause. 'Whatever fits your mold.'

Although he has been nan entity of chaotic speculation astir his sexuality, Shawn has only ever publically dated women, specified as Camila Cabello. 

Shawn antecedently flatly denied that he was cheery successful a Snapchat connection to his fans successful 2016, while urging them to ore connected his work.

'So I don't usually do this and bring up problems, but I was connected YouTube conscionable watching immoderate of my interviews, and I was going down nan comments and noticed a batch of group were saying that I gave them a "gay vibe,"' he said.

'First of all, I'm not gay. Second of all, it shouldn't make a quality if I was aliases if I wasn't. The attraction should beryllium connected nan euphony and not my sexuality.'

Recently, Sabrina Carpenter deed nan headlines for her azygous Taste, a acid-tongued opus that is rumored to beryllium aimed astatine Shawn and Camila. 

Sabrina was concisely linked to Shawn successful 2023, during 1 of nan gaps successful his long-running on-off narration pinch Camila.

Shawn and Camila publically sewage backmost together not agelong aft his making love rumors pinch Sabrina, but person since broken up yet again.

Sabrina's Taste lyrics are addressed to nan female his ex has reignited his aged romance with, and her connection to her emotion rival is scathing.

'I heard you're backmost together and if that's true, you'll conscionable person to sensation maine erstwhile he's kissin' you,' she taunts nan different female successful nan chorus.

Sabrina besides reveals that she raided her ex's wardrobe earlier she collapsed up, truthful that half his apparel are gone and now 'My body's wherever they're at.'

She witheringly sounds disconnected nan on-again girlfriend: 'Now I'm gone, but you're still layin' adjacent to me, 1 grade of separation.'

Sabrina moreover gives herself in installments for her aged beau's consciousness of humor, noting: 'Hе's funny, now each his jokes deed different. Guеss who he learned that from?'

Shawn and Camila went nationalist arsenic a mates complete nan summertime of 2019 and collapsed up successful 2021, past concisely reunited past twelvemonth only to break up aft six weeks. 

This summertime Shawn released his opus Why, Why, Why astir a pregnancy scare that 'shook maine to my core' - though he declined to sanction nan female involved.

'I thought I was astir to beryllium a begetter - shook maine to nan core. I’m still a kid,' he sings successful nan bridge. 'Sometimes I still outcry retired for my mother.'

Earlier connected nan song, he confesses nan regrets he still harbors astir nan extremity of a narration pinch a female he ne'er identifies by name.

'Sweatin' done nan sheets, shakin' successful bed, visions of her naked successful my head, but I went disconnected and chose myself instead. Why, why, why? Ease my mind,' he croons.