" Oh God , this is Shawn Mendes ’ ' We Are The World ' is n’t it ? "
Shawn Mendesreleased a surprise new single, and it’s receiving a lot of attention — some good and a lot bad.
On Thursday, the 24-year-old Canadian singer announced on Twitter and Instagram that he was dropping a new song, “What the Hell Are We Dying For?,” at midnight.
The single artwork was a recognizable image for everybody in Canada and the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, and Midwest US experiencing thewildfire smoke, and it received a lot of mixed reactions.
TheLyle, Lyle Crocodilestar shared a snippet of the single along with a caption that read, “Started writing this song yesterday morning with my friends in upstate New York & finished it only a few hours ago…felt so important to me to share with you guys in real time.”
WHAT THE HELL ARE WE go bad FOR ? OUT NOWStarted write this song yesterday dawning with my friends in upstate Newyork & finished it only a few hour ago .. feel so important to me to deal with you guys in real time ♥ ️ ♥ ️https://t.co/9ODeE5v5FBpic.twitter.com / S3HUpk672s
And yes, if you’re wondering, the writing-buddy friends he is talking about are the “Smoothie Squad” from this infamous photo a while back.
Although Shawn included that he’s “alsodonatingto the Canadian Red Cross,” a lot of people still had negative reactions to the single and album artwork for the song.
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not him gain off of a natural disaster khi
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Oh god this is Shawn Mendes ’ “ we are the world ” is n’t it 😭
It ’s been a day and we ’re already using the polluted NY horizon as covert graphics this is harebrained 💀 💀 https://t.co/OhXo6ET86 G
Ted Shawn mendes seeing the hazardously wild skies of new york and think what a beautiful album artistic creation aesthetic that would makepic.twitter.com/Y9vsSND2Yy
he prove to be like lana and have those long ass titles but failed .. miserably .
Other users even accused Shawn of using the song as a metaphor to sing about his relationship withCamila Cabello.
listened to Ted Shawn mendes ’ new vocal and it ’s not even a clime alteration Sung dynasty ? lmao . it ’s a breakup birdcall . and i really wish it.boy that cover is so unneeded .
thinking Shawn ’s unexampled call was going to be about climate change with that cover , but nope it ’s in reality a separation strain about Camila ? ? the things I could say about this especially with the timing of his acquittance 😶
Lmao with the title and the cover art and the elbow room he drop it I expect Shawn ’s individual to be about mood change and the crisis in the Canada and US … it ’s about Camila 💀
While some users came to Shawn’s defense, citing this is nothing new because he’s always beenvocalabout climate change.
one matter i really respect shawn mendes for is he does NOT hesitate to make & release music to upgrade consciousness to a current situation SO quickly
chirrup : i like artists used their program to fetch up what s hap in the world right now , even just talking about it would do so muchshawn mendes : * does it*twitter : does he really call up a call is gon na change the world ? ? ? all he s doing is profiting off tragedies ! ! !
Check out the song andlyricshere:
