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Shawn Mendes Couldn't be a Daddy

Shawn Mendes reveals in his new song, Why Why Why, he thought he was about to be a father

Dropping the bombshell in the song's opening verse, Mendes sings about an unidentified former flame, “Saw the world through your eyes, WEB Visions of her naked in my head But I went off and chose myself instead.”

The song has certainly caught everyone's attention, but specifically it is the lyrics that have everyone talking.

Later in the song Shawn even sings about almost becoming a father. “Easy my mind, Tell me I'm not gonna die, Tell me I'm not gonna lose my mind, Tell me I'm not gonna be a father.”

Shawn Mendes has been open about his mental health struggles in 2022 he canceled his world tour to prioritize his well-being. in a recent interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Mendes spoke about being nervous to release this song but knowing it was the right thing to do.

“This is one of the most important songs on the album for me,” he said. “I wrote it after a conversation with a friend of mine, and he was telling me about how he had a scare with his girlfriend, and they thought they were going to be having a kid. And he was like, 'I don't even know if I'm ready for this' and 'I don't know if I'm going to be a good dad.'”

Mendes continued, “And I was like, 'Man, I've never thought about that before.' And then I started thinking about it, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I would freak out if that happened to me.' And I think that's what this song is about. It's about the fear of the unknown, and the fear of not being ready for something. But it's also about the hope that you'll be able to figure it out.”