5 Things We Definitely Know About Shawn Mendes' Next Album

TRL Snacket King Shawn Mendes has been tirelessly working away at his third studio album, and while we still don't have any official specifics about it, the Canadian heartthrob was kind enough to spill some secrets in a recent interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1. Throughout the discussion, Shawn revealed some of the hugest influences for the project and opened up about his relationships with artists like Camilla Cabello, John Mayer and Ed Sheeran. He also reflected on this current stage of his career and why he wants to continue to grow as an artist. Since it's a very long chat, I took the liberty of listening to the whole thing and pulled out the most relevant bits of statistics on your behalf (thank me later). You could also watch the whole conversation unfold in the video below.

Shawn worked on the album with a tiny, tight-knit crew

To be more specific, Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Geoff Warburton and George Seara.

Kings Of Leon was the ultimate sonic inspiration

According to Shawn, he wanted it to go in a more rock direction and have a "stadium kind of feel." The opening song that he wrote for it was the single “In My Blood.”

There's some organ on the album

Shawn refers to it because the "glue" of the record." Apparently, he used the same organ as Coldplay's Chris Martin.

The album was recorded at studios in Oregon and Jamaica

All work and no play, am I right?!

He constantly refers to a special lady in his life as "Queen"

In his own words, "It just depends on who your queen is. However that’s the thing and some days I'm about to mention her name, then I go like we'd be writing a song and the lyric pops in my head that is all of a sudden if I mention this lyric, this is very clear who this song is about."