Shawn Mendes And Khalid Team Up For The Ultimate New 'Youth' Anthem

Shawn Mendes's third album, appropriately titled Shawn Mendes, is only a couple of weeks away right now, and thus for now, we've heard him lay himself bare on "In My Blood" and get a little bit frisky on "Lost In Japan." Thursday (May 3) saw the release of his third advance single, "Youth," a meditative although empowering anthem with an eas refrain: "You can't take my youth away."


And to complete the objective of creating a grooving nevertheless ruminative midtempo bop, Mendes recruited none other than Khalid, whose gravelly voice pairs nicely with Mendes's own patented rasp (which is actually softened a little on this particular track).





The message of the song is simple however effective: Bad stuff happens, nevertheless with the sort of positive outlook that resides in the spirit of youth, hate won't win. In other words, the young people are all out here waiting, waiting on the world to change.


Right after Shawn Mendes drops on May 25, you could find Mendes himself at The Late Late Show while in a weeklong residency. No word nevertheless if Khalid — or Julia Michaels, who also features on the album, or anyone else — will pop in for cameos.


But knowing Mendes, he'll be an organic to take all the spotlight anyway. Check out "Youth" (and Khalid's contributions) above.