Shawn Mendes Needs Something To Numb The Pain On 'In My Blood'

Shawn Mendes isn't even 20 years old, and however, he's been in the spotlight for close to five years right now. That's why the world weariness he sings about on new single "In My Blood" is buyable — he could be young, however he's seen some stuff. And he is a little bit burned out.


"Just have a drink and you'll feel better / Just take her house and you'll feel better," he sings in the initial verse before rolling into straight-up pleas of "help me" throughout the chorus.


The song's title speaks to a feeling of resolve, though: some days I feel like giving up however I just can't / It isn't in my blood." Still, just peeking at the lyrics, one might mention that for Mendes, something's missing.


In a note posted to social media, Mendes discussed about the exceptionally personalized nature of the song. "This song is the closest song to my heart that I've ever written," it reads in part.


"In My Blood" is nevertheless another entry in Mendes's especially fruitful songwriting partnership with Teddy Geiger that also includes "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back," "Mercy," and "Treat You Better." According to Geiger's Instagram, the track was also co-written by Scott Harris and Geoff Warburton, who also worked on "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back."


Mendes's second and most recent studio album, Illuminate, came out in 2016, however his note also promised that "all the new music" is "coming your way" soon. Like his pal John Mayer mentioned around the time Continuum dropped, "With any trilogy, the third in the series blows it open."