Shawn Mendes’s ‘Nervous’ Is The Funky Cousin Of Selena Gomez’s ‘Bad Liar’

Shawn Mendes got real about his anxiety on "In My Blood," and right now he's keeping the weak theme going by admitting on his latest song that he gets a little bit "Nervous." Visualize? He's just a usual teen!)


The Canadian crooner's new jam is much more lighthearted, with Mendes singing to a girl who's gotten him fully smitten. "I get a little nervous around you / Get a little stressed out any time While I think about you / Get a little bit excited, baby, Whenever I think about you," he confesses on the singalong-worthy chorus. With its walking bass line, infectious groove, and mumbly verses, "Nervous" sounds like the funky cousin of Selena Gomez's "Bad Liar" — which makes sense, because both tunes were written by pop wiz Julia Michaels.


Speaking about "Nervous" in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Mendes mentioned, "One thing I love is that the song sounds like a super sexy Prince song, it sounds super confident — although it actually isn’t. It’s about getting nervous, and I think that’s a cool [juxtaposition]. I’m really overjoyed of that one."


"Nervous" follows "In My Blood," "Lost in Japan," "Youth," and "Where Were You In Morning?" because the latest release from Mendes's self-titled third album, out this Friday (May 25). The wait is essentially over!