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Shawn Mendes Sings He Was 'About to Be a Father' in New Single 'Why Why Why': 'Shook Me to the Core'


Shawn Mendes sings about almost becoming a father in his new song "Why Why Why." The singer-songwriter also released a second song, "Isn't That Enough," from his upcoming fifth album on Aug. 8.

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories A rep for Mendes has not immediately responded to PEOPLE's request for comment regarding the line. “It was just one of those experiences where there became this joke while we were making the album that was, like, if I started to experience some pretty heavy anxiety in the studio everyone was sure that a great song was going to be coming after it because there was some sort of healing crisis, some sort of breakthrough that was supposed to happen.”

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