Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello raised their relationship when they announced they started dating in the warmer months of 2019, but many reports claim that they split up, which has confused the fans. Everyone has been questioning if “Shawn Mendes is still dating Camila Cabello” or not.
The hit song “Senorita,” by Shawn and his ex-girlfriend Camila, was dogged by scandal from the outset since some claimed they were exploiting a “false” romance to attract attention. However, they continued to refute the allegations and presented a united front.
Who are Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello?
Singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes is from Canada. Mendes was included in Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 highly influential people around the world in 2018. In 2013, he grew his following base by posting song parodies on the multimedia website Vine. In the following months, she gained millions of hits and fans after publishing a rendition of Justin Bieber’s “As Long as U Love Me.”
Camila Cabello, a renowned singer and songwriter who is of Cuban and American descent was born on March 3, 1997. Following her X-Factor audition, she joined the female band “Fifth Harmony,” where she was chosen as the lead vocalist and so unlocked the door to stardom.
How and When did the two meet?
In 2014’s “Live On Tour,” Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello first met at Austin Mahone’s while attending musical events.
Shawn wasn’t popular the next time, so he rarely went; however, Camila spoke to him even though he had offered to hang around with her afterward the performance.
The following year, they jointly market their debut single while making excuses for one another’s lack of outgoing behavior.
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s relationship
They formally acknowledged the fact that throughout the summer of 2019, their friendship had grown. After that, they began dating in 2019, and by the time 2021 rolled around, their romance was stronger than ever.
Camila and Shawn have always shared a unique bond.
But on November 17, 2021, Shawn & Camila announced their separation while stating that they would continue to be great friends.
“Hey people, we’ve chosen to stop our loving relationship; however, our love for each other as humans is greater than ever before. We began our relationship being best friends; we also appreciate your love from the start and moving ahead,” they stated in their message.
Why did the couple split?
Rumors about Shawn and Camila’s breakup started to circulate a day after they made their separation official.
They apparently broke up after realizing they were at different phases of life.
Shawn and Camila broke up amicably; a source has told Entertainment Tonight- “It was time to put their relationship to an end since they realized they were at completely different points in their life. Both of them are grieving the breakup, but they are trying to make the best of themselves by staying engaged and being surrounded by loved ones.”
Shawn and Camila released songs about their split.
Just two months after their breakup, Shawn recorded a single titled “It’ll Be Okay” in January that appeared to be about his sadness over their breakup.
One of the lines from his song reads: “I start to imagine a world where we don’t collide / It’s making me sick, but we’ll heal, and the sun will rise.”
Camila was working on her own songs in the meantime, and her most recent collaboration with Ed Sheeran, “Bam Bam,” appeared to be motivated by her splitting with Shawn & moving on.
The lyrics are quite sad despite the peppy speed and make reference to how young the couple was when they first started dating.
Despite everything that had happened between the two, it has been heard from sources that currently, both the singers have been living a happy life, focusing on their careers, and are on good terms with each other.
