Shawn Mendes has another surefire chart topper on his hands with the new pop single, “If I Can’t Have You”. The singer co-wrote the track alongside collaborators Scott Harris, Teddy Geiger and Nate Mercreau, and co-produced it with Geiger. He’ll perform the single on “Saturday Night Live” May 4, marking his second appearance on “SNL.”
On Apple Music’s Beats 1, Mendes told Zane Low that “it’s a confident pop record and it’s clearly that for me.”
“I’m going through this phase right now where I’m testing out all the styles I can possibly be doing,” he continued. “Pop is what’s in my blood — no pun intended. In the last six months I wrote about 45 songs and they’re all over the place and different vibes. This is the one consistently every time I played for myself and for friends and family was giving people that smile.”
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