Just two weeks after Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes announced their breakup, Mendes released a song that seems to document the end of a romantic relationship. While Mendes didn't provide much commentary about what inspired the song, the Canadian singer previously said that basically every love song he's written has been about Cabello.
In his Wonder documentary, Mendes recalled saying to Cabello, “My song comes on the radio or something and I'm like, ‘Everything's about you. They're all, they have always been about you.’ She goes, ‘What do you mean?’ Like, they're all about you. Like every song I've ever wrote.”
Lyrically, “It'll Be Okay” matches what sources have said about Cabello and Mendes' romantic relationship just fizzling out. Lines like “If you tell me you're leaving, I'll make it easy/It'll be okay/If we can't stop the bleeding/We don't have to fix it, we don't have to stay/I will love you either way” complement the vibe sources close to the couple conveyed about the relationship running its course.
“The relationship was getting stale and complacent and they decided they are better off being friends,” a source told E!, noting that Mendes initiated the breakup conversation in November.
A source told People in late November that “they had this intense relationship last year and spent months together during the lockdown in Miami. They both seemed very happy and looked like they enjoyed having a break from working. Things are different now, though. It's more back to normal life. They have careers that are taking them in different directions. They went from spending every day together to now not really spending any time together.”
It also matches the sentiment Cabello and Mendes shared in their breakup statement that they intend to remain friends and still love each other. They wrote:
Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever ❤️
We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends. We so appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward ❤️❤️❤️
Camila and Shawn
So how does Cabello feel about Mendes already releasing a breakup song seemingly about them? She's supportive, she made very clear. She liked his Instagram announcing the song was out.
Read the full lyrics, via Genius, and listen to “It'll Be Okay” below:
Verse 1
Are we gonna make it?
Is this gonna hurt?
Oh, we can try to sedate it
But that never works
Yeah
Pre-Chorus
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
Chorus
If you tell me you're leaving, I'll make it easy
It'll be okay
If we can't stop the bleeding
We don't have to fix it, we don't have to stay
I will love you either way
Ooh-ooh, it'll be oh, be okay
Ooh-ooh
Verse 2
Oh, the future we dreamed of is fading to black
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh, thеre's nothing more painful
Nothing more painful, oh-woah (Oh-woah)
Pre-Chorus
I start to imaginе a world where we don't collide
And it's making me sick but we'll heal and the sun will rise
Chorus
If you tell me you're leaving, I'll make it easy
It'll be okay (It'll be okay)
And if we can't stop the bleeding
We don't have to fix it, we don't have to stay (Don't have to stay)
I will love you either way
Ooh-ooh, it'll be oh, be okay
Ooh-ooh
Bridge
I will love you either way
It might be so sweet
It might be so bitter
I will love you either way
It might be so sweet
It might be so bitter (Ooh-ooh)
Outro
Oh, if the future we've dreamed of is fading to black
I will love you either way
