The artist Shawn Mendes came back here at a very special time: he has just released two singles that will be part of his new album, which will be released next October. And on the 8th of this month he turned 26 years old.
Immigration officials have confirmed that the Stitches, Señorita and Treat You Better singer has entered Costa Rica and enjoyed our beautiful country. A post on The agency’s information does not indicate which airport terminal the singer entered through.
The last time he was in our country was from January 10 to January 26 of the same month. Before that, he had welcomed the New Year in a national dream (from December 29 to the previous January 2).
Mendes’ new album
Mendes announced days ago that his new album, apparently titled “Shawn,” is ready. It is an intimate project – as he himself describes it – that served him “like medicine” during times of mental health recovery.
And Mendes announced in 2022 that he was taking a career break to take care of his mental health. Now he says he’s ready to return to the ring with 12 “finished songs that feel like a gift,” he said on his social networks. At that time, and as a birthday present to himself, he released Why WhyWhy and Isn’t That Enough.
Shawn Mendes shared a fragment of one of these songs, which features country sounds and influences and in which he talks specifically about mental health: “Here I am singing songs again,” he added when announcing the release of the songs.
Were some of these songs composed in Costa Rica?
It’s not entirely clear, but since his visit in January, rumors have been circulating that he was looking for inspiration in our country for his new album. “Creating art can be hard, man… I often found myself waiting for inspiration to strike me to pick up the guitar or sit down at the piano.”
“As time goes by, I remember how important it is to be willing to just be there. “Being there and trying, even when you have nothing, is like sending a message to heaven saying, ‘I am here, willing and open,’ and usually that happens when my hands stumble upon a special chord or my voice stumbles upon a melody I like,” he wrote on social media at the time.
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