'Why Why Why' Lyrics: Shawn Mendes Explains Meaning of New Song, Sings About Almost Becoming a Father

Shawn Mendes is getting honest about his experiences over the past couple years on his new single “Why Why Why.”

The song will be featured on the singer’s upcoming self-titled album Shawn and he just dropped a music video for the track.

Shawn addresses his canceled tour and break from the spotlight by singing, “I stepped off the stage with nothin’ left / All the lights were f–king with my head / But here I am, singing songs again / Why? Why? Why? Ease my mind.”

Later in the song, Shawn even sings about almost becoming a father.

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In a new interview with Apple Music, Shawn explained the meaning behind the song.

“I think ‘Why Why Why,’ like I said, I felt no pressure to address anything, but it was just one of those experiences where there kind of 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,” Shawn said.

He added, “There was something anthemic about those words, ‘why, why, why.’ It almost felt like a cry. It felt like… I don’t know. It just felt powerful and beautiful.”

Did you see that Shawn recently reunited with one of his exes?

Listen to the song below.

Read the lyrics below.