Shawn Mendes confirms new single 'If I Can’t Have You' and you can hear it on MFR
We'll be playing it on Friday
Shawn Mendes has just revealed details of his FIRST single for 2019, and we will be playing it here on MFR tomorrow (3rd May)! Shawn's single, 'If I Can't Have You', follows his fantastic songs, 'In My Blood', and 'There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back' and we can't wait to hear it in full.
Make sure you listen to MFR from 8am on Friday 3rd May to hear Shawn Mendes' 'If I Can't Have You'.
Shawn announced his new single to his fans on social media, with a number of short clips - WITHOUT sound! Despite the lack of audio, the clips which show a floral, warm-toned graphic with bursts of colour, have made his fans very excited.
In less than 24 hours, Shawn's tweet has had more than 126K likes, and received more than 60K comments, including one from Country music duo Dan + Shay who tweeted, 'SHAWN WE WERE NOT READY FOR THIS!' sic. Other fans have responded to the tease saying, 'what a visual!! so excited to hear this one', and 'I THOUGHT IT HAD SOUND 😭😭😭'. sic
In another tweet, the 'Stitches' singer told his fans they could also buy his new single on 'Limited edition #IfICantHaveYou cassettes, vinyls, and CDs'! Could this mean that his new music has a retro feel about it?
Shawn Mendes released his popular self-titled album 'Shawn Mendes' last year, which included his hit 'In My Blood', however, this latest release was not included on last year's album.
The singer, who has just finished the UK leg of his tour, is believed to be working on new music. Back in January this year, Shawn confirmed he would be working with One Direction's Niall Horan.
Shawn took to Twitter, retweeting a tweet by Niall. The initial tweet was responding to a fan who had asked, 'niall will you ever give us a song with shawn?' sic, Niall then tweeted, 'We're going to try', but Shawn took it one step further saying, 'We ARE going to!'
Now take a look at the biggest collaborations so far this year
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello - 'Señorita'
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello teamed up for their summer hit 'Señorita', also dropping their steamy music video.
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber - 'I Don't Care'
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber have teamed up for 'I Don't Care', a catchy, upbeat song which was immediately a hit with fans around the world.
Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man
Not only is Calvin Harris a superstar DJ, he's also an amazing producer and he teamed up with Rag'n'Bone Man on 'Giant' in January. The DJ told us how the singer slid into his DMs, sending over some chord ideas - and before long the pair were working together on this hit - 'Giant'.
Sam Smith and Normani - 'Dancing with a Stranger'
Normani confirmed she was working with Sam Smith late last year, and the pair dropped their single 'Dancing With A Stranger' in January.
Lauv & Troye Sivan - 'i'm so tired...'
American singer-songwriter Lauv and Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan teamed up for this Top 10 hit, 'i'm so tired...'.
Jonas Blue with Theresa Rex - 'What I Like About You'
British DJ and producer Jonas Blue has teamed up with Danish singer Theresa Rex for their great song 'What I Like About You', which reached the Top 10 in the UK Dance Chart.
Europa (Jax Jones & Martin Solveig) - 'All Day and Night' with Madison Beer
This collaboration between British DJ Jax Jones and French DJ Martin Solveig, under their collaborative name Europa, was released in March.
Avicii and Aloe Blacc 'SOS'
'SOS' is the first single to be released since the untimely death of Avicii in April 2018. At the time of his death, Avicii had been working on a new album and the album was completed by his collaborators and released with the permission of his family.
Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie - 'ME!'
Taylor's first single of 2019 was a collaboration with Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco. The pop star had her fans very excited when she first posted a date on her socials. On the 26th April it was revealed to be a new single, 'ME!'. The song, along with the music video have been a huge hit with fans. In just a few hours the music video had more than 16 million views.
Avicii and Chris Martin
Following the release of Avicii's posthumous album, 'Tim', the music video for 'Heaven', his collaboration with Coldplay's Chris Martin was released. The video was very emotional to watch.
Ariana Grande and Social House
Ariana Grande teamed up with American duo Social House on her single 'Boyfriend'. The music video for the song featured all three of them at a house party, which ended in a fight. Ariana even ended up shooting heart-shaped lasers!
John Newman and Nina Nesbitt
John Newman and Nina Nesbitt joined forces on their new collaboration 'Without You'. 'Without You' comes four years after John's last Top 5 hit, 'Come and Get It' was released and speaking about his new collaboration, John said, "I have also been a fan of Nina and always loved working with her, it was an easy decision to get her on this stonker!"
Kygo and Whitney Houston
Norwegian DJ Kygo released one of the hits of 2019 when he remixed Whitney Houston's cover of 'Higher Love'.
Ed Sheeran and Stormzy
Ed and Stormzy worked together for Ed's collab album in 2019, releasing the massive track 'Take Me Back To London'.
Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey
They are three of the most successful women in pop, so when Ariana, Miley and Lana teamed up to release 'Don't Call Me Angel' for the 2019 movie adaptation of Charlie's Angels, fans were left over the moon!
Becky Hill and Sigala
He's dropped some massive its in recent years, but Sigala's 2019 collab with Becky Hill was certainly one of his most popular! Becky wrote the track about an ex-boyfriend, and it became one of the tracks of the summer.
Tiesto and Mabel
Legendary DJ Tiesto teamed up with Mabel to release 'God Is A Dancer' in September 2019.
Don't forget you can hear Shawn Mendes' new song 'If I Can't Have You' on MFR just after 8am on Friday 3rd May.
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