Summer of Love (Shawn Mendes & Tainy)

For Shawn Mendes, the first few months of lockdown was the first extended period in six years he could slow down, relax, and be still. Because he couldn't work, he was able to spend quality time with his girlfriend Camila Cabello, going on bike rides around Miami and really getting to know her. "I had a lot of nostalgia around that time," he told Audacy's Julia in August 2021, "and I think without that time, Camila and I would have found it a lot harder to connect. It really, really brought us together." Here, Mendes looks back fondly on his golden "'Summer of Love" when he could just chill with his lover.

To be persnickety, the period Mendes is singing of was April and May 2020, but "Spring of Love" doesn't sound right. He wanted to capture that nostalgic golden time when he was truly happy. Mendes said: "I'm not saying a summer in specific, I'm more so talking about any summer."

Calling you my señorita Didn't know how much I need ya These lines are a call back to those sung by Mendes and Cabello on their 2019 hit duet "Señorita": I love it when you call me señorita I wish I could pretend I didn't need you When Mendes and Cabello recorded that track, they weren't dating and were singing of a fictitious romance. Now Mendes can call Cabello his "señorita" for real.