Shawn Mendes Debuts New Song 'What the Hell Are We Dying For?' & Donates to Red Cross Amid Canadian Wildfires

Shawn Mendes is back with new music, this time for a cause.

The 24-year-old musician announced the release late Thursday afternoon (June 8), just hours before dropping the single, “What the Hell Are We Dying For?”

For the song’s artwork, Shawn used a photo of the smoke-filled, orange sky in New York City, which has been caused by the wildfires up in his home country Canada.

On Instagram, Shawn shared that he and his friends just wrote and recorded the whole song within the last couple of days.

Find out more and listen to the song inside…

“Started writing this song yesterday morning with my friends in upstate New York & finished it only a few hours ago..felt important to me to share with you guys in real time ♥️♥️,” he captioned a post. “also donating to Canadian Red Cross, head to the link in my bio to learn more or donate if you can ❤️‍🩹”

Shawn worked with Eddie Benjamin, Mike Sabath and Scott Harris to bring the song to life, his first music release since the Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile soundtrack back in October 2022.

Shawn has been spending the last couple of weeks in New York, where he’s been seen hanging out with Camila Cabello. They even attended their friend Taylor Swift‘s concert in New Jersey together!

Check out the song and lyrics for “What the Hell Are We Dying For?”…