Shawn Mendes Says Bye to Dating Pressure and Hello to Embracing Love in the Moment

Since bursting onto the scene thanks to the now-defunct video-sharing platform Vine, singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes has become one of the world's biggest stars! With all that fame, though, comes a lot of curious eyes peeking into his personal life.

For years, Shawn's fans have been following his romantic adventures closely. He dated Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello from 2019 to 2021 and had a brief fling with pop star Sabrina Carpenter in 2023.

Now, the big question is: Who, if anyone, is he dating these days? Here's what we know.

As of this writing, Shawn Mendes is not publicly known to be dating anyone. So, for now, we can safely assume he's single or keeping his potential new romance under wraps!

For years, there's been a ridiculous amount of speculation about Shawn's sexuality, and honestly, it's just heartbreaking. It's nobody's business but his, and trying to theorize about someone's personal life is pretty strange.

Shawn first addressed the speculation back in June 2016, explaining, "First of all, I'm not gay. Second of all, it shouldn't make a difference if I was or if I wasn't. The focus should be on the music and not my sexuality."

Fast forward eight years later at his Colorado concert on Oct. 28, 2024, where the "Treat You Better" vocalist revealed that he's still "figuring out" his sexuality.

"Since I was really young, there's been this thing about my sexuality, and people have been talking about it for so long," he told the crowd, per a clip shared by a fan on TikTok. "I think it's kind of silly, because I think sexuality is such a beautifully complex thing, and it’s so hard to just put into boxes."

He went on to explain how invasive it feels to have people speculate about something so personal: "It always felt like such an intrusion on ... something that I was figuring out in myself, something that I had yet to discover, and still have yet to discover," he said.

"The real truth about my life and my sexuality is that, man, I’m just figuring it out like everyone," he explained. "I don't really know sometimes, and I know other times. And it feels really scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about that."

He concluded, "I'm trying to be really brave and just allow myself to be a human and feel things. And that's all I really want to say about that for now."

During the same show, Shawn briefly touched on his dating life, saying he wants to ease the pressure of finding "The One."

"When you're single, there's this pressure of looking for 'The One,' ... Damn, that's a lot of pressure to put on someone when you first start dating," the "Stitches" singer told his fans, according to another TikTok video.

He continued, "For me, I've just been trying to take that pressure off of whoever, and just allow myself to experience the love that is happening in that moment, wherever and however that's happening. Man, we all need a little bit of cuddling, a little bit of hugging."

We couldn't agree more, Shawn!