Are you able to make your mattress rock? Camila Cabello teamed up with Ed Sheeran for ‘Bam Bam,’ the place she sings about bouncing again after her breakup from Shawn Mendes.
Camila Cabellobid a fond farewell to her love with Shawn Mendes, with a bit assist from “one in all [her] favourite individuals and artists ever,” Ed Sheeran. With “Bam Bam” – which arrived March 4, in the future after Camila’s twenty fifth birthday – the previous Fifth Concord singer presents her followers a monitor in regards to the breakup from Shawn, however doesn’t appear to have any unhealthy blood. “Yeah, love got here round, and it knocked me down, however I’m again on my ft,” she sings within the refrain.
Within the previews of the track’s music video, Camila and Ed will be seen having a drunken evening out in town – individually, it appears, as in the event that they had been every attempting to overlook a reminiscence of one another. A previously-released teaser of the track already had followers considering the monitor was about Shawn, as Camila sang, “You mentioned you hated the ocean however you’re surfin’ now” / “I mentioned I’d love you for all times however I simply bought our home/ We had been youngsters at the beginning, I assume we’re grown-ups now/ Couldn’t ever think about even having doubts/ However… not every little thing works out.”
“Bam Bam” is “completely about her breakup with [Shawn],” a supply instructed HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY. “Camila is aware of that reconciliation is not on the desk and she or he wrote this track as a kind of goodbye ballad to him.” She additionally needed this track to “present her followers that she is okay and that she is able to transfer on.”
In an interview with Apple Music, launched on March 4, Camila confirmed that Shawn was the inspiration. “I believe what we had been attempting to get throughout within the verse is simply that issues likelihood and issues take actually sudden phrases,” she defined. “And simply displaying that by the precise particulars of it. As a result of, for me, I f***ing love Shawn, and I really feel like there's actually nothing however love for him. And this track is generally nearly like…okay, how do I make a track that reveals the cycles of affection and life?”
“Bam Bam” marks Camila’s first single since she and Shawn introduced the tip of their two-year relationship. The couple issued an announcement in November 2021, telling that they “determined to finish our romantic relationship” however that their love for one another was stronger than ever, they usually remained dedicated to being “greatest pals” to the tip. The timing of the breakup got here proper as Camila started rolling out the brand new singles for her upcoming album. “Don’t Go But” arrived in July 2021, with “Oh Na Na” – her collab with Myke Towers and Tainy – launched in October. “Bam Bam” is her first track of 2022, and presumably the final earlier than Familia is launched.
A month after Shawn and Camila went their separate methods, he launched, “It’ll Be Okay.” The track is a breakup track if there ever was one. “If you happen to inform me you’re leaving, I’ll make it straightforward / It’ll be okay / If we are able to’t cease the bleeding / We don’t have to repair it, we don’t have to remain / I'll love you both means.” Camila “was capable of hear the track earlier than it was launched,” a supply instructed HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY, “and she or he instructed him that it was lovely.” The insider mentioned that Shawn started writing the track when the connection was falling aside and was indicative of how he didn’t “doesn’t need her to be in any ache” as they moved on with their lives.
Each Shawn and Camila are in search of a reset, in each their private and professional lives. Shawn launched his fourth album, Surprise, in December 2020, and it has but to match any of the business success of his earlier releases. Whereas the singles “Surprise” and “Monster” (with Justin Bieber) went Platinum in Shawn’s native Canada, they failed to maneuver the needle within the U.S. market. “Monster” was a Prime 10 hit on the Billboard Sizzling 100, and “Surprise” cracked the Prime 10, however in comparison with the success of “Señorita” – the chart-topping, Platinum-certified hit with Camila – and it’s secure to say that Shawn’s able to get to his successful methods.
Camila has fared barely higher. Her 2019 album, Romance, went Platinum within the U.S. (whereas Shawn’s Surprise has not.) The singles from the album, usually launched in pairs, had been very hot-and-cold. “Liar” peaked at No. 52 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 however went Platinum. “Shameless,” whereas going Gold, tapped out at No. 60. The massive hit from the album was “My Oh My,” her collab with DaBaby. The track, launched as a single greater than two years in the past, hit No. 12 on the Sizzling 100, and has gone double-Platinum within the U.S. Since then, Camila hasn’t come near the highest of the charts. “First Man” snuck into the Sizzling 100. “Don’t Go But” hit 42,” and “Oh Na Ha” didn’t chart.
Camila and Ed beforehand labored collectively on his 2019 monitor, “South of the Border,” per Billboard. The track was a part of Ed’s No. 6 Collaborations Mission, and likewise featured a visitor look by Cardi B. Sheeran, and Cabello additionally co-wrote the track, “The Boy,” which many suspected was going to be on her 2018 solo debut album. Nonetheless, it has but to be launched.