Taylor Swift and Shawn Mendes release surprise Lover remix with new lyrics

13 November 2019, 13:22

By Sam Prance

Are Shawn Mendes' new 'Lover' lyrics are about Camila Cabello?

Taylor Swift has dropped a 'Lover' remix with Shawn Mendes and fans think that Shawn's lyrics are about Camila Cabello.

Taking to Twitter today (Nov 13), Taylor Swift revealed the exciting news. She wrote: "Well guys it finally happened: WE DID A COLLABORASHAWN. Sending out a whole entire THANKS BUDDY to @ShawnMendes rn - I’m so stoked that our remix of Lover is out NOW!"

READ MORE: Every song Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have written about each other

Taylor also posted a video in which she said she's "such a huge fan of" Shawn and that she's "always been dying to collaborate with" him. Shawn actually supported Taylor Swift on the US leg of her 1989 Tour in 2015.

If that weren't enough, Shawn's written new lyrics for the song and people are convinced they're about Camila.

In the 'Lover' remix, Shawn sings romantic lines such as: "We could light a bunch of candles / And dance around the kitchen baby". However, things get more specific as the song goes on. Shawn adds: "I'll sing love songs to you when we're eighty / See, I finally got you now, honey, I won't let you fall' and "The girl in my story has always been you / I'd go down with the titanic, it's true, for you, lover". Seeing as Shawn's said he pursued Camila for years, fans think it's about her.

In the video announcement for the remix, Taylor said: "He has taken Lover and he has rewritten parts of it, which I think is so important because I love him as a writer and I also think that everybody would write a different love letter to their lover and I think his take on it is so beautiful." Taking into consideration the fact that Camila is his girlfriend and literal lover, it would make sense that he's written his new verse about her.

Taylor Swift - Lover Remix Feat. Shawn Mendes (Lyric Video)

Following the release of the remix, one fan wrote: "SHAWN’S LOVER VERSE CLEARLY ABOUT CAMILA A SOBBING" and another added: "please TAKE MY PHONE AWAY IM NOT DOING WELL WHAT THE FUCK" after noticing that Camila had tweeted that she and Shawn are "80 years old" and Shawn appears to make a reference to turning 80 with Camila in the song.

In a recent meet and greet Shawn actually revealed that he has been writing songs about Camila ever since he started his career. He said: " was 15. And I’ve never wrote songs before so I remember I was in the studio and they were like, 'this is how you play guitar' and we would just sit there and I’d be like, 'Yeah I like this girl, her name’s Camila..'” Our hearts.

Taylor Swift & Shawn Mendes - 'Lover (Remix)' lyrics

VERSE 1: Taylor Swift
We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January
This is our place, we make the rules
And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear
Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?

CHORUS: Taylor Swift
Can I go where you go?
Can we always be this close?
Forever and ever
And ah, take me out, and take me home
You're my, my, my, my lover

VERSE 2: Shawn Mendes with Taylor Swift
We could light a bunch of candles
And dance around the kitchen, baby
Pictures of when we were young would hang on the wall
We would sit on the stoop
I'll sing love songs to you when we're eighty
See, I finally got you now, honey, I won't let you fall

CHORUS: Taylor Swift & Shawn Mendes
Can I go where you go?
Can we always be this close forever and ever?
And ah, take me out, and take me home (Forever and ever)
You're my, my, my, my lover

BRIDGE: Taylor Swift & Shawn Mendes
Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?
With every guitar string scar on my hand
I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover
Look in my eyes, they will tell you the truth
The girl in my story has always been you
I'd go down with the titanic, it's true, for you, lover
And you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for me
And at every table, I'll save you a seat, lover (Save you a seat)

CHORUS: Taylor Swift & Shawn Mendes
Can I go where you go? (Can I go where you go, baby?)
Can we always be this close forever and ever?
And ah, take me out, and take me home (Forever and ever)
You're my, my, my, my
Oh, you're my, my, my, my
Darling, you're my, my, my, my lover