{"id":24306,"date":"2023-06-12T09:58:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T13:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=24306"},"modified":"2023-06-09T15:17:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T19:17:29","slug":"new-music-monday-shawn-mendes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2023\/06\/new-music-monday-shawn-mendes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Monday &#8211; Shawn Mendes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shawn Mendes surprised everyone\u00a0 by releasing this new single early Friday morning &#8211; not without a little controversy.\u00a0 \u00a0Featuring a cover photo of the New York City skyline &#8211; in a cloud of orange smoke caused by the wildfires across different parts of Canada.\u00a0 It would seem the song was written quickly, in response to the ongoing wildfires.\u00a0 But if you listen to it, it seems to be much more than that.<\/p>\n<p>He shared on Twitter early Friday morning that he started writing the song this week with friends in upstate New York.\u00a0 He finished the new song just hours before its release. \u00a0\u201cFelt so important to me to share with you guys in real time,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also asked his fans to donate to the Canadian Red Cross, which is supporting the wildfire relief efforts across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Some people applauding the new music.\u00a0 Others criticizing Shawn for using the wildfires to promote new music.<\/p>\n<p>It might fit the situation but if you listen to the music, I think you&#8217;ll pick up on the recent breakup.\u00a0 Shawn and Camila who were back &#8220;on&#8221; again after reconnecting at a music festival, have called it quits again.<\/p>\n<p>What are YOUR thoughts on the song?<\/p>\n<p>Text us 519-464-1999 or email iwin@foxfm.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/44T_oXU6OVQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shawn Mendes surprised everyone\u00a0 by releasing this new single early Friday morning &#8211; not without a little controversy.\u00a0 \u00a0Featuring a cover photo of the New York City skyline &#8211; in a cloud of orange smoke caused by the wildfires across different parts of Canada.\u00a0 It would seem the song was written quickly, in response to","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":22265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[5755,5193,1761,442,98,5754],"class_list":["post-24306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","tag-canadian-red-cross","tag-new-music-monday","tag-new-york","tag-sarnia","tag-shawn-mendes","tag-wildfires"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 14:05:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2023\/06\/new-music-monday-shawn-mendes\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24308,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24306\/revisions\/24308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}