Remember when the entire internet was convinced Shawn Mendes was dating his chiropractor? Yeah, not so much, lol. Shawn was actually reportedly dating fellow musician Sabrina Carpenter, during early 2023.
And if you're in the mood to read into secret clues in his necklace choices (we'll get to them in a min), it looks like they may have been together as early as January 2023. Here's a full timeline of everything we know about Shawn and Sabrina's relationship — including lyrics from her new album that might be about him. Starting with the most recent update...
23rd August, 2024
Over a year after Sabrina and Shawn were linked, fans are convinced that Sabrina's new album Short n' Sweet is at least in part about Shawn, especially the songs 'Dumb & Poetic' 'Taste' and 'Coincidence.'
Some lyrics from 'Dumb & Poetic?' Ahem:
"You're so dumb and poetic
It's just what I fall for, I like the aesthetic
Every self-help book, you've already read it
Cherry-pick lines like they're words you invented
Gold star for highbrow manipulation
And 'love everyone' is your favourite quotation
Try to come off like you're soft and well-spoken
Jack off to lyrics by Leonard Cohen"
In another song, 'Taste', she sings:
“I heard you’re back together and if that’s true / You’ll just have to taste me when he’s kissin’ you.”
Meanwhile, there's speculation that 'Coincidence' is about Shawn pursuing Camila Cabello while he was with Sabrina:
"Last week, you didn't have any doubts
This week, you're holding space for her tongue in your mouth
Now shе's sendin' you some pictures wеarin' less and less
Tryna turn the past into the present tense, huh
Suckin' up to all of your mutual friends"
Fans think 'Tryna turn the past into the present tense, huh' links to their love triangle because Shawn and Camila dated up until 2021, before he was rumoured to be linked to Sabrina in February 2023.
Then, Camila and Shawn were photographed together again, kissing at Coachella festival in April 2023, months after speculation about him and Sabrina. Hmm.
Interesting, over the weekend after the album was released, Camila shared a TikTok to her song 'June Gloom', which lyrics read: "She’s cool, I heard. Won’t act surprised, I saw the pictures. We’re a house fire, for sure. Hope it’ll burn out, but it just gets bigger.
"If she’s so amazing, why are you on this side of town? If you like her so much, what are you here trying to find out?”
Um, could that be a retaliation?
Back to their relationship timeline...
19th February, 2023
Relationship rumours kick off when a tipster writes into DeuxMoi saying, “Spotted Shawn Mendes and Sabrina Carpenter on clearly a date at Horses anon pls. Thursday night.” DeuxMoi asks for more details and the tipster adds, “Sabrina was in a little brown miniskirt and clearly was Shawn newly shaved head wearing white sweater. They were verrrry comfortable.”
Innnnnnteresting.
27th February, 2023
Us Weekly posts pictures of Shawn and Sabrina walking around LA! It definitely adds fuel to the rumour fire, but honestly they could've just be friends at this point.
10th March, 2023
Shawn and Sabrina are spotted leaving Miley Cyrus's album release party together. They attempt to do the whole ~one of them walks out first and rushes to the car~ thing, but please. We're not new here.
12th March, 2023
Shawn and Sabrina both attend Vanity Fair's Oscars after-party, and while they don't pose together on the red carpet... they are spotted chatting in the background of this video leaning into each other and chatting:
Plus Sabrina is seen looking in Shawn's direction not once, but twice while doing a red carpet interview:
Safe to say she. is. smitten.
13th March, 2023
A source finallllly confirms that Shawn and Sabrina are, in fact, dating, telling Entertainment Tonight, "Shawn and Sabrina are seeing each other. They have been hanging out a lot and trying to keep things low-key. They were at a birthday party together a couple weeks ago and were cute together. Shawn is happy."
The source also confirms that Shawn was not dating his chiropractor Dr. Jocelyn Miranda, explaining, "It has never been romantic between them." Noted!
14th March, 2023
Fans realise that Shawn has potentially been wearing a necklace with Sabrina's birthstone since as far back as January!
And he wore it under his sheer turtleneck to the Vanity Fair party:
17th March, 2023
Shawn breaks his silence on Sabrina rumours, telling RTL Boulevard “We are not dating.” I mean, kay, but for what it's worth Shawn also denied dating Camila Cabello when they most definitely were together, so....
It's not clear when Sabrina and Shawn's relationship fizzled out, but...
April, 2023
Camila and Shawn send X (formerly known as Twitter) into a frenzy after the pair were spotted kissing at Coachella festival in Los Angeles.
On day one of the celeb-favoured music festival, a number of videos (see here and here) began circulating on social media seemingly showing the pair locking lips. It comes just two years after Camila and Shawn announced that they were calling time on their romance.
From: Cosmopolitan US
