"It'll Be Okay" is a song by Canadian singer Shawn Mendes. It was released through Island Records as a single on December 1, 2021. The song was written by Mendes, Scott Harris, Mike Sabath, and Eddie Benjamin. It was produced by Mendes and Sabath and additionally produced by Benjamin and Johan Lenox. Mendes first announced "It'll Be Okay" alongside the single's cover art and a snippet on November 30, 2021, setting its release date for the following day at 7:00 P.M. EST. A lyric video was released alongside the song.[1] Show Composition and lyrics[edit]"It'll Be Okay" is a piano-heavy ballad that is set in the key of G major and has a tempo of 76–80 beats per minute.[2] The song lyrically sees Mendes discuss a breakup. He starts off the song "over swelling, organ-like synths", singing: "Are we gonna make it? / Is this gonna hurt? / Oh, we can try to sedate it / But that never works, yeah".[3] In the pre-chorus, Mendes expresses that he cannot live without his significant other after the split, which therefore has him assuring himself that it will all be alright soon: "I start to imagine a world where we don't collide / It's making me sick, but we'll heal and the sun will rise".[4] In the chorus, he emotionally vents about his feelings from the breakup: "If you tell me you're leaving, I'll make it easy / It'll be okay / If we can't stop the bleeding, we don't have to fix it / We don't have to stay / I will love you either way (Ooh-ooh) / It'll be o–, be okay (Ooh-ooh)".[5] Further on, in the second verse, he sings about what went to waste after the relationship ended: "Oh, the future we dreamed of / Is fading to black, oh / And, oh, there's nothing more painful".[6] Music video[edit]The music video depicts Mendes walking through the streets of Toronto at night as snow falls around him. Credits and personnel[edit]Credits adapted from Tidal.[7]
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Who wrote it'll be okay Shawn Mendes?Shawn MendesIt’ll Be Okay / Lyricistnull
Where did Shawn Mendes shoot it'll be okay?The Ontario-born singer recently dropped a new heartbreak anthem called "It'll Be Okay"following his split with fellow singer Camila Cabello, and fans think Mendes may have been shooting the music video this week around Toronto's famous dog fountain.
Where was the It ll be okay video filmed?Shawn Mendes is about to premiere the music video for his emotional single, “It'll Be Okay.” Mendes took to his social media channels on Wednesday (January 12) to announce that the video, which he filmed “at home in Toronto,” is set to debut at 12 p.m. ET on Thursday (January 13).
What's Shawn Mendes real name?Shawn Peter Raul MendesShawn Mendes / Full namenull
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