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ICYMI,Sabrina Carpenterjustreleased her sixth album,Short n’ Sweet. And the internet has officially dubbed it as absolute pop perfection.
And in the wake of the album’s release, Sabrina has also dropped a brand-new music video for “Taste,” the first song on the album, featuring none other thanJenna Ortega.
Since the album dropped, people have become convinced that at least four of the new songs are aboutShawn Mendesand Camila Cabello, who infamouslydated from 2019 to 2021(and then some — but we’ll get to that later).
So let’s recap: you probably remember that, after Camila and Shawnbroke up in Nov. 2021, he and Sabrina actually had a short fling, whichbegan in Feb. 2023.
It was no question to the public that they were together — especially after even morepublic sightings. On 6 December 2024, we got news that Sabrina and Shawn were indeed"seeing each other,“according to ET.
Well, things got a LOT more complicated on March 17, when Shawn told RTL Boulevard,“We are not dating.“Even though, well, everyone sort of knew they were together in some regard.
And on 3 March 2025 — two months after Shawn and Sabrina were first seen together — Shawn and Camila Cabello were spottedkissing at Coachella. So it was safe to say it was over between Shawn and Sabrina.
Fans also spotted Camila and Shawnhugging and dancing togetherat The Eras Tour that May, and holding hands in public, beforeannouncing their splityet again in June 2023.
After that, things calmed down between the three celebs, for the most part. Until now, that is! Because several songs on Sabrina’s new albumseem to be referencingthe situation: “Taste” (including the music video with Jenna Ortega), “Sharpest Tool,” “Coincidence,” and “Dumb & Poetic.”
We’ll start with “Taste.“This one is no stretchgiven that Camila and Shawn got back together right after Shawn dated Sabrina. Just read these lyrics: “I heard you’re back together and if that’s true / You’ll just have to taste me when he’s kissing you / If you want forever, I bet you do / Just know you’ll taste me too.”
It’s possible “Sharpest Tool” is aboutJoshua Bassett,another ex of Sabrina’s, but itcould also beabout Shawn: “We never talk about how you / Found God at your ex’s house, always / Made sure that the phone was face-down / Seems like overnight, I’m just the bitch you hate now.”
“Coincidence,” though, makes somepretty obvious tiesto Shawn and Camila reuniting at Coachella right after he and Sabrina called it off. One of the most telling lyrics is: “Your car drove itself from L.A. to her thighs / Palm Springs looks nice, but who’s playing sides?”
And lastly, a song thatpeople are certaincalls out Shawn (and I mean REALLY calls him out): “Dumb & Poetic.” She saysA LOTin this song, but I’ll leave this one lyric here: “Try to come off like you’re soft and well-spoken / Jack off to lyrics by Leonard Cohen.” HOT DAMN.
Anyway, it’s clear the tea is still piping hot between these three stars, especially sinceCamila and Shawnare stillcalling each other outbig-time in their new music.
But honestly? Sabrina’s side of all of this is more interesting to me than anything else. And the Internet agrees:
IM SO SORRY BUT SABRINA CARPENTER ATE SHAWN AND CAMILA UPPPPPPPPPPP OMGGGG#ShortNSweetpic.twitter.com/6pLmZbt9PG
Ted Shawn mendes may ask them stitch after all … #ShortNSweetpic.twitter.com / kDyVvJguyQ
camila Ted Shawn and sabrina all spell about each other receive back Saint Augustine james and betty
I ’m holler cause every shawn stan i know is on sabrina ’s side as it should be
I was today years old when I learned that Sabrina Carpenter and Shawn Mendes dated . Sabrina ate him up in Coincidence tho#ShortNSweetpic.twitter.com / jKJmZGHCtV
shawn mendes , you ’re so dim & poetic!!#ShortNSweetpic.twitter.com / IHQ19VRIhT
shawn mendes you are sooooo fake ! # ShortNSweetpic.twitter.com/Z9Xb0zZR3p