On Monday, November 16th Shawn Mendes announced on his social media that he and Justin Bieber collaborated on a new song, titled “Monster,” which will be released this Friday, November 20th.
The announcement included a video of the single’s info and release date with clips of night-time outdoor scenes and was captioned “#MONSTER friday nov 20th @justinbieber. Next single from #WONDER.”
#MONSTER friday nov 20th @justinbieber. Next single from #WONDER https://t.co/TjpYEFOrFS pic.twitter.com/pucTz74D71
— Shawn Mendes (@ShawnMendes) November 16, 2020
This announcement and collaboration doesn’t come as a huge surprise to fans, as the two artists were spotted in the studio together in August. “Monster” will appear on Mendes’ upcoming album, Wonder. The album is set to be released on December 4rd.
In September, Mendes announced the new album, its tracklist, and its first single “Wonder,” which was released October 2nd.
In the announcement about his new album, Mendes posted a handwritten note. The first part of the note read “I’ve missed you all so much! I know it’s been a really scary year for everyone so I’m sending buckets of love to all of you x I wrote an album. It’s called Wonder. it really feels like a piece of me has been written down on paper and recorded into song. I tried to be as real and as honest as I’ve ever been. It’s a world and a journey and a dream and an album I’ve been wanting to make for a really long time.”
🖤 https://t.co/CVS6JQS3XY pic.twitter.com/SijU8cSTQe
— Shawn Mendes (@ShawnMendes) September 30, 2020