Shawn Mendes Copying Artists?

[lifeasgeorge 9,427]

So as we know GGD's favorite little hunty released his new album last week. I enjoy his music, I don't think it's groundbreaking but it's cute stuff and I liked the album. Anyways I would like to preface this post by saying that I'm not hating on Shawn since I like him, but I found that a lot of songs sound pretty similar to other pop songs that have been released recently and thought it was a little too much of a coincidence. 

Because I Had You reminds me of Love Yourself by Justin Bieber:

A lot of people mentioned how Nervous reminded them of Selena Gomez's Bad Liar:

 

Fallin' in You sounds like Dua Lipa's Thinking 'Bout You:

 

And lastly I was in the car with my bf when Janelle Monae's Make Me Feel was playing and  I realized it sounded like Shawn's Particular Taste:

 

Do you guys think he or his team draws a little too much inspiration from other artists or is this just coincidental??

 

[Damon 10,898]

I hear the resemblance between nervous and Particular Taste  never nogiced this before and I hear his album often

[misunderstood 8,736]

Idk, we'll have to ask Shawn himself, and even then some wouldn't believe it! 

[Eggsy 8,280]

It is in your best interest and safety to run as fast as you can.. 

Spoiler

These hennys are really protective of shawn. 

 

[Yuuri 21,636]

This happens with all artists, Gaga included, it's called sampling.

 

[Twitter 14]

The amount of Shawn Mendes gheys that love him will disagree. 

[Twitter 14]

1 minute ago, Sharyu said:

This happens with all artists, Gaga included, it's called sampling.

This exactly. 

[DrKindnessKunt1999 5,975]

Trendy pop songs tend to sound alike 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Gonzi 2,800]

lmao don't blame Shawn. Ed Sheeran, Julia Michaels & Ian Kirkpatrick worked on Shawn's Album and they were also involved in the 4 songs you're saying he ripped off. Do your research 

[Eggsy 8,280]

9 minutes ago, Sharyu said:

This happens with all artists, Gaga included, it's called sampling.

 

Someone forgot to tell Azelia this. 

[lifeasgeorge 9,427]

5 minutes ago, Gonzi said:

lmao don't blame Shawn. Ed Sheeran, Julia Michaels & Ian Kirkpatrick worked on Shawn's Album and they were also involved in the 4 songs you're saying he ripped off. Do your research 

I wasn't blaming him, I included his team. But I admit I didn't know those others wrote his songs for this album as well. Still weird that they used very similar beats/melodies 

[Blake 7,385]

21 minutes ago, lifeasgeorge said:

A lot of people mentioned how Nervous reminded them of Selena Gomez's Bad Liar:

 

 

That's because both songs were written by Julia Michaels. They're both her own tracks she's given to them.  

[Lextyr97 19,612]

I loved In My Blood, Youth, and Lost in Japan, but damn if that album doesn't sound exactly like a Mayer album, but watered down. It was disappointing. Two of the (was it 4?) singles were about something other than a girl and that's what I thought the album would lean more towards. It didn't, though, which is really sad considering this was his "most vulnerable album." I like Shawn for obvious reasons, but this album was a serious letdown to me. Most of the album is just about a girl he broke up with or had a fling with

[YeehawKylie 7,817]

Of course he’s inspired by other artists...?? What artist isn’t???? 

[Bio 23,538]

35 minutes ago, Sharyu said:

This happens with all artists, Gaga included, it's called sampling.

 

That’s not what sampling is.