Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes' Relationship Timeline

Believe it or not, Camila Cabello and former boyfriend Shawn Mendes didn’t immediately start dating after meeting in 2014. In fact, the A-list pair, who announced their split in November 2021, didn’t confirm their romantic relationship until September 2019!

That said, Camila and Shawn always had a special connection. In July 2014, the former lovebirds were touring together with Austin Mahone. “I remember thinking we met on the Austin Mahone tour, and I remember I wanted to hang out with you, but you were always on the tour bus, just learning guitar,” the former Fifth Harmony member recalled during a June 2019 interview with V Magazine.

“Yeah, that was me. I didn’t talk to anybody. You were the only person that talked to me. Like, you were the only one of everybody on that tour who would say words to me. Actually, I think if we go into our DMs or something, there’s a photo from the day we met, I think,” Shawn chimed in. “And I thought you were out of your mind. I’d be in my bus where no one could see me. I’d be looking through the window and I’d see you, like, flying around on a scooter and jumping and doing cartwheels. I’d be like, ‘She’s insane.’ Close the window and go to sleep.”

Since then, Shawn and Camila, who are affectionally referred to as “Shamila” by their fans, came a long way in their relationship before their split. However, things between the A-list duo weren’t always perfect. Speaking candidly during a June 2021 interview with the “Man Enough” podcast, Shawn recalled a fight he and Camila had — and what it taught him about himself.

“I raised my voice at her, and she was like, ‘I don’t like it when you raise your voice. Why did you raise your voice?’ And I got so defensive,” the “Stitches” singer explained. “I was like, ‘I wasn’t raising my voice at you!’ And I did raise my voice at her. And I felt her shrink and I felt me grow and I was like, ‘Oh God, this is the worst.’ I’m so terrified of being evil. I’m so scared to be bad.”

In the end, Camila was understanding. “I made it about my evil and my fear, and she comforted me,” Shawn assured. “And then it took me like 20 minutes of us separately reading our books to be able to come back to her and be like, ‘God, that was a whole thing and I’m really sorry.'”

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However, the former flames surprised fans when they seemingly reunited in Indio, California, for Coachella 2023. In a video shared by 102.7 KIIS FM’s Twitter account, the pair were seen each holding drinks while engaging in a lively conversation.

In another photo floating around social media from the event, Camila and Shawn were seemingly spotted going in for a kiss.

Scroll through the gallery below to see Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes’ relationship timeline from 2014 to today, including their November 2021 breakup.

November 2015

Shawn and Camila dropped their first single together, “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” The pair wrote the song while on Taylor Swift’s 1989 tour. “I pulled out my guitar and we were just messing around, not really thinking about writing a song,” Shawn revealed during an interview with Rolling Stone.

Summer 2019

After years of continuing to fuel romance rumors, Shawn and Camila released “Señorita” in June 2019. The lyrics were pretty telling: “You say we’re just friends/ But friends don’t know the way you taste. / ’Cause you know it’s been a long time coming / Don’t you let me fall.” The music video was also super steamy!

In August, Shawn and Camila performed the sexy track at the MTV Video Music Awards. Their on-stage chemistry was palpable, but they didn’t confirm their relationship just yet.

September 2019

Finally, Shawn and Camila confirmed they were an item in a number of different ways!

First, they posted a video basically making out with each other. “So we saw, like on Twitter and stuff, you guys saying stuff about how we were kissing and that it looks weird, that we kiss like fish … and we just want to show you how we really kiss,” Shawn joked in an Instagram video. “It really hurt our feelings,” Camila added.

Later that month, Shawn opened up to a fan who asked him what to do when you love someone who doesn’t love you back. “If I told you the whole story of Camila, it would take a long time,” he admitted. “I would say that you have to fight for someone you really love. And if you really, truly love them, then you’ll get them. It just takes time.”

November 2020

Shawn and Camila spent most of 2020 quarantining together amid lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic. However, in November, his Netflix documentary, Shawn Mendes: In Wonder, gave fans a lot of insight into their relationship.

“My song comes on the radio or something, and I’m like, ‘Everything’s about you. They’re all, they have always been about you,’” Shawn told Camila during the film. “She goes, ‘What do you mean?’ Like, ‘They’re all about you. Like every song I’ve ever wrote.’”

October 2021

Instead of a scary scenario, Camila and Shawn shared their artistic Halloween and Did de Los Muertos-inspired costumes on November 1. Camila’s face was bedazzled around her eyes as she rocked a simple floral headband to match her beautiful cultural dress. Shawn wore a festive black blazer over a ruffled white button-down shirt. He completed his costume with dark makeup to surround his eyes.
“Feliz dia de muertos,” Camila captioned her Instagram post.

November 2021

The pair announced in mutual November 17 Instagram Stories posts that they had decided to end their romance and go back to being best friends. Shawn and Camila added that, “our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever.” The split news came just 13 days after the pair were photographed kissing in the ocean waters off Miami.

March 2022

Camila broke her silence about why she and Shawn split during a March 3 interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “As I get older, the priorities shift. And I feel like that was that way for both of us. Because we both started so young too, it’s like we’re really learning how to be healthy adults,” the “Havana” singer explained.

“My priorities have fluctuated, and my focus has changed throughout my life,” she continued, adding, “Those years that we were dating … even while I was writing this album and even still now, I guess my focus is really on, ‘How can I be a well-rounded person?’”