Remember when the entire internet was convinced Shawn Mendes was dating his chiropractor? Yeah, not so much, lol. Shawn was actually dating fellow musician Sabrina Carpenter, and if you’re in the mood to read into secret clues in his necklace choices (we’ll get to them in a min), it looks like they may have been together as early as January 2023 before ultimately calling it quits. Here’s a full timeline of everything we know about Shawn and Sabrina’s relationship—including lyrics from her new album that might be about him. 👀

February 19, 2023

Relationship rumors kick off when a tipster writes into DeuxMoi saying, “Spotted Shawn Mendes and Sabrina Carpenter on clearly a date at Horses anon pls. Thursday night.” DeuxMoi asks for more details and the tipster adds, “Sabrina was in a little brown miniskirt and clearly was Shawn newly shaved head wearing white sweater. They were verrrry comfortable.”

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Innnnnnteresting.

February 27, 2023

Us Weekly posts pictures of Shawn and Sabrina walking around L.A.! It definitely adds fuel to the rumor fire, but honestly, they could’ve just been friends at this point.

March 10, 2023

Shawn and Sabrina are spotted leaving Miley Cyrus’s album release party together. They attempt to do the whole ~one of them walks out first and rushes to the car~ thing, but please. We’re not new here.

March 12, 2023

Shawn and Sabrina both attend the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party, and while they don’t pose together on the red carpet...they *are* spotted in the background of this video leaning into each other and chatting:

Plus, Sabrina is seen looking in Shawn’s direction not once but twice while doing a red carpet interview:

Safe to say she. is. smitten.

March 13, 2023

A source finallllly confirms that Shawn and Sabrina are, in fact, dating, telling Entertainment Tonight, “Shawn and Sabrina are seeing each other. They have been hanging out a lot and trying to keep things low-key. They were at a birthday party together a couple weeks ago and were cute together. Shawn is happy.”

The source also confirms that Shawn was not dating his chiropractor, Dr. Jocelyn Miranda, explaining, “It has never been romantic between them.” Noted!

March 14, 2023

Fans realize that Shawn has potentially been wearing a necklace with Sabrina’s birthstone since as far back as January!

And he wore it under his sheer turtleneck to the Vanity Fair party:

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March 17, 2023

Shawn breaks his silence on the Sabrina rumors, telling RTL Boulevard, “We are not dating.”

I mean, ‘kay, but for what it’s worth, Shawn also denied dating Camila Cabello when they most definitely were together, so...

August 23, 2024

Hello from over a year later! Fans are convinced that Sabrina’s new album Short n’ Sweet is at least in part about Shawn, especially the songs “Dumb & Poetic,” “Coincidence,” and “Taste.”

Some lyrics from “Dumb & Poetic?” Ahem:

“You’re so dumb and poetic
It’s just what I fall for, I like the aesthetic
Every self-help book, you’ve already read it
Cherry-pick lines like they’re words you invented
Gold star for highbrow manipulation
And “love everyone” is your favorite quotation
Try to come off like you’re soft and well-spoken
Jack off to lyrics by Leonard Cohen.”

Meanwhile, there’s speculation that “Coincidence” is about Shawn pursuing Camila Cabello while he was with Sabrina:

“Last week, you didn’t have any doubts
This week, you’re holding space for her tongue in your mouth
Now shе’s sendin’ you some pictures wеarin’ less and less
Tryna turn the past into the present tense, huh
Suckin’ up to all of your mutual friends.”

Aaaaaand here’s a snippet of “Taste” for ur reading pleasure:

“I heard you're back together and if that's true
You'll just have to taste me when he's kissin' you
If you want forever, and I bet you do
Just know you'll taste me too.”

“Every time you close your eyes
And feel his lips, you're feelin' mine
And every time you breathe his air
Just know I was already there
You can have him if you like
I've been there, done that once or twice
And singin' 'bout it don't mean I care
Yeah, I know I've been known to share.”

Oh, and P.S. The music video for “Taste” just so happens to star Jenna Ortega, who fans say looks an awful lot like Camila herself, so...read into that how you will!

Annnd that brings us up to date! We’ll let you know the next time something major and/or birthstone-related happens.