Illuminate

Description

Multi-platinum Canadian singer-songwriterShawn Mendesreturns with his sophomore album,Illuminate, the highly-anticipated follow-up to his platinum No. 1 charting debutHandwritten.Illuminatefeatures the fast rising 18-year-old artist’s platinum-selling lead single “Treat You Better,” which has entered the Top 10 on both Billboard’s Hot 100 and Radio Songs charts.

The New York Timespraised the single as a “song that highlights [Shawn’s] maturity” andBillboarddeclared it a “perfect-for-summer track.” This is Shawn’s second Top 10 single on the Hot 100 after “Stitches” reached No. 4 in 2015. Following the success of “Treat You Better,” Shawn has released three additional songs fromIlluminateincluding “Mercy,” “Ruin” and “Three Empty Words.”

Reminiscent of a young John Mayer, the young songwriter’s music is rooted in acoustic guitar based songs, as well as complex rhythms and textures, forming a sound atypical to traditional pop. The lyrics are deep and empowering, Mendes often writing well beyond his years.

• – Disc 1 –
• 1Ruin
• 2Mercy
• 3Treat You Better
• 4Three Empty Words
• 5Don’t Be a Fool
• 6Like This
• – Disc 2 –
• 1No Promises
• 2Lights on
• 3Honest
• 4Patience
• 5Bad Reputation
• 6Understand