Discover the story of the song > Señorita – Shawn Mendes

- "Señorita" is a song by Canadian singer Shawn Mendes and Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello.
- It was released as a single on June 21, 2019 by Island Records.
- The song was written by Mendes, Cabello, Charli XCX, Ali Tamposi and Jack Patterson of Clean Bandit, and its producers Andrew Watt, Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat.
- "Señorita" marks the second collaboration between Mendes and Cabello, following "I Know What You Did Last Summer," a song from Mendes' 2015 debut album Handwritten.
- "Señorita" has topped the charts in many countries.
- The song is a Latin pop rock song written in a minor key with a tempo of 117 bpm.
- Shaad D'Souza of The Fader praised the single for its "light" effort and concluded that while "Cabello is clear as MVP, the song would fizzle without Mendes taking the lead."
- Medium's TJ Lovell criticized the song as a "sexy ode to a summer fling that allows the duo to play with their undeniable chemistry on and off the mic."
- Lovell gave the song 4 out of 5 stars, and called it a "fun, if unspectacular, bop that will fit perfectly into Mendes and Cabello's discographies."
- Mendes and Cabello first hinted at a collaboration in December 2018. They began talking about the project on social media in June 2019, each sharing a 20-second teaser video.