What the Hell Are We Dying For? - Shawn Mendes - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Shawn Mendes gets semi-political on this pop polemic inspired by the climate emergency. Surprise-released as a single in June 2023, "What the Hell Are We Dying For" finds the Canadian superstar reflecting on the wildfires that engulfed his country in 2023 and spread as far as New York City. "Smoke in the air, the city's burnin' down / I wanna speak, but I don't make a sound," he begins, backed by a palette of atmospheric electronic pop. He also adds a dose of heartbreak to the song ("I wanna save us, but I don't know how"). The single's cover art is composed of a harrowing photograph that captures the orange smoke covering the New York skies. Produced by Shawn Mendes himself and Mike Sabath, "What the Hell Are We Dying For" was written by the aforementioned pair alongside Eddie Benjamin and Scott Harris. The track followed the release of Shawn Mendes's 2022's gold-certified single "When You're Gone" and his fourth studio album Wonder, which spawned several US top 20 singles.