Shawn Mendes says he still loves ex-girlfriend and close friend Camila Cabello and the love for him will always last.

The singer spoke to Ryan Seacrest about their relationship now and the song dedicated to the split, "When You're Gone", which is about him. Cabello and Mendes announced the split in November, after two years of bonding.

"[We are] a lot of friends," Shawn said of the relationship now. "So I have loved Camila for so many years and that will never change."

For the song "When You're Gone", Mendes added, "I'm very happy that I can be real and authentic with my music, because it's important for me to be able to write about these things."

Mendes has said he sent the song to Camila to listen to long before its release. "Camila heard the song months ago, so we have a really honest relationship," he told E !. "I would never publish a song about her before she listened to it."

"I have to learn how to do without you.
I'm trying to lie to myself, but I do not know how
. Yes ohh, I know what we have to do
. Oh, but I hate the thought that I might lose you.
So I'm just trying to. hold you tight. ” - he says in the song.

Shawn and Camila met in 2014 on the tour of their mutual friend Austin Mahone and from that moment they became close and inseparable friends. In 2015 they released the first song together "I know what you did last summer" and in 2019 the second collaboration, "Senorita". of the fans were asserted by themselves.at the end of last year they announced the split.