Video Premiere: Shawn Mendes - "Mercy"
Shawn Mendes premiered the music video for “Mercy”, the official second single from his new album “Illuminate” (in stores this Friday), today, (Sep. 21st) on VEVO.
The video concept seems to be inspired by the sentiments of frustration and anger.
There are two distinct moments in the "Mercy" video:
- One is where we see Shawn Mendes calmly singing his new single in a solitary, low-light room where only a bunch of musical instruments accompany him. As he plays every one of them, anger will suddenly build within him until at one point he will literally destroy everything.
- The other moment in the video is where we see the Canadian boy trapped in a sinking car in the ocean. A frustrated Shawn will desperately try to get out but it isn't until the very last part of the video that he will manage to break a window and escape.
Phew! For a moment I really thought we were going to witness the fictional death of Shawn Mendes.
Very...captivating video! It definitely caught my attention! Shawn may not have given us a literal music video respecting the lyrics, but he certainly succeed in capturing the sentiments that the song "Mercy" evokes.