Come Dec. 4, Mendes released his fourth album, Wonder, which followed the 2018 release of Shawn Mendes. I had been skeptical of the latest album due to the polarity of the two singles—"Wonder" and "Monster"—yet the expectations I didn't even know how to word were hit out of the park. In other words, waiting essentially my entire high school career for another Shawn Mendes album was worth it.

No matter how many reviews I write or how many artists I discover, I will always look forward to staying up for a new Shawn Mendes single. After a diminished presence on social media, Mendes revealed that...