Shameless

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General information
Release date	September 5, 2019
Recorded	2018
Genre	Power pop-punk, rock, pop rock
Length	3:39
Album	Romance
Label	Epic Records, Syco Music
Songwriter(s)	Camila Cabello, Alexandra Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Jonathan Bellion, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson
Producer(s)	Andrew Watt, The Monsters and the Strangerz
s chronology
Previous	"Liar"
Current	"Shameless"
Next	"Cry For Me"
Romance track list
"Shameless"
"Living Proof"
Music video

"Shameless" is the opening track and one of the two lead singles of Camila Cabello's sophomore studio album Romance. It was released on September 5, 2019 simultaneously with "Liar".

Written by Cabello, Alexandra Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Jonathan Bellion, Jordan Johnson and Stefan Johnson, and produced by Watt and The Monsters and the Strangerz, the song is about Cabello finally facing her feelings about a crush.

An accompanying music video directed by Henry Scholfield in Los Angeles was released on YouTube.

Background

On September 1, 2019, Cabello posted a teaser of an upcoming project titled Romance. The first chapter is set to be released on September 5, 2019. In the following days, she went on to upload several pictures depicting the cover art for two songs titled "Shameless" and "Liar". She eventually revealed the official cover art of the song on September 4, 2019.

Commercial performance

It has reached top 50 in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Taiwan, Scotland, Singapore and Slovakia and position 60 in the United States.

Music video

The music video was directed by Henry Scholfield and filmed on August 12, 2019 in Los Angeles. It contains several scenes of the singer performing in various locations, such as singing in a Catholic confessional booth, dancing alongside a group of impersonators wearing red dresses, crawling inside a burning room, and running through a street while wearing a white dress.

The video was released on September 5, 2019. As of January 2020, it has received over 83 million views and 1.6 million likes on YouTube.

Trivia

• Cabello's vocal range spans from the low note E3 to the high note of E5, giving the song a two octave vocal range.
• In an interview with KiddNation, Cabello revealed that her voice was super raspy on "Shameless" because she had no voice that day.

Gallery

• Screencaps
• Behind the scenes
• Promotional

Camila Cabello - Shameless - Screencaps (77).jpg

"Shameless" and "Liar"

"Shameless" and "Liar" #2

"Shameless" and "Liar" #3

"Shameless" and "Liar" #4

"Shameless" and "Liar" #5

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Don't speak, no, don't try
It's been a secret for the longest time
Don't run (Oh), no, don't hide
Been running from it for the longest time

[Pre-Chorus]
So many mornings I woke up confused
In my dreams, I do anything I want to you
My emotions are naked, they're taking me out of my mind

[Chorus]
Right now, I'm shameless
Screamin' my lungs out for ya
Not afraid to face it
I need you more than I want to
Need you more than I want to
Show me you're shameless
Write it on my neck, why don't ya?
And I won't erase it
I need you more than I want to
I need you more than I want to

[Post-Chorus]
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now

[Verse 2]
So we're there, now it's real
Now that you have me, do you want me still?
My kisses are history, they go back a long time, uh
And I'm tired of loving somebody that's not mine, no

[Pre-Chorus]
So many mornings I woke up confused
In my dreams, I do anything I want to you
My emotions are naked, they're taking me out of my mind (Mind)

[Chorus]
Right now, I'm shameless
Screamin' my lungs out for ya
Not afraid to face it
I need you more than I want to
Need you more than I want to
Show me you're shameless
Write it on my neck, why don't ya?
And I won't erase it
I need you more than I want to
I need you more than I want to

[Post-Chorus]
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now

[Bridge]
There's just inches in between us
I want you to give in, I want you to give in
There is tension in between us
I just wanna give in
And I don't care if I'm forgiven

[Chorus]
Right now, I'm shameless
Screamin' my lungs out for ya
Not afraid to face it
I need you more than I want to
Need you more than I want to
Show me you're shameless
Write it on my neck, why don't ya?
And I won't erase it
I need you more than I want to
I need you more than I want to

[Post-Chorus]
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now
No-oh, uh-uh, don't wanna do this now