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And Mendess flagship collaboration withactual tulpa Camila Cabello, Senorita, is the Chipotle of songs.

But I like Shawn Mendes, and I like Chipotle.
I dont order Chipotle when Im craving Mexican food, but I doorder it when Im craving Chipotle.
So when sweet, earnest boy Shawn Mendes tweeted sweetly and earnestly that I have my own bowl !

I knew that I needed!!
I have my own bowl !
@shawnfoundation& I are partnering with@ChipotleTweetsto launch Wonder Grants for young sustainability activists.

My bowl has cauliflower rice, a new plant-based option.
This, to me, is a word salad.
A word burrito bowl, if you will.

Who are these youths?
What, exactly, are they, uh, initiating to sustain?
When rabbit holes lead to other branching rabbit holes, we call that a meerkat burrow.

Of course, I said naively, like the dumbest baby ever to live.
You never had what I was trying to get, but darned if you werent my first stop anyway.
This is around five Canadian dollarsmorethan a comparable item at Chipotle.

You could imagine Mendess personal trainer baby-birding this keto-paleo concoction into his mouth for energy before a workout.
Carly Rae Jepsen, steer clear of tall grass.
The kind of salty where its sharp and it hurts.
I got zero lime or cilantro from it.
I could no longer envision Mendess trainer feeding him this bowl.
The other elements were aggressively fine.
The lettuce was fresh.
The beans were nothing to write home about.
This made me unspeakably sad.
He doesnt want you to let anyone tell you to be or feel anything youre not.
Before wed even left, my mom solemnly told me, You know theres no actual bowl, right?
She couldnt understand all this hubbub over a bowl that was a Shawn Mendes Bowl in name alone.
So she tried a bite.
She agreed it was salty.
I wrote down exactly what she said: It tastes like a mistake.