It'll Be Okay

"It'll Be Okay" is a piano-heavy ballad that is set in the key of G major and has a tempo of 76–80 beats per minute.^[2] The song lyrically sees Mendes discuss a breakup. He starts off the song "over swelling, organ-like synths", singing: "Are we gonna make it? / Is this gonna hurt? / Oh, we can try to sedate it / But that never works, yeah".^[3] In the pre-chorus, Mendes expresses that he cannot live without his significant other after the split, which therefore has him assuring himself that it will all be alright soon: "I start to imagine a world where we don't collide / It's making me sick, but we'll heal and the sun will rise".^[4] In the chorus, he emotionally vents about his feelings from the breakup: "If you tell me you're leaving, I'll make it easy / It'll be okay / If we can't stop the bleeding, we don't have to fix it / We don't have to stay / I will love you either way (Ooh-ooh) / It'll be o–, be okay (Ooh-ooh)".^[5] Further on, in the second verse, he sings about what went to waste after the relationship ended: "Oh, the future we dreamed of / Is fading to black, oh / And, oh, there's nothing more painful".^[6]

The music video depicts Mendes walking through the streets of Toronto at night as snow falls around him.

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[7]

• Shawn Mendes – vocals, songwriting, production
• Scott Harris – songwriting
• Mike Sabath – production, songwriting, vocal production
• Eddie Benjamin – additional production, songwriting, bass
• Johan Lenox – additional production, string arrangement
• Isaiah Gage – cello
• Marta Honer – viola
• Bianca McClure – violin
• Camille Miller – violin
• Sam Kauffman-Skloff – drums
• George Seara – mixing, studio personnel
• Mike Gnocato – mixing assistance, studio personnel
• Greg Calbi – mastering, studio personnel
• Alex Pyle – recording, studio personnel
• Alisse Laymac – recording, studio personnel