The Intertwined Love Triangles of Pop

love triangles between pop singers and a-list celebrities including sabrina carpenter, shawn mendes, camila cabello, olivia rodrigo, joshua bassett, justin bieber, hailey bieber, selena gomez

 

     We're still coming off of the high from last night's MTV VMAs especially those performances by some of today's biggest pop stars, including Sabrina CarpenterCamila Cabello and Shawn Mendes, all of who were rumored to have been in a love triangle last year and performed music allegedly about it on last night's stage. So we decided to give everyone a recap on that 🔺. But not just theirs! We mapped out a web of 3 other alleged love triangles connected from this most recent one and added timelines. Let's take a look down memory lane 💞

Disclaimer: These claims are based off of allegations from fan sightings, paparazzi photos, celebrity gossip sites and articles, and lyrics from the pop singers' songs.


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love triangles between pop singers and a-list celebrities including sabrina carpenter, shawn mendes, camila cabello

Sabrina’s songs “Taste” and “Coincidence” as well as Camila’s “Can Friends Kiss” are allegedly about this love triangle with Shawn.

  • 2015 Camilla and Shawn were said to have met at the 2015 VMAs and later released their first duet “I Know What You Did Last Summer” that same year
  • 2019-2021 They went public with their relationship in 2019 and performed their other duet “Señorita” at that year’s VMAs. But ended their relationship in Nov 2021 when they announced it on IG.
  • Feb 2023 Sabrina and Shawn were spotted on an alleged date
  • March 2023 They were spotted together again at a few parties
  • April 2023 Shawn and Camila packed on PDA at Coachella

 

 

love triangles between pop singers and a-list celebrities including sabrina carpenter, shawn mendes, olivia rodrigo, joshua bassett

Olivia’s songs “driver’s license,” “traitor,” and “déjà vu” were rumored to be about the love triangle between her, Joshua and Sabrina

  • 2019-2020 Olivia and Joshua played love interests in HSMTS but seemed to have gotten very close IRL
  • Summer 2020 It was confirmed that Olivia and Joshua were no longer together while Joshua was seen with Sabrina at this time sparking dating rumors
Jan 2021 Olivia releases “driver’s license” a breakup song with a lyric referencing her ex being with a blonde girl who is much older than her (Olivia was 16-17 in 2020 while Sabrina was 20-21)

 

 

 

love triangles between pop singers and a-list celebrities including shawn mendes, justin bieber, hailey bieber
    • 2015 Hailey and Justin are seen hanging out on many occasions and taking vacations together, which sparked major dating rumors
    • 2016 Hailey and Justin make it IG official with a photo of them kissing in early Jan and seemed to have gotten serious through the summer until Justin started dating Sofia Richie in Aug
    • Fall/Winter 2017 While Justin was back with Selena, Hailey and Shawn were spotted getting cozy at some Halloween activities including hers and Kendall Jenner’s co-hosted Halloween Party. Later they were seen together in Toronto, Shawn’s hometown
    • May 2018 Hailey and Shawn walked the Met Gala together for Tommy Hilfiger intensifying dating rumors.
    • June - July 2018 Hailey deletes all photos of Shawn from her IG and was seen out holding hands with Justin again.

       

       

    love triangles between pop singers and a-list celebrities including justin bieber, hailey bieber, selena gomez
    • Feb 2011 Selena and Justin officially make their relationship public
    • Nov 2012 They call it quits for the first time
    • Dec 2013 Justin says he still loves Selena in an interview
    • 2015 Hailey and Justin are hanging out more sparking the dating rumors
    • Nov 2015 On Nov 21 a video circulates of Justin serenading Selena with the song “My Girl” in a hotel lobby. The day after, Hailey posted and then deleted a pic of birthday cupcakes from Kendall Jenner that said “F*CK HIM”
    • Jan - July 2016 Hailey and Justin are official but end things in the summer. Justin begins to date Sofia Richie
    • Oct 2017 - March 2018 Selena and Justin tried to make things work but eventually split again
    • June 2018 Hailey and Justin rekindle. They’re now married and have a baby boy
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