- t itled ▁third ▁studio ▁album . ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁release ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁first ▁revealed ▁when ▁M endes ▁un ve iled ▁the ▁album ' s ▁track ▁listing . ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁M endes ▁announced ▁the ▁single ▁release ▁on ▁Twitter ▁with ▁a ▁graph ic ▁of ▁the ▁ly ric ▁" you ▁can ' t ▁take ▁my ▁youth ▁away ". ▁K hal id ▁ret weet ed ▁M endes ▁and ▁added ▁a ▁corresponding ▁ly ric ▁with ▁hearts : ▁" P ain , ▁but ▁I ▁won ' t ▁let ▁it ▁turn ▁into ▁hate ". ▁The ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁also ▁posted ▁on ▁bill boards ▁across ▁New ▁York , ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁Chicago , ▁Miami , ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁Toronto , ▁London , ▁Berlin , ▁Stockholm , ▁Rio , ▁and ▁Melbourne . ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁premier ed ▁on ▁Z ane ▁L owe ' s ▁Be ats ▁ 1 ▁radio ▁show , ▁where ▁M endes ▁talked ▁about ▁collabor ating ▁with ▁K hal id . ▁M endes ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁Manchester ▁Arena ▁bomb ing ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁He ▁text ed ▁K hal id : ▁" When ▁we ▁get ▁together , ▁we ▁have ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁statement , ▁we ▁have ▁to ▁move , ▁we ▁have ▁to ▁write ▁about ▁what ' s ▁going ▁on ▁in ▁life ▁and ▁how ▁the ▁youth ▁is ▁feeling ", ▁saying ▁that ▁they ▁" have ▁the ▁voice ▁to ▁do ▁that ". ▁ ▁They ▁got ▁into ▁the ▁studio ▁in ▁the