Handwritten is one of the 5 eras on the community Shawn Mendes tracker, which runs from Handwritten to Shawn. The tracker places it before Illuminate. unreleased.world has 7 tracks from it: 5 full songs and 2 snippets — 22 min of music in all.
The tracker dates 2 of these leaks from 2015 to 2025; the most recent, “Strings [V1]”, surfaced Dec 16, 2025.
“This Is What It Takes [V1]” is the longest at 3:47.
5 tracks of 7 stream free in the player; 2 play in full with Premium.
The community tracker documents all of these 7 tracks, with leak dates for 2 of them; it is in the tracklist below.
Tracklist
- 1Air [V1]CD Quality · Demo3:03
- 2Strings [V1]Leaked Dec 16, 2025 · CD Quality · Demo3:11
- 3Air [V2]CD Quality · Demo3:03
- 4Badass GirlPremiumRecording · Throwaway2:33
- 5Lost [V1]CD Quality · Demo3:09
- 6Never Let Me GoPremiumRecording · Throwaway2:57
- 7This Is What It Takes [V1]Leaked Apr 14, 2015 · CD Quality · Demo3:47
Play Handwritten in the player— every track in order; 2 play in full with Premium.
The Handwritten era
What has surfaced of the 7 entries the tracker files under Handwritten: 5 in full and 2 partial.
- May, 2014Shawn Mendes signs with Island Records
- November 20, 2015Handwritten (Revisited) is released
All 5 Shawn Mendes eras
In the order the community tracker lists them.
- Handwrittenthis page
- Illuminate12 tracks
- Shawn Mendes30 tracks
- Wonder8 tracks
- Shawn13 tracks
More unreleased eras
From other trackers on unreleased.world.
Hear Handwritten
7 tracks of unreleased Shawn Mendes in one fast player; 2 play in full with Premium.
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