Watch Dylan Sinclair's silky cover of Shawn Mendes's In My Blood
The Juno-winning singer gives the pop ballad a slick R&B spin
To celebrate the 2025 Juno Awards on March 30, this year's Juno Sessions — the series where Canadian artists cover Juno-winning musicians — are spotlighting those who have won the songwriter of the year Juno.
For the third session, Juno winner Dylan Sinclair chose to cover In My Blood by Shawn Mendes, who took home the Juno for songwriter of the year in 2019. Sinclair is fond of the song's lyrics, because they're "very relatable and easy to connect with."
"[It's] just an empowering song," he told CBC Music.
"I think the second verse is really big," he added. "Just [how] it talks on kind of leaning on your vices of, have a drink and you'll feel better, take her home and you'll feel better."
Sinclair's smouldering R&B vocals give a sultry touch to the sweeping song, complete with some stunning runs near the end. It's a pared-down but powerful version that fleshes out the song's theme of resilience.
Including his songwriter of the year Juno, Mendes has won eight Juno Awards. He is up for artist of the year, pop album of the year, TikTok Juno Fan Choice and single of the year at this year's show.
Sinclair won the traditional R&B/soul recording of the year Juno in 2023 with Savannah Ré for their tender duet, Last One. He is nominated at this year's Junos for contemporary R&B recording of the year.
Watch Sinclair's sleek cover above, and check out cbcmusic.ca/junos for the next Juno Session release.
The 2025 Juno Awards will take place on March 30 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, and broadcast live on CBC-TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos.
