Shawn's Ed start
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SHAWN Mendes says Ed Sheeran gave him the strength to write about anxiety on his new album.
The Canadian star found the confidence to share more about himself on upcoming heavier third opus which he calls his “Kings Of Leon album”.
He said: “It comes down to being honest in your music. This is why people like Ed Sheeran are so incredible, they literally put aside life and they put music in a different category. The last album I was teetering on the line of writing about me but making it so vague that nobody would know. “But the only way we step up or things are going to get better is if I’m more honest. The last thing you want to do is relive upsetting experiences but that’s the music that travels and connects with people.”
After enjoying No1s across the world, Shawn admits his anxiety took him by surprise.
He opened up on Beats 1: “It was kind of something that hit me within the last year. I knew people who suffered from anxiety and find it kind of hard to understand and then when it hits you, you’re like oh my god, this is crazy.” Sheeran has played young career. a big part in Shawn’s He laughed: “The day I got signed, I said: ‘I just want to be Ed Sheeran’. I think I’m a lot like him in a lot of ways and we hit it off.” Touring with Taylor Swift also helped with onstage nerves. Shawn says: “She goes: ‘Just remember that everyone came here to have fun. This isn’t like The Voice, you know, no-one’s here judging you and rating you out of 10’.”
'The last thing you want too do isa relive upsets'
Shawn’s single In My Blood is out now.