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DOES SHAWN GET ANNOYED BY PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE?

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Unlike most celebritie­s, Shawn Mendes isn’t shy about sharing what’s really going on in his life! In fact, whenever he releases a new song, he hopes people dig in try to discover more. “I want it to be put under a microscope,” he reveals. “I want people to think about what it means, and think about how it affects them, and how it relates to them.” Shawn began to feel this way after he released his song, “In My Blood.” Before that, letting people hear his deepest thoughts sacred

Shawn, but the positive response he got for the track changed his perspectiv­e. “I was expecting judgment and critique after that song, and all I got was love and tears,” he smiles. “And people were telling me how that song was speaking their truth as well. Every single song [I’ve written] after that one, the number-one rule is, ‘this has to be true.’” While being vulnerable isn’t always the easiest thing, for Shawn, the connection it gives him to people around the world is worth it. “That’s the whole entire point of making music, in my opinion, is to have people get closer to the song and the meaning,” he says.

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