homosexualit, pressure … He confides without circumstance in "Rolling Stone"

At the age of 20, Shawn Mendes is one of the most adulated stars in the world. Rvl in the eyes of the public with the application Vine when he was only a teenager, the Canadian singer has in three albums to establish himself as a full artist with his intimate pop-folk songs. The latest, "Shawn Mendes", was number one in the United States, Australia or the Netherlands when it was released in May and gave birth to "In My Blood" and "Lost In" hits. Japan ". But this tumultuous success was not the simplest life for the young artist, far from it. Of course I am plagued by uncertainties and internal struggles, but it's just a part of me. Sometimes, the positive sides of a story are not exactly told. I hope this is the case here just wrote Shawn Mendes, to announce the long interview he has given Rolling Stone for his new issue.

Without language of wood and with a thunderous sinice in a very often codified industry, the interpreter of "Nervous" is about the anxieties that gnaw at it since his notoriety exploded. The idea of ​​being forgotten by the public terrifies him. This is literally my biggest fear, to wake up tomorrow and that everyone does not care about me reveals the talented Canadian, who admits to be the first to read comments on social networks and professional articles about him. Assailed by anxiety attacks in light of his all-but-ordinary life, Shawn Mendes does not hide from using marijuana to help him relax and stimulate his creativity: I like the weed. It's very beneficial for me. When I'm home, I smoke and after I play guitar for seven hours . And too bad if these revelations corne his image of ideal son-in-law. Shawn Mendes simply claims the right to be himself, famous or not.

"I feel the need to prove that I am not gay"

Yet the young artist is very concerned about the eyes of others. Rumors about his homobaduality, for example, are very difficult for him to live, he says. Htrobadual, Shawn Mendes is uncomfortable with the obsession of the tabloids towards the people he frequents. So much so that it affects his behavior. I would like to say that I do not attach importance to it, but it is not true (…) In the depths of my heart, I feel the need to publicize myself with someone – like a girl – to prove to people that I am not gay. Even though I know it's not a bad thing, part of me thinks like a. And I hate this part of me he explains without hindrance, particularly sensitive these sounds of corridors. In December 2017, after reading remarks under a YouTube video about his baduality, Shawn Mendes felt compelled to restore the truth. I noticed that a lot of people said they felt a gay vibration at home. First, I'm not gay. Secondly, a should not make a difference whether I am or not he had clarified on Snapchat.

Shawn Mendes recalls in particular having panicked after receiving an SMS from Taylor Swift That was while he was doing his "Reputation" tour during his stopover in Canada. The popstar asked her if she could post a video she had taken of him during a makeup session where he appeared with a glitter filter. After accepting, the singer was finally taken regret. I felt bad, I thought, but why did I leave it? I just gave grain grind to people who launch these rumors that scare me He says. In the end, Shawn Mendes is happy to be who he is, who grew up around his 15 cousins. Maybe I'm a little bit more feminine, but it's like a. I am me he concludes philosophically.