Shawn Mendes plays "Lost in Japan" on "Fallon" – Rolling Stone

Shawn Mendes visited The Tonight Show to play a clean version of his single "Lost in Japan" on Thursday, September 28th. He also participated in a concert with Jimmy Fallon during a crazy game titled "Slay It, Do not Spray It" and discussed his multi-genre ambitions and his upcoming appearance at the Global Citizen Festival in New York.

Mendes' performance on "Lost in Japan" has gone from a sad piano intrigue to a merry first coupling. At one minute, the drummer beat the pound and the bassist started adding muscular riffs, pushing the song towards the disco. Mendes sang well, jumping in his falsetto without missing a beat, while offering a series of modest invitations: "Do you have plans tonight? I hoped I could lose myself in your paradise. "

The singer has also joined Fallon for several rounds of "Slay It, Do not Spray It," a game that tests your knowledge of song lyrics. If the candidate sings with precision the words of a song chosen at random, for example "I love him" of Cardi B, his competitor is sprinkled with water. If the candidate overthrows these lines, however, it is he who is exhausted. Mendes was unable to cross the cap of "I love him", so he was flabbergasted. Fallon had the same problem with Post Malone's "Psycho". Later, Mendes made an impressive imitation of Bruno Mars, but ended up imbibing.

During a brief interview that did not involve rainfall, Mendes told Fallon that he wanted his latest album to encompass several musical styles. "What I realized while doing the album, is that I do not listen to a genre," he said. "J & # 39; listening [John] Mayer in the morning and Top 40 radio in the afternoon and Kanye [West] in the evening … and an artist is only the climax of all the other artists that they listen to. There is nothing wrong with making a colorful album.

Mendes is in New York to perform at this year's Global Citizen Festival, which will take place on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Central Park. Speaking with Fallon, the singer affirmed his own commitment to public activism. "This weekend, and from now on, I will focus on education and the main goal is simply to be able to provide education for children, especially girls, around the world," said Mendes.