Shawn Mendes is opening up about questions surrounding his sexuality, sharing that itโs โfelt like such an intrusionโ because heโs โjust figuring it out like everyone.โ
The 26-year-old singer-songwriter addressed the topic before performing a new song called โThe Mountainโ at a show in Coloradoโs Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Monday. Based on fan videos, โThe Mountainโ seems inspired by rumors about Mendesโ sexuality. โYou can say Iโm too young/ You can say Iโm too old/ You can say I like girls or boys/ Whatever fits your mold,โ he sings.
โSince I was really young, thereโs been this thing about my sexuality and people have been talking about it for so long,โ Mendes said in video captured by fans. โAnd I think itโs kind of silly because I think sexuality is such a beautifully complex thing and itโs so hard to just put into boxes.โ
Mendes added that the speculation โalways felt like such an intrusion on something very personal to me, something that I was figuring out in myself, something that I had yet to discover and still have yet to discover.โ
About โThe Mountain,โ Mendes explained that โwriting this song felt really important to me because it felt like a moment where I could address it in a way that felt close to my heart.โ
He continued, โThe real truth about my life and about my sexuality is that, man, Iโm just figuring it out like everyone and I donโt really know sometimes, and I know other times. And it feels really scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about that, and Iโm trying to be really brave and just allow myself to be a human and feel things.โ
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