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Jay Shetty PodcastSHAWN MENDES Reveals The Truth About His Two-Year Hiatus & Opens Up About His New Album
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Shawn Mendes Opens Up on Canceled Tour, Grief, Love, Honesty
- Shawn Mendes explains that canceling his tour was the hardest and best decision of his life, driven by burnout, anxiety and having built his whole life around one thing.
- He describes making the album Shawn by starting from truth, leaning on therapy, friends, a coffee-shop group and a men's circle, and letting people support him instead of freezing up.
- He shares the story behind the song Heart of Gold, written about a childhood friend who died of an overdose, and how it surfaced years of unprocessed grief and guilt.
- On love, he says he overweighted romantic love, now wants to receive love from more places, and describes protecting his relationship with Camila Cabello through honesty and over-communication.
- The episode closes with an emotional letter from his sister Aaliyah, a note of gratitude between the two men, and Shawn's Final Five answers on purpose, advice and honesty.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasThe hardest decision can also be the best one
Shawn calls canceling the tour both the hardest and greatest decision of his life, and says his hardest moments are always paired with his most beautiful ones.
Authenticity starts with the first brick of truth
Shawn says that if the first thing you lay down in creating is truth, everything after is easier, while starting from wanting to be perceived a certain way creates confusion.
Receiving love is harder than giving it
Shawn says many people freeze when love is offered, so he now physically leans on someone and asks for love when he's feeling bad.
Being witnessed in pain is healing
Describing his men's groups, Shawn says the most healing part is often just being witnessed in pain by someone who stays, and that being vulnerable while holding space for others is empowering.
Unprocessed grief can surface years later
Shawn felt numb when his friend died and only processed it when writing Heart of Gold, and he says music heals in ways other things can't.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotescanceling that tour was by far the hardest decision of my life and by far the greatest decision of my life.
— Shawn Mendes
I don't have a deeper understanding of life, I just have a deeper acceptance of self, and that allows me to sit here and be like, hey, like, here, here it is.
— Shawn Mendes
love is a lot, but partnership is more than love, and I think it has a lot to do with how you support each other in your day-to-day life
— Shawn Mendes
the hardest moments of my life are coupled with the most beautiful moments of my life every time.
— Shawn Mendes
when love is in front of you and it's trying to give itself to you through someone, that's a hard thing to receive.
— Shawn Mendes
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SPEAKERS
Shawn Mendes
guestCanadian singer-songwriter known for hit pop albums and world tours.
Jay Shetty
hostPodcast host of On Purpose and author known for interviews and modern mindfulness content.
Jay Shetty
cameoPodcast host of On Purpose and author known for interviews and modern mindfulness content.
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