- What's up, I'm Shawn Mendes,
and today I'm gonna watch the trailer
for my documentary, In Wonder.
♪ Wonder what it's like to be loved by you ♪
(gentle music)
- It's definitely a weird thing
to see yourself in the shower.
I knew it was happening.
It's not like I was taking a shower
and I didn't know there was a camera there,
but, it's definitely weird.
(gentle music)
- [Shawn] I sing with no tension.
♪ Whoa ♪
- [Shawn] My voice is strong, and healthy.
♪ New York ♪
- [Shawn] I went through a big phase
when I used to write this over, and over again.
- My vocal coach actually started telling me
to write manifestations in my journal,
and it just changed my life.
It really changed my whole world,
because not only are you seeing it written down on paper,
but you're feeling it internally
every time you write the sentence.
- [Man] Is it hard to protect that pure thing
that started it all?
- [Shawn] You first get on the stage,
and ego comes rushing in,
and it goes,
don't mess up.
And then about 30 seconds in you go,
oh yeah, I'm just a guy, and I love music.
Time to surrender.
- Time to surrender.
I've watched a lot of Matthew McConaughey speeches.
And he's always talking about how,
without that fear, or pressure,
you know, that's human to feel that.
I've definitely gotten a lot better at, like,
sitting down in the moment,
letting myself feel the nerves,
and letting myself feel the fear,
and then seeing the beauty in it, and falling into the flow.
♪ Oh no, there you go, start another fire. ♪
- [Shawn] We're on 104 show tour.
And it's pretty intense all the time.
But this isn't a story about a famous musician.
This is a story about a guy growing up.
- I think you're seeing a lot of footage
of me that no one's ever seen before
from when I was really young.
You still see the same look in my eye.
Not to use words, but I have to.
It's this look of wonder in your eye.
And I think that that was something
that I was chasing in the documentary.
- [Shawn] I used to be like,
my idols were born legendary.
That's just not the truth.
- Nobody is born legendary.
If you really want to be amazing at what you do,
you just have to start, and practice really hard.
That's something that you always have the choice
to decide about what you do, and how you do your art.
♪ Wonder what it's like to be loved by you ♪
I did that every night, actually in every city,
but it was different in my hometown.
It was also different,
cause it was in the stadium,
so I was running twice as long.
- [Shawn] If I tell the world that I'm just a normal human,
are they going to stop, like, coming to the shows?
I'm doing a little too much on stage.
♪ Close my eyes ♪
- Definitely doing a little too.
♪ Close my eyes ♪
- [Man] You're gonna hurt yourself.
- Angel.
It is a sad, sad moment in the film,
but also probably the most beautiful moment in the film.
But I mean,
I guess to find out the magic,
and the beauty in this scene,
you're just going to have to watch the documentary.
- [Shawn] Maybe I should pretend that I'm Superman
for a little bit longer.
♪ I wonder what it's like to be loved by you ♪
- [Shawn] How do you get to the end of a very,
very intense year?
♪ I wonder what it's like to be loved by you ♪
- It sounds great in the trailer.
♪ I wonder what it's like ♪
- I love that shot.
♪ To be loved by ♪
- [Shawn] You know what the truth is?
You walk up on this stage,
and you look around,
and it feels like a dream.
- Yeah, it's beautiful.
Boom.
Wow.
- [Shawn] My song comes up on the radio,
or something, and I'm like,
everything is about you.
They've always been about you.
She goes "What do you mean?"
I'm like, they're all about you.
Like every song I've ever wrote.
How much cooler do you look
when the Netflix symbol comes up after you say something?
Anything, you could say anything.
It kind of feels like I'm on this real weird emotional
journey watching that, you know?
I think everyone will be surprised
at just how much footage we captured,
and how broad the story goes.
Trailer is just like a kind of touch of how vulnerable
the entire documentary is,
but you also still get that feeling that this is not just
all about how amazing it is to be a pop star.
There's this real kind of depth of heart in it.
Thank you so much for watching
my reactions to the trailer for my new documentary.
Shawn Mendes, In Wonder,
coming to Netflix, November 23rd.