- Here with Shawn Mendes, who last time we did an interview
just like this, Shawn caught me.
Should we do like, uh, ready? - No.
- No, absolutely not.
- Please, please.
Because I might not catch this time.
- Thank you, though, for that.
- You're welcome.
Thank you, actually.
Made me look cool.
- You have had a busy weekend, obviously.
Taylor Swift has brought you out in her concert.
- So cool.
- How is that?
Was that a full circle moment for you
because you opened for 1989.
- I remember we got there at soundcheck
and it was middle of the day
and I got on that stage and it was like,
really crazy feeling to remember playing there
with an acoustic guitar as the opening act
and to be coming back to be a special guest.
It's very, very insane when that happens.
Those are the moments, you know, when people are like,
do you even feel like what's going on?
It's those moments when you're like, well,
this is what's going on right now, you know?
- And the fact that Camila was there, too.
I mean, she's one of your good friends.
You guys have come up together, really, in the industry.
That's gotta be such a cool feeling,
having those friends that are such good friends to you.
- She's killing it.
I'm so proud of her.
It is.
It's really crazy as time, I mean,
I've only been in the music industry for three years
but you start to become very, very good friends with,
you know, everybody,
and it's a really small world.
- Speaking of some of your good friends with,
who I adore this friendship,
you and Khalid, who are performing tonight, "Youth".
I love the song and it has such an amazing message.
Why was that message so important for you guys
to get it out there?
- It's just a very encompassing feeling of, you know,
the feeling after all this tragic, horrific events,
and I think it speaks a thousand words
and I'm really proud of it
and I'm proud to be doing it tonight.
- What was the best moment in the studio with you guys?
I feel like you guys would be so much fun.
- I don't know.
With Khalid, I think there was moment,
he was cutting his vocals and I secretly filmed him
and just brought him a bag of chips.
And we just met, so he was like, what are you doing, bro?
I was like, oh yeah, sorry.
- What kind of chips were they?
- I have no idea.
But he didn't eat them.
He was weirded out.
But now we're good friends.
- He's like, remember that one time you brought me chips,
you weirdo?
- It was fun, though.
He was great.
- I interviewed BTS this weekend and they were-
- I wanna go find them.
- So have you met them yet?
- I have met them but,
I see them over there.
I should go run and bombard them.
- They were raving about you. - I love them so much.
I saw a video of them singing "In My Blood".
It was so good.
- They were like, he's so handsome, we love him,
we wanna collab with him.
Do you foresee a collaboration with them in the future?
- I'm 1000%.
I just need to find a time to do it.
- You're a busy guy, man.
- Yeah, a little busy.
But so are they.
So once we find some time.
- Are you a big K-pop fan?
- I am.
I think that when I watched them perform the first time,
I was the most blown away I've ever been in my whole life.
It's crazy.
- It's so visually stunning. - It's stunning.
- May 25th, big date for you.
Your album comes out, my friend.
You've said this is the most vulnerable album
you've ever put out.
What are you most nervous about or?
- It's the most honest album.
I think I just really spend time not lying to myself
and just writing exactly how I was feeling
instead of dancing around the topics.
I'm just nervous because there's some stuff that I tried
that is different from my music in the past
and I'm nervous that people might not like it.
But if they do, then that's awesome.
- Was there weird pressure because you were so young
in the industry when you first started
that you didn't feel like you could put it all out there
and now, like what changed?
- I think also it's just I'm just growing up
to everything is changing.
I think as a person, I've changed so much
since my last album so the music, obviously,
is gonna change with it.
- Not including any songs you released,
but what's another one of your favorite songs in the album
that you feel like just has a lot of meaning behind it
and why.
- Not including one of the songs.
There's a song called, oh that's a really hard question.
There's a song called "Perfectly Wrong".
It's one of the last songs on the album.
It's really incredible.
- What's it about?
- When you're perfectly wrong for somebody,
kind of in a poisonous relationship how sometimes,
when it's the darkest, it's the most beautiful
at the same time.
- You're like a poet.
So well-spoken.
- Thank you.
- You recently talked about working with Teddy Geiger
and how she came out,
you know, going through transition.
For you as someone, it's pride month coming up.
Giving advice to straight males that maybe wanna support
the LGBTQ community but don't know how.
What's your advice to that maybe?
- Yeah, she's saying don't fall.
I just say to just open your eyes and open your mind
because for me, you know, going through
one of my closest friends going through
a very big transition period in her life,
was incredible to watch.
There was a moment when I remember I referred to Teddy
as she without thinking.
And it takes time to be able to learn that, obviously.
And I've referred to her and the way she looked at me was
this intense amount of joy
that I swear if everybody in the world experience
one of their best friends experiencing that,
there would be no questions.
People would not be questioning it.
It's just not worth it to question it.
Let somebody be and feel and live how they wanna live.
- That's awesome.
Well, thank you so much, Shawn.
I just wanted to see if he still had it and he did.
He's like, I'm getting off of this thing.
- Thank you. - You're the best.
Thank you, good luck today.