Shawn Mendes Opens Up About Sexuality, Says He's “Finding It Out”

Shawn Mendes is once again taking offensive action against the rumors about his sexuality that have been going on for years.

During a recent concert performance Monday night at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater in Colorado, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter took a moment to explicitly address the pervasive speculation surrounding his sexuality — and whether or not he is actually heterosexual.

“I was really young when I started. I was 15 years old,” Mendes told the crowd at one point during his show, according to a video of the event captured and shared by TikTok user @lewisiana. “I immediately started working and traveling a lot and that was the best thing, but the truth is that as a 15-year-old I didn't get to do a lot of the things and discover parts of myself that you do at 15.”

Mendes continued:

“There's been this thing about my sexuality since I was really young and people have been talking about it for so long. I find it kind of silly because I think sexuality is such a beautiful, complex thing and it's so hard to just put into words.” In Kisten it always felt to me like an intrusion into something very personal, something I had yet to discover and am still discovering.

While this is far from the first time Mendes has addressed rumors and gossip (he's spoken about it in 2016, 2018, and 2019), it feels significantly different this time around, as his latest speech is probably the most intimate he's ever been has ever held about his sexuality and says he “hasn't yet discovered” parts of his identity that he hasn't yet discovered.

And just earlier this month, during another concert performance (this time in Woodstock, New York), Mendes sang about people wondering whether he “likes girls or boys” in his new song “The Mountain,” which is set to be released as a installment. . of his upcoming fifth studio album Shawn.

“Some days/I have a change of heart/You can say whatever you want to say/You can say I'm too young/You can say I'm too old/You can say I like girls or boys, whatever Mold suits you,” he sings on the track.

“I guess I just speak more freely now because I just want to be closer to everyone and just be in my truth. The real truth about my life and my sexuality is that I'm just figuring it out like everyone else.” Mendes can be heard saying later during his speech. “Sometimes I don’t really know, and sometimes I do. It feels really scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about that, and I'm trying to be really brave and just allow myself to be one.” Human and emotional things. And that's all I want to say about it for now.