Shawn Mendes Says He Worries Fans Will Think Less of Him If They 'See the Truth'

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Shawn Mendes back from expressing himself. On Tuesday, the 23-year-old singer gave his fans an update on his current feelings.“Sometimes I ask myself what it is that I should be doing with my life and what I always hear in return is 'to tell the truth, to be the truth,' I feel like that’s a hard thing to do though,” Mendes wrote in a message on his notes app, posted to Twitter. «I'm afraid that if people know and see the truth they might think less of me.

They might become bored of me. So in those moments of feeling low I either put on a show or hide. The truth, in current form is a 23 year old who constantly feels like he’s either flying or drowning.

Maybe that’s just what it is to be in your 20’s idk, or maybe that’s just me.” The “Wonder” singer added that at times he cares about the public’s perception and sometimes he doesn’t. “The truth is I really do wanna show up in the world as my 100% true honest unique self and not care what anyone thinks, sometimes I do,” Mendes wrote. “Sometimes I really don’t care what people think and I feel free.

Most of the time it’s a struggle tho. That's the truth. The truth is even with so much success I still find it hard to feel like I’m not failing.