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Shawn Mendes is sitting in his dressing room in New York one recent Saturday afternoon, feeling a little disoriented.
The singer-songwriter caught up with Rolling Stone to discuss his sophomore album, his experience recording with eight collaborators in an upstate New York cabin called “The Club House” and his dreams of pursuing acting in the future – though he’ll have to tackle an international arena tour first.
You mentioned how you were hoping to work with John Mayer on this album.
Did he play any part in the songs?I didn’t get to work with him, but he listened to a bunch of the songs and gave great pieces of advice through the music and production and lyrics and stuff, especially on songs like “Three Empty Words” and “Ruin” and “Patience.” It was great to have him listening through it all.
Which one is it for you?I feel so good about all of them that I feel like I have that song on , whether it’s “Bad Reputation,” “Mercy,” “Don’t Be a Fool.” I can feel it on t.
I can’t tell you which one people are going to react to the best, but the song I was going for was on t.
As soon as I get time, I really wanna dig down and do some acting.