Shawn Mendes canceled his Wonder tour last summer due to mental health, and a brand new haircut and opened up about it in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal. Mendes told the publication of his new hair cut, “everyone should know what they look like with a shaved head. I also was just feeling this urge to just shake myself up a little bit.”
Mendes also spoke on his struggles with mental health saying, “I was not at all ready for how difficult touring would be, It has become clear that I need to take the time I’ve never taken personally, to ground myself and come back stronger. The process was very difficult, A lot of doing therapy, a lot of trying to understand how I was feeling and what was making me feel that way. And then doing the work to help myself and heal. And also leaning on people in my life to help a little bit.”
Mendes added on, “It’s been a lot of work, but I think the last year and a half has been the most eye-opening and growing and beautiful and just healing process of my life, I’m also really grateful for all the people that were so accepting and loving and kind and understanding. And it just really made me see how culture is really starting to get to a place where mental health is really becoming a priority.”
Mendes concluded in saying how, “Understanding how setting boundaries does not make you an unkind person has really changed my life, And also understanding that it’s not easy to do. It’s a difficult thing to do. It feels uncomfortable. It makes other people feel a little uncomfortable for a moment, but ultimately it’s a very powerful and helpful thing to do for every relationship. So yeah, boundary-setting is not mean, it’s actually very important. It’s very kind, actually.”
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