
I don’t want to get on stage and just be another act. I miss how big the world seemed to be when I was younger. I think the world is becoming a place where younger and younger people can do great things and I just hope I can inspire other young people to do the same. I like to think of ‘Illuminate’ as the mature version of the previous one, a year older, more experience. I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. I have a thing where if I’m not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse. My first Vine I really just posted out of spontaneity. My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.

Mendes is a singer and songwriter from Canada. “We’re all learning together,” they wrote. Update, 2:35 p.m.: Smith has responded on their Instagram Story. Shawn via IG story /nQrnfySp7G- Shawn Mendes Updates December 11, 2020 During the concert, they performed new songs off their third album Love Goes including “Diamonds,” along with a cover of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Wont happen again … Sending you so much love ! Also you absolutely are one of the funniest people I’ve ever met ! ❤️❤️.” Smith has not replied to Mendes. “Oh I’m so sorry for referring to you as a ‘he’ for your jingle ball introduction,” Mendes wrote on his Instagram Story on December 11.

Smith is nonbinary, and their pronouns are they, them, and theirs. Mendes introduced the fellow pop singer-songwriter during the December 10 livestreamed iHeartRadio Jingle Ball concert, and misgendered Smith multiple times in the process. Shawn Mendes is apologizing after using the wrong pronouns for Sam Smith. Photo-Illustration: Vulture and Getty Images
