OMG, WATCH: Shawn Mendes opens up about his sexuality, ‘I’m still figuring it out.’

After single-handedly bringing back the term ‘It’s GIVING…” (Cher) to the internet mainstream/LGBTQ+ – it pained us to watch Shawn side-step the flowers he’s owed by our community and not being able to fully take credit for it. You DID THAT, Shawny baby!

But in all seriousness, Shawn’s gentle, near-coming-out this week was very sweet and actually quiyte touching. Especially after watching him exist so deeply in the closet for years, and in an era where one might think there’s no need to be…

“It always felt like such an intrusion on something very personal to me. Something that I was figuring out in myself, something that I had yet to discover and still have yet to discover it,” he continued. “Writing the song [The Mountain] felt really important to me because it felt like a moment where I could address it in a way that felt close to my heart. And I guess I’m just speaking freely now, because I just want to be able to be closer to everyone and just kind of be in my truth.”

“The real truth about my life and my sexuality is that, man, I’m just figuring it out like everyone. And I don’t really know sometimes and I know other times. And 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 a human and feel things. And that’s all I really want to say about that for now.”

He then played a new song called, “The Mountain,” where he sings: “You can say I’m too young/You can say I’m too old/You can say I like girls or boys, whatever fits your mold.”

One can only imagine the type of pressure he has faced his whole life, dealing with expectations and weird clauses from record executives, family members, managers, agents the industry built around him, which can often be more concerned about their coin than his wellbeing.

We hope this next step for Shawn shows everyone that embracing yourself truly is the way to go — and the pink dollars is STRONG right now! Check the exchange rate, gurl! –Just look at Troye Sivan! Find the full clip of Shawn address his sexuality with fans below.