{"id":138459,"date":"2024-12-13T11:01:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T11:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/shawn-mendes-considered-quitting-music\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T11:01:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T11:01:52","slug":"shawn-mendes-considered-quitting-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/shawn-mendes-considered-quitting-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Mendes considered quitting music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-12-13\" datetime=\"1734087712\" pubdate=\"\">13 December 2024<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/shawn-mendes\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,shawn-mendes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shawn Mendes<\/a> considered quitting music to be a therapist.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Shawn Mendes considered a new career path<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old singer cancelled his &#8216;Wonder&#8217; world tour after just seven shows in 2022 for mental health reasons and he admitted he &#8220;absolutely&#8221; thought about giving up his career for good.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what his alternative plan was, he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/john-mayer\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,john-mayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Mayer<\/a> on &#8216;How&#8217;s Life&#8217;: \u201cI have no idea. For real, I seriously thought about, I actually took a small therapy course and I was like, \u2018I might just become a therapist in a small town,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019d be weird at first for everyone, and then eventually they would just get used to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, Shawn &#8211; who recently declared he is still figuring out his sexuality and previously romanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/camila-cabello\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,camila-cabello\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camila Cabello<\/a> and Sabrina Carpenter &#8211; admitted he is ready to find love.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he&#8217;s going to date again, he said: \u201cYes. For sure. I think, yeah. I guess as long as we\u2019re living, we are healing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd while Sabrina&#8217;s hit single &#8216;Taste&#8217; is widely believed to be about their romance, it hasn&#8217;t put the &#8216;Stitches&#8217; hitmaker off the idea of dating another singer\/songwriter because he feels the &#8220;beauty&#8221; of falling in love is worth the &#8220;suffering&#8221; of potentially being depicted negatively in a song.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t stop myself from falling in love with another songwriter. It\u2019s a no-brainer to me that the suffering that is from hearing a song maybe talking about you in a way you don\u2019t want to be talked about is not even close to the beauty of falling in love with someone for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a funny feeling to feel like you\u2019re being written about, and like maybe the whole picture is not being expressed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBut Shawn admitted it &#8220;sucks&#8221; to hear songs about himself.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cIt sucks to feel like \u2026 It\u2019s a funny feeling to feel like you\u2019re being written about, and maybe the whole picture\u2019s not being expressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/shawn-mendes-considered-quitting-music-1410562.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 December 2024 Shawn Mendes considered quitting music to be a therapist. Shawn Mendes considered a new career path The 26-year-old singer cancelled his &#8216;Wonder&#8217; world tour after just seven shows in 2022 for mental health reasons and he admitted he &#8220;absolutely&#8221; thought about giving up his career for good. 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