Shawn Mendes warns young artists: Protect yourself from the masses and what they think of you [Video]

Many artists have spoken out about the negative effect social media has had on them. Shawn Mendes has added his two cents on the topic — and warned any hopefuls out there to protect themselves.

Speaking to Zane Lowe of The Zane Lowe Show at Apple Music 1, Shawn says, “When you have hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people projecting their opinion of who they think you [are] and why they think you’re that onto you … the human brain is fragile.”

He continues, “It’s sad because I think about little Shawn, like 15-, 16-year-old Shawn, who is just trying to do his best job and has no idea. No one told him, ‘Hey, dude, you’re in for one because having hundreds of thousands of people daily tell you what they think about you, it’s going to be really intense on the psyche. It’s going to mess you up a little bit.’”

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