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Shawn Mendes Hints At A New Direction For His Music · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Shamande has unveiled a
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Speaker 1: new song called when You're Gone at south By Southwest
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Speaker 1: is past Saturday night, and judging by the intense crowd reaction,
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Speaker 1: it looks like he might have another big hit on
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Speaker 1: his hands, but that's not what motivates him any longer.
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Speaker 1: He tells Billboard. It was a long while where I
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Speaker 1: was convinced that you just had to write big songs.
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Speaker 1: Now I want to focus on the type of music
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Speaker 1: that I want to make, what I want to hear,
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Speaker 1: and what's important to me. I never want to stop playing,
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Speaker 1: even if I'm playing for ten people in a bar,
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Speaker 1: and I only want to play bigger shows if I
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Speaker 1: get to do it by making music that's authentic. Until
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Speaker 1: Sean makes this new one, when You're Going. An official
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Speaker 1: release is current single It'll Be Okay is out now.
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