Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber Made Canada Proud at the 2020 AMAs

Shawn Mendes joined Justin Bieber on stage as he opened the 2020 American Music Awards on Sunday (Nov. 22).

 

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Justin performed a medley of his latest releases, kicking off with ‘Lonely,’ then transitioning into ‘Holy,’ and finishing off with ‘Monster,’ his collaboration with Shawn.

 

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Winning a total of 15 AMAs, this is Justin’s first time performing on the AMAs stage since 2016.

Talking about his collaboration with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Shawn revealed, “This song has always resonated with me, and it just never found its way out. And now all of a sudden I was listening to it one day, and I just started my relationship with Justin.  It just started forming properly in the last three months. I called him and I was like, ‘Look, I have this song. It’s kind of going there.'”

 

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Shawn continues, “It’s about how society can put celebrities up on a pedestal and watch them fall and it seems to be this entertainment thing. And it’s hard. And his heart fell deep into it.  And him and I, even yesterday, where on the phone for an hour and had the deepest conversation, I think, about so much. And it just felt really nice because it was a full-circle moment for me, this guy who was the reason I started singing.”

Shawn and Justin’s AMAs performance comes days after they released a BTS video while on set for ‘Monster.’  Watch below.