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Shawn Mendes admits that it's not easy to have a radio hit

Canadian sensation Shawn Mendes has opened up about having a huge radio hit and revealed that "it's not easy"

Speaking to Billboard about the commercial success of his latest single 'Stitches', the heartthrob explained that it's both strange and amazing to have so much exposure:

“It’s not easy to have a radio hit. You can feel the difference between ‘Stitches’ and my other songs — when I’m opening for Taylor Swift shows, they’ll know the song when I play it. ‘Stitches’ is very me, and it has connected with my fans in the way I wanted it to. It’s a great feeling.”

When asked if he's ever had actual stitches, Mendes added: “When I was 13, I cut the back of my leg open and got 14 stitches. I was trying to step over a guardrail, and it sucks because I easily could have walked around it. A week before that, I had broken my wrist, and a week after getting stitched up, I went in for appendicitis. That was a weird month.”

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