Stockholm was Illuminated

Last night I was at the Swedish fanevent for Shawn Mendes, the listening party in Stockholm. It was a very surreal experience to walk around at Universal Music & hear Shawn Mendes new album blast from every speaker, it felt amazing. I've also been wanting to actually be inside of Universal Music since forever, so just that was an experience itself to me haha. There were tons of snacks & Shawn inspired cupcakes, they were the cutest. Kajsa & I were living for the photo booth, I don't even know how many strips I got home with.

We got introduced & then the album began to be played. I had heard most of the songs already, because of watching videos from his concerts on YouTube. Even though I've heard most of the ones it was a really surreal experience to actually hear the studio versions & know that it would actually be out this midnight. There was also a few songs I hadn't been able to hear yet, so it was nice to finally hear them, even before the album release.

Shawn keeps blowing my mind with his amount of talent. I've never heard an album this personal before & I respect him so much for it. At the moment I can't even pick a favourite, they're all wonderful. Currently not even able to write an actual review for it because the only thing on my mind right now is literal masterpiece. Words are not enough to explain how proud I am.

When we were leaving we got goodie bags & my friend Kajsa won tickets to his Stockholm concert, it was so fun. She screamed & got recorded/photographed, it was adorable. I'm already going with my friend Johanna, or else Kajsa said she would have brought me with her. Such a sweetheart. In my goodie bag there were a card, a salty mist, an Illuminate poster & t-shirt, glitters from Make Up Store & a gift card for Nelly, an online shop.

So grateful for this experience. I woke up today to him tweeting saying that he's #1 in over 60 countries, which is very surreal to me. He deserves it so much, all of his hard work put into Illuminate is paying off & it's only going up from here. He's gonna win Grammy's for this album. So ready for him to get out & tour with these songs & I really can't wait to be a part of it in Stockholm.

Illuminate World Tour, I'm ready for you.
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