“Shawn Mendes wants a better future.

“On Wednesday night, the Canadian singer appeared on Global’s “The Late Late Show” and talked to host Stephen Colbert about his generation’s relationship to the global climate.

““I’m 23, so it’s kind of been a life thing, talking about climate change,” he said.

“Asked about polls showing that a majority of young people believe humanity is “doomed,” Mendes said, “I think it makes a lot of sense. We’ve basically grown up, my generation… being told that the earth is dying.”

“He added, “I empathize with the doom, I feel the doom, but you can’t give into it.””

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