Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes took the American Music Awards stage on Sunday evening, kicking off the award present with their brand-new hit. Reside from the Microsoft Theater in LA, performing at the present for the primary time in 4 years, Bieber sang an emotional medley of his current hits, “Holy” and “Lonely,” earlier than being joined by Shawn Mendes for a soulful efficiency of their new collaboration, “Monster”.

Bieber — who was nominated for 4 AMAs, together with artist of the yr — has just lately returned to the highlight and opened up about his struggles with despair, drug abuse, and fame at a younger age in each his music and social media. Mendes and Bieber bonded over the strain of fame and society having management over them in “Monster,” which Mendes first wrote some time again. “It is about how society needs to place celebrities up on a pedestal, however as a lot as they need to do this, they need to have a good time the autumn,” he stated of the tune in VMAN. See a extra weak aspect of the duo of their AMAs efficiency.