Marshmello Takes Off His Helmet At Award Show To Reveal Surprise Identity

It’s a bird! No, it’s a plane! Wait! It’s marshmello?


The sugary, masked DJ has been able to confidently walk through crowds and play to hundreds thousands, if not millions people, since the debut the project in 2015. In that time, he’s woven his way through dance music as well as pop and has made quite a few connections with celebrity figures. The mask is part his appeal as an artist, and it’s also allowed him to perform quite a few antics along the way.

Is Marshmello ? Possibly, based on what we saw at EDC. Is Marshmello ? Again, it could be, based on his show intros. Is Marshmello literally any EDM DJ ever? Once again, it’s in the realm possibility, as we’ve seen on Instagram for the past 2 years.

But Marshmello just unveiled his newest true identity at the VMAs this past weekend: It’s Shawn Mendes!

This comes as a major surprise. And we have a feeling that some the tweens in the crowd now legitimately believe that the saccharine treat’s “real identity” is Shawn Mendes… go figure. But we all know his .

Check out the live reveal below.