Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Peter Raul Mendesis a Canadian singer-songwriter. He attracted a following in 2013, when he began posting song covers on the popular video sharing application Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist managers Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label. Mendes went on to release an EP and his debut studio album Handwritten, whose single "Stitches" reached the top 10 in the U.S. and Canada,...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth8 August 1998
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.
Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre.
I really love listening to Hozier. He's great.
I really love going back home. I think going back to a nice, relaxed little town is the best way to do it.
I promise you, if you look at YouTube and see some of my first covers, you will hear that I don't sound good. But I was so obsessed with it and wanted so much to be good at it that I forced myself to figure out what sounds right and what sounds wrong.
I'm not the best singer in the world; I'm just good at picking up what I want to sound like.
I'm a very spontaneous person. When I see something that might be fun or different, I will try it.
If I don't have cereal on the bus, I'm going to be really upset.
I carry around this little lion named Leo, which I've had for as long as I can remember.
I don't want to just be a teenage star. I want to be known by parents, and I want them to go, 'Oh I love that song; he's really good for his age. My daughter loves him, but I love him, too.'
I like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance.
The first year I started hockey, I didn't know how to skate, so I got on the ice with all of the hockey players, and we were doing drills where we had to go backwards in figure eights. And I could not skate, and I just kept falling on my butt, and it was very embarrassing.
I loved Nashville. I was amazed by the whole place.
You told me you were happier with her but you want me to stay.