I have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships – ex-relationship, I should say.
SHAWN MENDESDefinitely, it’s hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.
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Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.
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My mom says I’m not allowed to move out, but I’m allowed. I said I have to FaceTime her every night to make dinner with her because I won’t be able to do it myself. So she said she’ll accept it if I do that.
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I think the world is becoming a place where younger and younger people can do great things, and I just hope I can inspire other young people to do the same.
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Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.
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I was an average student. I wasn’t any standout. I remember when people started to know who I was and the label offers, people started to get a little weird and be weird around me.
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I have a song called ‘I Don’t Even Know Your Name’ which I think is going to be well liked across the board.
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So many of my songs are based on things that either happened to me or to someone I know, but there are also ones where I’ve written a made-up story. All of them are about very real emotions, and I just find different ways to express them.
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You just have to play it cool. You don’t want everyone to know you’re an amateur.
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My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.
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A lot of people who are ‘social media’ stars aren’t considered to be ‘real’ stars, and people underestimate the amount of work it takes to edit and upload a video every single day and document your life like that.
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There’s so much negativity on social media, I don’t want to add to that.
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I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.
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I’ve never had a scandal, but I don’t know if that’s so much because I’m perfect, or because people aren’t caring enough yet. Give it some time. I’ll probably be very upset, but it’s a part of the gig.
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I think my all time favourite song would be between ‘Slow Dancing in a Burning Room’ and ‘Dreaming with a Broken Heart’ by John Mayer.
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I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized how nervous I got with remembering lines.
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