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NEW 1 0 0 % U N O F F I C I A L SHAWN MENDES F A N B O O K MOVIE FROM ONLINE STAR STAR TO GLOBAL HOW A PASSION ICON FOR ACTING LED SHAWN TO HOLLYWOOD KIND AT IN MY HEART BLOOD LEARN ABOUT THE DISCOVER WHY HE CAUSES HE SUPPORTS WAS ALWAYS SET FOR THE BIG STAGE L A CI ln FI ao F O t N i U it % gi 0 d 10 i D E N O FIRSTEDITI FROM VINE TO VEGAS • WORLD TOURS • SILVER SCREEN STAR WELCOME WHEN YOU’RE READY... urn the page and step into the world T of Shawn Mendes. It’s a world where hard work, dedication and unwavering self-belief have all combined to propel a talented yet humble young boy from the town of Pickering, Ontario, onto the global stage. In this fanbook you will find out how Shawn was discovered online, follow his first steps into the music industry and take a look behind the lyrics of his most famous songs to date. We will also delve into his relationship with Camila Cabello, join him on his sell-out world tours, explore his interests away from music and understand why he has taken the courageous decision to step back from the spotlight to take some time to rest and refocus. From those early Vine clips to his latest smash-hit album and beyond, you’re in for one heck of a journey. 3 SHAWN MENDES F A N B O O K Future PLC Quay House, The Ambury, Bath, BA1 1UA Editorial Editor Charles Ginger Senior Designer Harriet Knight Senior Art Editor Andy Downes Head of Art & Design Greg Whitaker Editorial Director Jon White Photography Alamy Stock Photo, Getty Images All copyrights and trademarks are recognised and respected Advertising Media packs are available on request Commercial Director Clare Dove International Head of Print Licensing Rachel Shaw [email protected] www.futurecontenthub.com Circulation Head of Newstrade Tim Mathers Production Head of Production Mark Constance Production Project Manager Matthew Eglinton Advertising Production Manager Joanne Crosby Digital Editions Controller Jason Hudson Production Managers Keely Miller, Nola Cokely, Vivienne Calvert, Fran Twentyman Printed in the UK Distributed by Marketforce, 5 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HU www.marketforce.co.uk Tel: 0203 787 9001 Shawn Mendes Fanbook First Edition (MUB4780) © 2022 Future Publishing Limited We are committed to only using magazine paper which is derived from responsibly managed, certified forestry and chlorine-free manufacture. 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We are not responsible for their contents or any other changes or updates to them. This magazine is fully independent and not affiliated in any way with the companies mentioned herein. Future plc is a public Chief executive Zillah Byng-Thorne company quoted on the Non-executive chairman Richard Huntingford London Stock Exchange Chief financial officer Penny Ladkin-Brand (symbol: FUTR) www.futureplc.com Tel +44 (0)1225 442 244 CONTENTS Contents 8 CHAPTER ONE HEARD ON THE VINE 24 CHAPTER TWO LOOK UP AT THE STARS 42 CHAPTER THREE THERE’S NOTHING HOLDIN’ ME BACK 56 CHAPTER FOUR THE ALBUMS 78 CHAPTER FIVE PARTICULAR TASTE 90 CHAPTER SIX LIFE OF THE PARTY 104 CHAPTER SEVEN IMAGINATION 118 CHAPTER EIGHT IN MY BLOOD 6 CONTENTS 7 CHAPTER ONE Chapter One HEARD ON THE VINE 8 HEARD ON THE VINE 9 CHAPTER ONE HEARD ON THE VINE Shawn Mendes’ early family life set his course for the pop role model he is today. But from punch-ups and glitter to bullying and lion costumes, his childhood was anything but ordinary… WORDS HENRY YATES n a 2020 interview with The by the singer’s management team as “the real I Guardian, Shawn Mendes was rock star in the family” thanks to his good looks, asked what he would do in leather jackets, sunglasses and slicked black hair. the unlikely scenario that he In fact, behind the image, Manny’s gift was more awoke one morning to find it for business than music, running a company that had all vanished. The fame, supplied bar and restaurant equipment. the fans, the private jets, the five-star hotels: It was precisely that rock-solid parentage that every last shred of his nine-year success story gave Shawn his foundations. “I don’t know if it’s evaporated, over, gone. “What would happen because my mom grew up on a farm,” he told The to me if everyone forgot about me tomorrow?” Guardian, “that she has a perspective on what Below: Shawn’s pondered Shawn. “Well, I’d just say, ‘Do I still really matters in life.” hometown have parents and a sister who loves me?’ So the Then there was kid sister Aaliyah, whose sparky of Pickering, answer is, I would be absolutely fine.” presence in 2020’s Netflix documentary Shawn Ontario, Canada Hypothetically, it’s easy to imagine Shawn falling back into the former life he put on ice back in 2013. Scratch this famously modest, resolutely grounded 24-year-old megastar and you’ll still find the boy next door from Pickering, Ontario. Then, as now, the south Canadian city was attractive and industrious but lived in the shadow of its starrier neighbour, Toronto, and could muster few claims to cultural fame beyond Neil Young spending some early teenage years living on Brock Road. my a Likewise – on paper at least – Shawn’s parents Al were the best kind of ordinary. His estate agent es / g a mother, Karen, was born in London and grew up m y I in Somerset before moving across the water. His ett G Portuguese father, Manuel, has been described © 10