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Shawn Mendes on Life on the Road & Bonding with The Vamps

Shawn Mendes on Life on the Road & Bonding with The Vamps

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YH catches up with Shawn Mendes at Radio Disney's VIP Birthday bash to hear all about his adventures on the road with Austin Mahone and Fifth Harmony, including the special relationship he developed with The Vamps! He also dishes on his next tour with none other than Taylor Swift, plus he reveals the easiest way to get a follow from him on Twitter!

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Young Hollywood

I am with Shawn Mendes. How's it going?

Shawn Mendes

Not too much. Just hanging out.

Young Hollywood

Hello. Starting on Vine. Is it like crazy to you that like, what, a year ago you were just making these Vines and all of a sudden like you have like huge amount of fans just screaming your name? Every that must be a crazy feeling.

Shawn Mendes

I mean it's insane. It's just completely unreal. It's it's the craziest thing you could possibly think of.

Young Hollywood

When you're and you just did a whole video tour diary, right, on your site? Right. So life on the road. How is life, like, explain to sort of in a nutshell?

Shawn Mendes

Life on the road is like, while you're in it, you're like sometimes you're like stressed cuz you're always moving and it's like craziness and then the second you get home, you're like, I miss being on the road so much. There's something so cool about every morning you're waking up in a different city and like a new task every day and like different problems and it's like it's so cool just to be on the road. There's something so special about it which you don't get anywhere else.

Young Hollywood

It's cool cuz you really just got like a behind-the-scenes look and like your dad came and surprised you, right? How was that?

Shawn Mendes

That was really I mean, I didn't see him for like three weeks at that point or two and a half weeks. So it was a little it was a long. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

How much you missed him? But yeah, I mean, it was really cool that he came and surprised me. And then you were on tour with Austin Mahone during the summer with like The Vamps and Fifth Harmony. Okay. So I was talking to The Vamps earlier. Yeah. Explain the Shawn Mendes thing. Shawny. And that's how he talked. Is that how you talked about us? Are we talking about Shawn Mendes or Shawny? Is that how you pronounce That's weird. Is that like a new thing? I was like, that has to be like an inside joke. I have to ask Shawn about that.

Shawn Mendes

I mean, every time I see them, they're like, Shawny. Like they do this weird voice and they don't I have no idea what it is.

Young Hollywood

I thought it was like you told them that's how to like.

Shawn Mendes

Not at all. They they are making up their own stuff. They're they're weird.

Young Hollywood

So what was that whole experience like though? I mean, just like did you guys all become super close?

Shawn Mendes

Yeah. Super close. And I feel like we kind of work in the same sort of area. Obviously, we work in the same industry. But I mean, I see them everywhere. So I mean, I'm becoming very very close with those boys and they're they're really awesome.

Young Hollywood

We were just in New York with you and you were on the double-decker bus just going around New York. Crazy. It was awesome. There were fans literally running after you. No, the day, literally the day after that bus ride, it dropped down like 18 degrees. It was like Oh my God. That was that yeah. Brutal. I was like, we picked the best day we possibly could have picked for that. But I feel like fans still would have been running in the street. Even if it was like five degrees.

Shawn Mendes

I just told them to go inside. It was like brutal cold.

Young Hollywood

Do you get just like certain tweets all the time that like you know like certain hashtags? I don't know what it is. I mean you're trending almost every day. I don't know what it is about like fans wanting a follow on Twitter so bad. But it's like that that's that's like the most asked question is, can you follow me on Twitter? It's like especially like I get these like letters and stuff and at the bottom of every letter, this is my Twitter, by the way. Follow me, please. It's a big deal.

Shawn Mendes

No, I get yeah, it is a big deal. I mean, when celebrities follow me on Twitter, I feel very happy.

Young Hollywood

How does a fan get your follow? What do they have to do?

Shawn Mendes

Tweet something really funny. I'm like, I'm always creeping them. So I always look I think I've said this before. But like if you like tweet something really funny or like if you know like if you see like a video of me and my friends back home and like you know like my friends' names or something, like I will crack up at that stuff and like that that stuff always like I always noticed that and want to follow you for that stuff.

Young Hollywood

Just got all the secrets for you guys. Yeah. And then you're touring with Taylor Swift, which I mean, doesn't get any bigger than that.

Shawn Mendes

Doesn't get any bigger than that. Yeah. Seriously doesn't.

Young Hollywood

Were you always a huge fan of Taylor Swift?

Shawn Mendes

Always. I love her. I love her from the beginning. She's queen. She's she's queen. Queen Taylor. Queen T. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

So and anything else your fans can just look forward to just for the new year?

Shawn Mendes

New music, obviously. I'm always working on new music. So hopefully they can look forward to lots of new music.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Shawn Mendes

    Featured artist and interviewee

  • Austin Mahone

    Shawn toured with him

  • Fifth Harmony

    Shawn toured with them

  • The Vamps

    Shawn toured with them and bonded with them

  • Taylor Swift

    Shawn is touring with her and is a huge fan

FAQ

What does Shawn Mendes say about life on the road?+
Shawn Mendes says that while on the road, he sometimes feels stressed but misses it when he's home, loving the experience of waking up in a different city each day.
Who did Shawn Mendes tour with during the summer?+
Shawn Mendes toured with Austin Mahone, Fifth Harmony, and The Vamps during the summer.
What is the secret to getting a Twitter follow from Shawn Mendes?+
Shawn Mendes says the easiest way to get a follow is to tweet something funny that catches his attention, especially if it shows you know about him and his friends back home.
Who is Shawn Mendes touring with next?+
Shawn Mendes is touring with Taylor Swift next.
What nickname do The Vamps have for Shawn Mendes?+
The Vamps call Shawn Mendes 'Shawny'.

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