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NeilabOsman asks:
What other occupation do you think you’d be pursuing if it wasn’t being a musician? Or were you always adamant on becoming a singer?
Guardian contributor I would possibly be a doctor, I'm super into medicine and people's health. Other than that, maybe actor... I don't want to do anything else!
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Intorisblood asks:
How did you realise that you struggle with anxiety and need help?
Guardian contributor I guess the truth is, the hardest part about getting over something is realising that you're going through something bad. Once you realise that, you're halfway there. Friends and family are the best cure for any problem.
Margarida_cruz asks:
Any new artist that you’re obsessed with right now? Love from Portugal x
Guardian contributor Daniel Caesar, I highly encourage everyone to go and listen to him.
Find out about Daniel Caesar here
NeilabOsman asks:
What are your all time favourite Ed Sheeran songs? (hard question - i know haha)
Guardian contributor Give Me Love, Tenerife Sea and Dive. Those are the three songs that I find myself singing the most and have connected to the most.
juliaportes asks:
Can you say something about your collabs on the new album?
Guardian contributor There's two collabs on the album, both very close friends of mine, and both I think you all will be very excited about.
NeilabOsman asks:
Would you say you’re romantic-comedy type of guy? If so, what is your favourite romance movie?
Guardian contributor I am a huge romantic comedy kind of guy. Definitely, Maybe is my favourite.
Shawn's go-to karaoke song
zahraxo asks:
Shawn, what’s your go-to karaoke song?
Guardian contributor I Want Crazy by Hunter Hayes, which is also the song I would listen to for the rest of my life.
Intorisblood asks:
What languages would you like to be able to speak or/and understand?
Guardian contributor I unfortunately only speak one language but I am trying to learn Portuguese currently - and failing.
ezjacksonmusic wonders:
If you’re ever in a weird situation, do you ever just think, “What would John Mayer do”? Bahahah x
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Intorisblood asks:
Thoughts on Love, Simon, before and after watching it?
Guardian contributor I watched Love, Simon and I think it's incredible. I also think Nick Robinson, the actor, did an incredible job.
Shawn's favourite film
ezjacksonmusic asks:
What was your favourite kids’ show growing up? X
Guardian contributor I don't know about show, but my favourite movie was Tarzan, the cartoon. My mum and I used to sing You'll Be in My Heart 24/7.
Mia Ward-Gibbs asks:
When will we get a music video for in my blood?
Guardian contributor It's coming very soon and it's possibly one of my favourite video concepts yet...
LeaMendes asks:
What does your necklace mean to you? Didn’t really see it but it looks good
Guardian contributor It's a St Christopher pendant that my grandmother gave to me. The pendant is the protector of travellers.
Syazak asks:
Hey will u get more tattoos? If yes, what kind of tattoo do you want to have or have in mind and where u want it to be? Btw love you
Guardian contributor Definitely will get more tattoos but I told myself I have to slow down and wait for something that is truly meaningful to me before my next tattoo. The last one I got was the swallow on my right hand - swallows are one of the few birds that remember where their homes are, and sailors used to get a swallow before they would voyage across the world, and so it's a symbol of a traveller.
Remember Heelys?
Ringblee_Diphusa asks:
What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?
Love from India
Guardian contributor Heelys, the shoes with the wheels in the bottom! Truth is, I still think they're cool.
sukieanya asks:
Did you intend for the first two singles to have completely juxtaposing views or was it something you decided close to the release of them?
Guardian contributor Yes! I absolutely intended for that because I was excited to see how the world would react to an artist doing two different genres.
skyemarina asks:
Would you ever consider releasing a Christmas album?
Guardian contributor Absolutely, my goal is to beat Michael Bublé for the most played Christmas album of all time. Covers, originals, both.
janaburger asks:
Do you think you are an introvert or an extrovert person? love u!❤️
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hermione260504 asks:
Who’s ur fav minor character in Harry Potter? Mine’s Fred and George
Guardian contributor Neville! Neville is my favourite because he saves the day in the final film.
JessMendes asks:
What would you do if you got your anonymity back for one day? xx Jessie
Guardian contributor I think nothing would change! There's nothing I don't do because I'm famous.
alessialess asks:
Do you and your friends send each other memes? love you xx
Guardian contributor We send back and forth way too many memes than we should, lol we love memes, for instance the yodelling kid.
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Shawn does Hugh Grant
Kelseyskilbeck asks:
Can you do a British accent? love you
Guardian contributor This is Laura from the Guardian. Shawn said, "It's a quite lovely day by the river." He was very good - very Hugh Grant in Notting Hill.
Domenica14 asks:
Do you think that if you’d never become famous, you would have gone to college? And if so what would you major in?
Guardian contributor Absolutely would have went to college and I would have majored in music. It would have been a dream of mine to go to a school like Berklee.
HanaZeid99 asks:
What pet would you love to have?
Guardian contributor I'm extremely allergic to dogs, but if I had to have a pet I would have a massive dog!
Tazminmendes asks:
Are you excited to perform for the queen?
Guardian contributor Absolutely, I'm so excited and very nervous. It's very exciting for me also because my grandfather - who hasn't come back for 25 years - has come back with me to meet her.
Ferlovesshawn asks:
What’s something that you miss about living with your parents?
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Taylor Swift's advice for pre-show nerves
maya_winters asks:
What was the best piece of advice you have ever received, and the best piece of advice you would give to others? xx
Guardian contributor Best piece of advice was from Taylor Swift. She told me, because I was nervous one day getting on stage, to remember that the people in the crowd are not critics, they are people that have come out to have fun, and you should always remember that so go enjoy yourself.
Shawn's advice for his younger self?
maryamzafar asks:
What’s the most important thing you’ve learnt in your recent years that you wish you could tell your younger self?
Guardian contributor The truth is, I wouldn't tell my younger self anything because to get to where I am now I had to go through everything I went through before now, and if I told him anything, then maybe things would be different.
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SaraKarlsson asks:
If you weren’t living in Toronto, where would you be living? Love you xx
Guardian contributor Funny enough, it would be a battle between New York and London. Both cities remind me of home and the people in both of them are very funny and awesome.
zixiukheng asks:
If you could only eat 1 food for the rest of your life what would it be?
Guardian contributor I would only eat roast dinner - turkey roast dinner - because I am a roast dinner addict lol
Gracelovesshawn says:
Here is a really important question and think about it carefully. What is you favourite English delicacy? Fish and chips, curry, roast dinner with Yorkshire puddings or a classic English breakfast?
Guardian contributor It's a very, very, very tough battle between curry and roast dinner, but if I had to choose one, I would simply choose roast dinner.
nutmeg02 asks:
What is the most embarrassing thing that happens to you on stage?
Guardian contributor I've gotten on stage and forgotten what city I was in and referred to it as another city, I've completely tripped off the stage, the list goes on forever lol
selenarreyes asks:
What is your most memorable accomplishment as an artist? love you x
Guardian contributor That's a hard question to answer because accomplishments are important for different reasons, but if I had to choose one, I would say it was the entire Illuminate world tour - that was the best time of my life, I really had so much fun.
AlexandraWay asks:
What was your best moment in 2018 so far ?
Guardian contributor My best moment was finishing the album with my closest friends in Malibu.
DWFan1 asks:
What’s your favourite Pixar film?
Guardian contributor Up is definitely my favourite Pixar film, by a landslide! It's sad in the best way.
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neartheclocktower asks:
Favourite Harry Potter character? And book/movie?
Guardian contributor Favourite character is Ron because he is the one that I think I'm the most like. My favourite movie is The Prisoner of Azkaban.
Meditate to avoid exam stress
Kelseyskilbeck says:
I’m currently doing exams and get really stresssed really easily. What’s your advice on not stressing as much? Love you btw
Guardian contributor Seriously, really stand by this - start meditating. Download an app called Calm and use it, it helps me a lot. And drink lots of tea!
(Here’s a link to Calm.)
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Tazminmendes asks:
What do you do when you are stressed out and overwhelmed with everything?
Guardian contributor Personally, for me, the best cure to stress and anxiety is people - distracting yourself from what it is that's causing that stress and laughing with friends.
Muskan_malkani asks:
Whenever you doubted yourself or felt like giving up, what’s the one thought that kept you going and working towards where you are today ? I love you so much Xx
Guardian contributor Two things: I've had so many people support me from the beginning so whenever I think about giving up I think about people supporting me, and the fact that you would never move forward if you didn't feel like you were about to give up sometimes. One thing that I stand by is that a diamond is created through pressure.
WiekeSchaafsma says:
In My Blood is a very personal song. Did you have second thoughts about releasing it because it shows the things that you are struggling with? (Love from Fryslân, The Netherlands)
Guardian contributor Definitely, I had so many second thoughts and I worried so much about people thinking that I seemed weak or vulnerable until I realised that to talk about that subject is the opposite of weak, it's strong.
Mia Ward-Gibbs asks:
What inspired you to write Lost in Japan?
Guardian contributor Truthfully it was a dream about being lost in a country that looked like Japan, but I wasn't sure, so I said it was Japan.
neartheclocktower says:
In the song Lost In Japan it says, “I’m a couple hundred miles from Japan.” Where were you when you wrote that? Were you really a couple hundred miles from Japan?
Guardian contributor I was in California actually, and I did the math though - you'd have to be somewhere in Korea to be a couple hundred miles from Japan, which I was not!
CarolynCiaf asks:
From one writer to another, how do you keep your thoughts authentic and true to you when transferring them from your mind to paper for lyrics?
Guardian contributor The answer to that is don't overcomplicate what you're trying to talk about especially when it comes to love or heartbreak. Sometimes the best way to tell somebody you are in love is to simply say, I am in love.
Mia Ward-Gibbs asks:
If you could go out and buy any guitar right now, what would you get?
Guardian contributor I'd find the best Jimi Hendrix guitar out there, one of Jimi's actual guitars - I would buy that right now.
reaganwilkinson asks:
what’s your favorite song atm? love you
Guardian contributor We Find Love by Daniel Caesar - I just love him, I think his entire vibe is just great.
selenarreyes asks:
If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be? love you x
Guardian contributor It would be... I Want Crazy by Hunter Hayes. No matter how many times I listen to it I don't get sick of it lol
Shawn is with us now
Shawn Mendes webchat – post your questions now
The last time we heard from Shawn Mendes was April 2017, when the pop idol released There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back, an irrepressible celebration of annihilating one’s inhibitions. This makes the 19-year-old’s new single, In My Blood, even more startling: it’s a tender song about Mendes’s experiences with anxiety, wrought in vulnerable, visceral terms. “Someone help me, I’m crawling in my skin,” he sings. Unsurprisingly, he has described it as “the closest song to my heart that I’ve ever written”, and he recently opened up to Beats 1’s Zane Lowe about his surprise at being floored by anxiety over the past year.
It’s this emotional openness that has helped Mendes become a generational icon. Time magazine named him one of the world’s most influential teens for four years in a row, while he topped Billboard’s 21 Under 21 list in 2017 and won two of the top prizes at Radio 1’s Teen Awards in 2016. Then there are the 10m albums and 100m singles sold, more than 11bn song streams and 4bn YouTube views. Alicia Keys, Camila Cabello and Elton John are fans. Despite his phenomenal success, he only moved out of his parents’ house last year.
Mendes comes across as cherubic but has said he hopes his forthcoming third album will make fans see him differently. You can still hear the influence of his long-held idols Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake and John Mayer, now coupled with urban touches inspired by Mendes’s love of Chance the Rapper – evident on another new single, the sweetly funky Lost in Japan. He has worked with crack songwriter Julia Michaels on the album, along with longtime collaborators Scott Harris and Geoff Warburton, and co-produced the record alongside Teddy Geiger, who announced her transition while the group were in the studio working on the album – an experience Mendes has described as a privilege.
Mendes will talk about all this and more when he joins the Guardian to answer your questions in a webchat from 12.30pm GMT on Tuesday 17 April.
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Hey guys, thank you so much for submitting all of your wonderful questions. I hope you enjoyed my Guardian webchat. Love you and talk soon xx