18 Reasons Why We Love Shawn Mendes

Date August 8, 2016

Oh, Shawn Mendes. Can you be any more perfect? With his upcoming album Illuminate dropping next month, and a sold-out arena tour, it’s kind of hard to believe that he’s only 18!

When Mendes posted a six second clip back in August 2013 covering Justin Bieber‘s As Long as you Love Me on Vine, the snippet garnered more than 10,000 views overnight. And the rest is history, really. Not long after he dropped his first single and music video (conveniently filmed at our favourite grilled cheese establishment, George Street Diner) while still in high school, he joined Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour as an opening act, and collaborated with our former cover star, Fifth Harmony‘s Camila Cabello. And we’re predicting so much more to come for this Pickering-born talent.

Here, 18 reasons why we absolutely adore Shawn Mendes:

1. He’s tight with his fam and posts adorable photos with them

Before it passes 12 on the west coast.. Happy birthday avo. Love you with all my heart. ❤️ This photo is absolutely hilarious. Yes im wearing slippers. Im going to frame this. Shes laughing very hard haha

A photo posted by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes) on Feb 8, 2016 at 10:53pm PST

2. He brought his dad to the MMVA’s that one time

Happy fathers day old man! ❤️ love u!

A photo posted by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes) on Jun 19, 2016 at 5:15pm PDT

3. And posts adorable throwbacks of him and his mom

❤️

A photo posted by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes) on May 4, 2016 at 10:44am PDT

4. He’s grateful

5. He’s also honest…

6. …and doesn’t take himself too seriously

-via snapchat (22/07) #shawnmendes

A video posted by Shawn Mendes snapchat! (@mendessnapchats) on Jul 22, 2016 at 10:17am PDT

7. He enjoys long walks

-via snapchat (25/07) #shawnmendes

A video posted by Shawn Mendes snapchat! (@mendessnapchats) on Jul 25, 2016 at 9:49pm PDT

8. He’s down with cats…

This is my cat and she is a old ???

A photo posted by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes) on May 20, 2014 at 4:34pm PDT

9. …and is legit the cutest Snapchat puppy ever

10. Yes, he messed up the lyrics, but ultimately slayed this cover of The Neighborhood’s Sweater Weather. P.S. He was 15 here (what?!)

11. He wants to make sure everyone feels loved equally

12. He’s a proponent of exercise

No more pls. LOL @jjp752 is kicking our ass

A photo posted by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes) on Dec 10, 2015 at 2:27pm PST

13. He’s wearing a Hogwarts T-shirt in this Instagram with Jacob Tremblay

I met the coolest guy in the world today.. @jacobtremblay ! Thank you for coming to hang dude! ❤️❤️

A photo posted by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes) on Jul 27, 2016 at 7:20pm PDT

14. He tackles the issue of domestic violence in his song “Treat You Better”