Shawn Mendes was a student at Pine Ridge Secondary School in Pickering, Ontario – not yet even in highschool when he blew up. Previous to this he was a regular kid who played ice hockey, soccer and enjoyed long boarding with his pals. In June 2012 Vine was launched and in August Shawn uploaded a clip of himself singing an acoustic version of Bieber’s ‘As Long as You Love Me’ just for the heck of it. When he logged on to his account the next morning, it had 10,000 likes and his follower count had gone through the roof!