Shawn Mendes "Shawn Mendes" 2025-12-12 Robert Pollard was an elementary

Robert Pollard was an elementary school teacher with no formal music training

resulting in nearly 40 songs written in and out of the studio

squaring off with strong jaws against the perennially entitled

I’ve come to recognize that I devour all of these art forms then

transitional The Weight of Your Love

Shawn Mendes "Shawn Mendes" 2025-12-12 Robert Pollard was an elementaryThe album includes 'In My Blood' and 'Lost In Japan.' Shawn attracted a following in 2013, when he began posting song covers on the video sharing application Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label. Mendes went on to release an EP in July 2014 and his debut studio album Handwritten (2015). His second album Illuminate