Shawn Hook Shares His Love of Uber, Toronto, & Topman Style NOVEMBER 12, 2015 by HAYLEY BRADBROOK

Shawn Hook is one of Canada's best kept secrets. A native-Vancouverite, Shawn turned his passion for music into a career. With his song "Without You" premiering on MTV's series The Hills, his heartthrob hit "" peaking the charts at no. 23 this past June, and a newly signed deal with , you could say Shawn is doing pretty well for himself.

Blessed with a stratospheric vocal range, the singer--producer has also been nominated for a Juno award and presented at this year's 2015 MMVAs.

Prior to Shawn embarking on a new journey through America, Pop & Press was able to sit down with the rising star before his headlining set at Toronto's Mod Club and talk about his love of Uber, Topman fashion, and "hitting the ground" in America.

Check out the full interview below.

Shawn, you're a Juno-nominated artist and your song "Sound of Your Heart" is everywhere. How does that make you feel? It's incredible! I've always dreamed of having my music out there on the radio and on the tv, and it's finally happening. Every time I hear my music on the radio I smile - I can't help, but smile.

When was the first moment you heard your song on the radio? I think I was in a taxi - actually, I was in an uber. Go Uber! Photo courtesy of Shawn Hook/Instagram

Uber! Yes! I was like oh my god I wonder if my driver knows, but he probably doesn't know - and ah this is so cool!

We know you write your own music, so what exactly influences what you want to get across in a song? It depends. I try to have as many dynamics as I can on a record and to me the dynamics range in the spectrum of emotions - so there's happy songs and a lot of emotional songs. I think "Sound of Your Heart" is one of the most emotional songs that I have on my record and that is what people are connecting to. So yeah, that's the goal. The goal is to always have some element of truth and have a dynamic in terms of a record.

Are you excited to be back in Toronto? You sent out a tweet earlier that you love playing at the Mod Club. I love the venues in Toronto, and the Mod Club is one of my favourite venues. I've never played here as a headliner; this is my first night headlining. I've only ever played as an opening act, so it's cool to finally have my name as the headliner and to be playing the Mod Club because it's a great venue, great sound. Photo courtesy of Shawn Hook/Instagram

Just to change things up, let's talk style a little bit. Are you a fan of Gigi Hadid? Yeah!

She's all over Topshop's fall campaign, and we've seen that you've referenced Topman on your Instagram. What's your connection to them? Yeah, Topshop and Topman help me out a lot. I wear their stuff naturally and I met one of the stylists there who said, "Oh, maybe we can help hook you up." I've kind of become a Topman ambassador, you could say. But really, I just like the classic European style - that's what I aim for when I dress.

That's great! So what's next for you? I recently signed a deal with Hollywood Records in America, and we're going to start a U.S. radio promo tour in January. But, I'm actually doing a little bit of legwork first - next week I go down to New York and meet with SiriusXM Radio and Z100. So yeah, I'm going to be hitting the ground in America.

That's amazing! We look forward to seeing you kill it!

For more about Shawn Hook, make sure to check out his website.

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