Paving the way as one of the first YouTubers to turn a teenage hobby into a fully fledged career, Austin Mahone has been charming the music industry both online and off since 2010. This year he’s due to finally release his debut album, so we catch up with the cherubic singer who made his return this spring, with his first solo tracks since 2016.

Having first burst into the collective public consciousness in 2014 with his debut EP aged just 18, he’s since grown into his voice, learning to command it with exactly the right amount of swagger you should have when you’re 23 and clocking in 2.9 million monthly Spotify listeners, without having released an album.

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