He may have signed his first major-label development deal with Warner Music Canada at age 15, but Scott Helman has always exuded an old soul. Like fellow Toronto-area sensation Shawn Mendes, Helman has taken great strides to prove he's not just another teen-pop phenom, but rather a serious singer/songwriter with designs on becoming a career artist. After workshopping his material under the tutelage of seasoned song doctors like Simon Wilcox and Thomas "Tawgs" Salter, Helman issued his debut EP, Bungalow, in 2014, when he still just 19 years old. The EP's lead single "Bungalow" showcased his instant mastery of the stadium-sized, foot-stomping roots-rock sound popularized by Mumford and Sons in the early 2010s, with the song hitting the Top 40 on the Canadian Billboard Hot 100 chart and earning Helman a nomination for Best Pop Video at the 2015 MuchMusic Video Awards. That year, he embarked on his first American and European tours opening for the anthemic roots-pop outfit Walk Off the Earth. Helman also proved he could hold his own against steely alt-rock veteran Matthew Good on a cross-Canada tour together. (Always one to pay respect to his elders, Helman has covered songs by Leonard Cohen, Alanis Morissette, and The Tragically Hip over the course of his career.) After scoring Juno nominations for Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year, Helman proved he was no flash-in-the-pan with the release of his first full-length album, Hôtel de Ville, in 2017. Stacked with winsome alt-folk serenades ("21 Days") and ecstatic synth-pop confections ("PDA"), the record racked up three Juno Award nominations (Songwriter of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, and the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year). Following a summer 2018 Canadian tour with Vance Joy, Helman resurfaced that fall with the slinky single "Hang Ups," which sees the influence of modern R&B seeping into his heart-on-sleeve songwriting.