It’s protected to say that Jack Frost nipped at Shawn Mendes‘ nostril, toes and every little thing in between this Christmas. In a daring video posted to his Instagram, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter revealed that he celebrated the vacation by taking a swim in a freezing river — and as if that wasn’t chilly sufficient by itself, he did it whereas sporting nothing however his underpants.
Within the video, Mendes and a good friend stand within the snow subsequent to the river, which is visibly capped with sheets of thick ice. The “Mercy” singer then strips off his pants, sweater and boots till nothing however his black boxers are left, and he proceeds to make the leap.
“It’s chilly!” the Ontario native shouts after dipping his head into the frigid water.
And later, as he’s stepping out of the river — his pores and skin flushed pink from the chilly — he confesses, “I can’t really feel a factor.”
“MERRY CHRISTMAS,” Mendes captioned the tour.
The “When You’re Gone” musician’s buddies and followers took to the feedback to cheer him on. “Can take the boy outta Canada however can’t take the Canada outta the boy,” wrote Mendes’ former MagCon costar Nash Grier. “BLUE BALLS. LITERALLY,” wrote producer and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder.
Mendes’ video comes about 5 months after the pop star made the surprising choice to cancel the whole thing of his Surprise World Tour, which he’d initially postponed by just some weeks. He defined on the time that he wanted to give attention to his psychological well being, and the next month, he informed TMZ that he was spending his day off going to remedy, hanging out with household and “taking it simple.”
In October, Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, an animated movie for which Mendes voiced the titular character, premiered. It featured an authentic music written by Mendes for the film, titled “Heartbeat.”
Take a look at Shawn Mendes’ Christmastime polar plunge beneath:
