A lot of people have said that I'm trying to be like Justin Bieber by wearing a hat all the time. But the truth is, I don't like the way my hair looks. It's kind of weird, so I wear a hat all the time to cover it. I've been doing it since I was thirteen.

Background
Mahone first started posting videos on YouTube with his friend Alex Constancio in June 2010. Mahone was chosen as one of the Opening Acts of Taylor Swift's Red Tour from Swift's fourth album Red with selected dates. Music videos followed by January 2011 and he began to build an online following.

Austin Mahone (born in San Antonio Texas on April 4 1996) is an American pop singer who became popular in 2011 due to viral videos of his performances. Mahone's debut single "11:11" was released on February 14 2012.