Wicken has never been afraid to change his looks, even if his styling will make you uncomfortable, and over the course of his career we've already seen the singer indulge in his hairstyles and fashion senses, and in 2021, In his song Save Your Tears, Wicken first showed off another creepy beauty intended to make him look like he had undergone many surgeries, showing off the padding around his cheeks and lips
While Wiken's face may have been distorted for artistic purposes, the song itself is equally surreal, and any loyal fan of Wiken knows that he often changes his look
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Kim Carey's sunshine breakfast</h1>
Although the bandages and bruises on Wicken's appearances at various awards ceremonies surprised fans, his makeup was like a second skin to him, and in an interview, he said he sometimes forgot about the fake bruises and bandages on his body, and he appreciated the feeling of dressing up as a different character to tell a story, like a person behaving differently after work and at work
Elements from the album reference one of Wicken's favorite films, the 1994 comedy "Stranger In Disguise" starring Kim Carey, who said in an interview that it was the first movie he and his mother had seen in a movie theater, and that for him, a creative kid, the movie meant everything, and Kim Carey even contacted Wicken immediately after hearing that Wicken was a huge fan of his, and Wicken said: "On my 30th birthday, he asked me to look out the window and I saw a huge red balloon on the balcony. He picked me up for breakfast and Kim Carey was my first inspiration to be any character."
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Wicken's childhood looks even more adorable</h1>
Wicken is well known for his pop songs "Star Whisperers" and "The Hill," not to mention his high-profile performances on the 2021 Super Bowl halftime show, but in addition to his musical career and his public image, there are many fans who are interested in his love history, having had relationships with superstars such as Bella Hadid, Selena Gomez, etc., however, there are also some tabloid news about where he came from and who he was before he became Wicken
Wickken's real name is Abel Marconion, born on February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Canada, where he had little contact with his father because he left home when Wicken was just a toddler, and although his father was not around, it did not stop Wicken from chasing his dreams, it was an absolute pity that his father missed watching his son grow up, and Wicken happened to be a super cute child, as evidenced by the fact that he shared a photo of himself as a child. Very different from my current self
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Wicken is not mysterious at all</h1>
After working in Canada for many years, Wicken also received critical acclaim and dominated the radio and streaming services space with the hit singles "Unstoppable Love" and "The Hill", he did not give a lot of interviews, the melancholy artist is as mysterious as his music, "People see me always saying I'm not what they expected, I guess they will think I'm a dark and depressed person, but I like to incorporate these emotions into my work, I'm quite laid back in real life", In a 2020 interview, he said, "I love being with friends, joking, telling jokes endlessly, and not stopping all day."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the birth of this stage name</h1>
How does one decide to call himself Wicken, he wrote: "When I was 17 years old, I dropped out of high school and ran away from home and persuaded Rama (Wicken's best friend) to do the same, we grabbed mattresses from home and threw them in a friend's car, and when we left it was a weekend, I never came home again, I hated my name at the time, so I tried to use Weeknd as a stage name, which sounded cool, but I removed e because there was already a Canadian band named Weekend, I'm not trying to motivate people to drop out of school or run away from home at 16 or 17, it's just that I'm the kind of person."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > things got worse after Wicken left home</h1>
When Wicken decided to drop out of high school, he saw his mother's disapproving gaze, saying, "It was the most heart-wrenching look I'd ever seen, she looked at me like her life had failed, but I left anyway", Wicken and Rama left the suburb where they lived with another friend, renting a one-bedroom apartment in Parkdale, Toronto, where he said mostly lived students and people who had run away from home
But due to rent problems, the three were eventually evicted, Wicken had to find a new place to live, and later they found a job in the clothing company, Wicken also used his spare time to sing songs to post the work on the Internet, and gradually found by Drake and other celebrities, the rest, it became history
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Willken is a low-key philanthropist</h1>
Some may say that his music is frustrating, but Wicken certainly doesn't think so about others, he has used his influence to support many causes, help many people in need, in 2016 he donated $50,000 to the University of Toronto, helped establish an Ethiopian research project, the following week he donated $250,000 to a charity, in 2017 he donated $100,000 to a maternal and child health facility in Uganda, and three years later, he stepped up, Donated $500,000
He donated $300,000 after a series of events in Beirut, Lebanon and elsewhere, and that same month, he gave an interactive concert that raised $350,000 for a commitment to equal justice
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Willken is growing</h1> up
Although Wicken's fake bruises come in the name of art, the message he conveys comes from his actual experience, saying: "Blinding Lights 2020 is about drunk driving, which is the last thing I can forgive", at least for now, when it comes to music and his life, he has learned how to release himself, and as he grows, fans expect more from Wicken, both on a personal and artistic level