Lucien Jack (born 19 July 1988) is a British-born

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n comedian, singer, and songwriter who has had success in

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under the names Hun, Lucien and Jack Lucien. He is best known for his 2009 single "I'm Not Afraid" and his drag character Teena.

Biography

Music career

2004 – 2007

In 2004, under the name Hun he released his first single ''Gone Before It Happens'' under the Spanish record label, O'Clock Music. It was released on 25 July 2004. In 2006, he returned with the name Lucien and released an EP ''What You Said To Me...''. The only single was ''It's Unconditional'', and it managed to achieve mild success in Europe.

2008 – 2014

In 2008, he released his debut album '' New 80s Musik''. The only single was ''Rasputin'' which was released as a free download before the album's release. A different version of the album, titled ''Джэк Люсьен'' (Jack Lucien) was released in Russia in January 2009, featuring a collection of released and unreleased songs as well as remixes. A new song, ''I'm Not Afraid'', was released as a radio only single and managed to reach Top 10 in the Russian Airplay Chart. His second studio album as Jack Lucien, ''

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'', was released on 26 October 2009. Due to a lack of promotion and an underwhelming reception, it failed to spawn any success and its lead single ''Saturday'' was eventually cancelled. In May 2010, Lucien announced that he had written a song for German pop group

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's new album '' Ladylike''. The track entitled "Caffeine", was included as a bonus track in 2011. In October 2011, he released a compilation album ''

Everything I Want To Be ''Everything I Want to Be'' is a compilation album recorded by the British singer/producer Jack Lucien. ''Everything I Want to Be'' was initially meant to serve as Lucien's third studio album, with its track-listing being published in July 201 ...

''. It featured a mixture of new tracks, old tracks and rarities, as well as the single only releases ''Hook U Up'' and ''State of Mind''. To promote the LP, he undertook a brief tour of the United Kingdom and Spain, as well as appearing on the game show

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, coming third. On 20 January 2014, he released a new version of his song I'm Not Afraid, entitled "I'm Not Afraid '14 (English, Spanish, Russian and Catalan Version)".

Comedy career

2017 - present

Since 2017, under his real name Lucien Jack, he has been performing as a comedian. In 2019, he finished a tour of the

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, apologizing for

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and appeared at

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Eurovision

In October 2008, the singer stated that he was in talks to represent

in the 2009

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. His song, ''Marxaré'', was pulled out by the singer just before the Andorran Finals to select their entrant. It was released as a download single on 4 May 2009 and its English version ''Let Me Go'' was included on his 2009 release ''Eurosceptic''. In 2011, he landed with co-writing the Russian entry for

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by Alexey Vorobyov entitled '' Get You'' in collaboration with the Moroccan-Swedish producer

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Further activities

As well as being a singer, Lucien appeared on T4, performing "Rasputin" in May 2008, and appearing on the show '' Je Suis Un Rockstar'' in August. He is a classical musician, and has performed classical guitar in various ensembles. In 2008, he performed with the Barents Dance Troup, joining them on both their Russian and Scandinavian tours. In November 2009, Lucien made his acting debut in ''

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'' at New Theatre,

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, playing 'The Hashid'. Lucien furthered his theatrical career in 2010, acting in ''

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''.

Personal life

Lucien was born in

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, Northamptonshire, England. He grew up in

and culturally sees himself as

n. He was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is an English Public school (United Kingdom), public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day school, day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It wa ...

and the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

where he took a degree in modern languages. He also works in

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. He is a friend of Spanish singer

Soraya Arnelas Soraya Arnelas Rubiales (; born 13 September 1982), better known mononymously as Soraya, is a Spanish singer. Soraya represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow with the song " La noche es para mí", finishing 23rd with 23 point ...

and recorded a song named ''Anaesthetic'' together in 2008.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other releases

Recorded under the name Hun
Released under the name Lucien

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucien, Jack 1988 births Living people British male singers British male songwriters British pop singers Actors from Kettering British people of Polish descent People educated at Winchester College Alumni of the University of Nottingham 21st-century British singers 21st-century British male singers British male comedians Comedians from Northamptonshire Male actors from Northamptonshire