BERLIN Z BURNING: CANDY KEN

” MA OUTFIT IS ON FLEEK
UR GIRLFRIENDS WANTS MA DICK
FUCK A JOB I QUIET
DIZ SONG IS HELLA LIT

CANDY KEN AGED 20 SOMETHING, AN AUSTRIAN KID LIVES IN BERLIN, FULL OF MUSCLES, CREATIVE JUICES AND HELLO KITTY IS OBVIOUSLY OBSESSED WITH HIM…

CANDY KEN AKA JAKOB KASIMIR, IS A WILD LOLCORE-IST, GENDER-MODERNIST AND A SUGAR KID ON INSTANT BERLIN’S CREATIVE LIP. HIS GAME WITH MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY MAKING MADE A LOT OF TEENS AROUND THE WORLD.

 

HE HAS USUALLY SEEN OVERMARKED WITH HIS CANDY TATTOOS, TIARAS MIXED WITH CUTE MANICURES, BLING-BIJOUTERI, BENCH PRESSES, ABS, PACKS ETC… -ALL CRASHED IN AN AFTER-PARTY KAWAII POWDER.

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REASONABLY NICOLA FORMICHETTI AND JEREMY SCOTT FIND HIM AS THEIR MUSE TODAY.

” I AM REALLY BAD
I LIKE THE BOOTY FAT
MONEY WHAT I GET
U LOOK REALLY MAD”

AND BTW CANDY KEN IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR BASIC BITCHES!

” BASIC BITCHES I DON’T LIKE
BASIC BITCHES KILL MA VIBE
BASIC BITCHES HATE THEIR LIFE
BASIC BITCH WANT TO FIGHT
GET THA FUCK OUT “

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#DOWNTOWN500MAG 

IS OVER-LOL-ED BY CANDY KEN TOO, HE IS A HUMOUR BONER! WE HAVE DROPPED A CHAT WITH THIS CUTE KAWAII STRIPER.

DT 500 ZINE: – Who is Candy Ken? Ken vs Candy Ken?

 

CANDY KEN: – the Candy version of Ken – he can do all the cute shit Ken is not “allowed” aka supposed 2 do 🙂

DT 500 ZINE: – and your goal with Candy Ken  IS?

 

CANDY KEN: – Saving thiz grey + boring planet!

 

DT 500 ZINE: –  What is your gig with pink? 

 

CANDY KEN: – It empowers me!

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CANDY KEN UR DAD
MA EXES BE SO MAD
CRYING ON DA BED
I BOUGHT DAT BITCH A CAT
BITCHES LOVE BITCHES “

DT500 ZINE: – Tell us more about your superpowers? How did you blow them up?

 

CANDY KEN: – I started as a photographer and filmmaker. My whole life, I tried finding someone like Candy Ken to photograph and do music videos for, but I couldn’t see them.

 “I had to do it myself. I had people in front of the lens who bored me! ” 

DT 500 ZINE: –  Who pumps your inspiration?

 

CANDY KEN: – The Joker, mad max, hello kitty!

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DT 500 ZINE: – What is the Hello Kitty song/video about?

CANDY KEN: – Love story of Ken and Kitty.

DT 500 ZINE: – Why are you so obsessed with HER?

CANDY KEN: – I am not – she is with me: D

DT 500 ZINE: – Tell us about how you met Nicola Formichetti?

CANDY KEN: – Nicola understood instantly who I am and what I wanna do. A dream-team since then – I love him ❤

” He found me on Instagram and texted me: “OMG! I am such a big fan, I need to shoot you for my magazine.” He bought the ticket, and I flew to Milan. He was coming out with a Japanese fashion magazine called FREE. While we were shooting, he took a photo of me with his phone and sent it to Jeremy Scott, who posted it to his Instagram after. “

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DT 500 ZINE: – What do you prefer the most: photography, performance or music?

 

CANDY KEN: – Creating art pleasures me the most – doesn’t matter in which form.

DT 500 ZINE: – How do basic bitches or others react to what you do?

CANDY KEN: – Very differently – from full of love till getting offended and aggressive – but I never get ignored that’s for sure.

DT 500 ZINE: – Who are your audience and your agenda?

CANDY KEN: – The world is my audience – my agenda is to inspire and help as many people as possible – I want to help everybody to be themselves  – it’s the key 2 happiness.

 ” BASIC BITCHES BASIC JOB
BASIC BITCHES AT THE CLUB
BASIC BITCHES BASIC DRINK
I’M SO REAL THA FUCK YOU THINK ”

DT 500 ZINE: – What cities on the tour list?

CANDY KEN: – Tokyo and Taipei for sure !!! really wanna go to Seoul thou – never been! 

DT 500 ZINE: – Where can one most likely run into Candy Ken?

CANDY KEN: – at the local gym!

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DT 500 ZINE: – LOL!  Your upcoming plans? What is on your calendar 2016?

CANDY KEN: – I will release my first album super soon ! Gigs all over the place + spending summer in LA & NYC.

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BASIC BITCHES AT THE MALL
BASIC BITCHES I WON’T CALL
BASIC BITCHES LOOK AT ME
I’M UR FANCY FANTASY

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 INTERVIEW BY DT 500
PHOTGRAPHY by Daniel Peace / Terry Richardson /
Benjamin Ehrenberg (Kaltblut-Magazine) 
( photography is edited by DT 500 Mag)
STYLING by Chema Diaz
HARNESS by Teale Coco