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Fa11on
Birth nameVicky Fallon O'Neill
Born (1984-06-03) 3 June 1984 (age 40)
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, producer & TV personality

Fa11on[1] is a U.K. based singer/songwriter and television personality. Fa11on was engaged to Ex 5ive star Abz Love[2] and featured in their hit documentary series Country Strife: Abz on the farm which aired on BBC two[3][4] in 2015 and on the subsequent Christmas special Country Strife: Abz on the Christmas farm.[5] During her career in music Fa11on has performed session and back up vocals for Disney, Pixar,[6] Alesha Dixon[7] and Russian singer Alsou. She has also written for the Sugababes [8] and Alan Braxe.[9] Currently, Fa11on has a YouTube channel under the name, iamFa11on[10] where she uploads covers of hit songs and also original material. She is a featured artist on Abz Love’s comedy single Cockadoodledoo (2016)[11] and on Alan Braxe’s single Nightwatcher (2008).[12] Fa11on has previously recorded, written and produced under the names Fallon, Vicky Fallon and Vicky O'Neill.

Early life

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Smoke 2 Seven Been there done that (The remixes) Single cover

Fa11on was born Vicky Fallon O'Neill on 3 June 1984. At 8 years old she was sent to Fyling hall school as a full-time boarder where she showed an early talent for music (writing and singing) art and sciences and a passion for horses and nature. Fa11on wrote her first album at the age of 11.

Girl band (Smoke 2 Seven)

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Smoke 2 Seven Envy (single cover)

At the age of 16 Fa11on was signed by president and owner of Curb Records[13] Mike Curb as part of a 3 part girlband called Smoke 2 Seven. Smoke 2 Seven signed a 7 album deal and the group enlisted ex London Records MD Laurie Cokell as their manager. S2S toured with Daniel Bedingfield, released two U.K. singles "Been There Done That" (UK 26)[14] and "Envy" (UK 70).[15] Fa11on left the band in 2002. After being released from her contract with Curb Records Fa11on returned to London and began working as a session singer and songwriter, working for Disney, Pixar, Alesha Dixon, Alsou and various other pop acts. In 2001 Fa11on was booked to appear at an R.A.F tattoo event which involved flying in on a helicopter with ex 5ive member and popstar Abz Love.

Eurovision scandal

In 2007 Fa11on was caught up in a controversy when The Sunday Mirror newspaper ran a front page headline accusing Scooch had used two hidden 'ghost singers' as part of their performance on Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up[16] with the implication that this had given the group an advantage over rival entrants, although this was perfectly allowed. This led to accusations of miming.[17] Fa11on was one of the two hidden singers.

Underground solo career

In 2006 O'Neill dropped her surname and began performing as 'Vicky Fallon.' Fa11on wrote and recorded a debut album with Cornwall-based producer and songwriter Gareth Young. During this time Fa11on also co-wrote “Shake It” for the Sugababes. The song appears on the B-side of the single Easy (2006).[18] Fa11on was offered a deal by Matthew Knowles, father and manager of Beyoncé. In December 2007, following several crisis meetings, Fa11on parted ways with Matthew Knowles and left Music World.

In 2008 Fa11on started to work with the record label Eye Industries. She wrote a collection of tracks for other dance artists with DJ & producer Alan Braxe. She is featured along with Killa Kella on Alan Braxe’s song Nightwatcher,[19] which received solid airplay on Radio 1 and enjoyed relative success on the UK underground. Fa11on's debut album caught the attention of 2point9 and they set about developing her as a solo artist. Fa11on co-wrote with Jersey-based super producers Ray Hedges and Nigel Butler before abandoning the project in 2009 to focus on her partner Abz Love.

On 16th July 2017 Fallon changed her performing name to 'Fa11on' and announced the change across her social media platforms.[20]

Finding Love

In 2009 Abz Love reconnected with Fa11on via Myspace. They started dating shortly after and began songwriting and producing tracks for other artists. Fa11on took a hitaus from performing to focus on supporting Love back to health. Fa11on became Love's manager in late 2009. She has navigated Love's career through ITV2's the Big Reunion, Celebrity Big Brother 12, and most recently with BBC two for the couple's hit documentary series 'Country Strife : Abz on the Farm'.

Country Strife : Abz on the Farm

In August 2015, Country Stife: Abz on the Farm aired BBC two. Series one featured three 30 minutes episodes. The show follow Fa11on and then partner Abz Love's journey throughout 2014 as they purchased a dilapidated smallholding and navigated the highs and lows of adjusting to rural life on a budget.The show was produced by Andrea Cornes of Tin Can Island and commissioned by Tom MacDonald.[21] Many felt BBC Two were taking a risk in introducing Love to their audience and were criticised heavily for it.[22] But the show was an unexpected success and even secured a Christmas special Country Strife: Abz on the Christmas farm which aired on Boxing day 2015.[23]

Critic reviews - Abz on the Farm

Abz on the farm Sam Wollaston (TV critic for The Guardian) - "It’s perfect, from a TV point of view if not as a first attempt as self-sufficiency.[24] Can this really be real, or is it mockumentary? Whichever, it’s hilarious and brilliant."

Ellen E Jones (TV critic for The Independent) - [25] Abz Love is a star (re)born. BBC2 isn’t usually associated with reality television, but it was immediately obvious why commissioners had made this exception. Gerald O'Donavan (TV critic for the telegraph) states "Abz on the Farm was abzolutely hilarious." [26]

YouTube

In 2013, Fa11on started a YouTube channel where she posts a mix of covers and original songs. She has had over 166,000 views on her videos. Her most successful video , “Boy (You’re Amazing) Just The Way You Are" is a cover of Bruno Mars hit single. She has also covered Adele, Emeli Sande, Bryan Adams, Chris Brown and Coldplay. Fa11on also has released original material in the form of lyric videos. Included in these videos is “Lay Your Head Down”, “ Sleeping Like Strangers” and “Rock Bottom Feat. Abz Love”.

In December 2015 Love & Fa11on released a music video on Love’s YouTube channel of their comedy single “Cockadoodledoo”. Love describes the song as sounding somewhere between Souljia Boy’s “Crank That” and “Old MacDonald Had A Farm.” [27] It became available as a digital download worldwide on January 4, 2016.

On 23 July 2017, Fa11on released a cover of Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park to her YouTube channel. This was a tribute to the late Chester Bennington.

Blog

In December 2015 Fa11on launched an official blog charting the couple's progress following on from their documentary series Abz on the farm. The Abzonthefarm blog can be found here.

Personal life

Fa11on lives on a semi off grid smallholding called 'Love Farm' deep in the woods of Carmarthenshire, Wales (U.K.).

Split with Love

Fa11on split with Love on 13 March 2017. On 20 May 2017 a story and video was released by the Mirror newspaper, where Abz claims he was in an "emotionally and mentally abusive" relationship with Fa11on. He also claimed he discovered she was working as an escort for £2000 a night. Fa11on immediately fired back at his claims with releasing a series of videos on a YouTube channel called Narcissistic Abuse Awareness. These videos included her emotional reaction to the article and shows evidence of her split with Love that proves his allegations to be false.[28] In July 2017, Love starting dating Chloe Sims, the pair confirmed that they were dating through a series of Instagram posts[29][30][31]. Fa11on then released a tongue-in-cheek video on her YouTube channel where see addresses Sims directly.[32] [33]. In the video, Fa11on wishes Sims luck saying that "she will need it" and reveals that Love cheated during his relationship with Fa11on as well as, spending over £50,000 on drugs.

TV appearances

Discography

Title Year Album Written By
"Nightwatcher (Show Me)"

(Alan Braxe Feat. Killa Kella & Fallon)

2008 Nightwatcher (Show Me) Alain Quéme, Fred Falke, Lee Porter, Vicky O'Neill
"Cockadoodledoo"

(Abz Love Feat. Vicky Fallon)

2016 Cockadoodledoo (feat. Vicky Fallon) (digital download) Abz Love, Vicky Fallon

Smoke 2 Seven

Title Year UK

(peak chart position)

Album Written By
"Been There Done That" 2002 26[34] Been There Done That Andy Hayman, Clarke, Gareth Young Perry, O'Neill
"Envy" 2003 79[35] Envy

Songwriting credits

Title Year Artist Album Written By
"Kinda Unstuck" 2002 Smoke 2 Seven Been There Done That Clarke, Terao, Perry, Schjolin, Cokell, O'Neill
"I Will, I Won't" Clarke, Terao, Perry, Schjolin, Cokell, O'Neill
"Shake It" 2006 Sugababes Easy Beverley Clarke, Gareth Young, Karl 'K-Gee' Gordon, Vicky O'Neill

Music videos

Title Year Notes
Nightwatcher (Show Me) 2008 Alan Braxe Feat. Killa Kella & Fallon)
Cockadoodledoo 2016 Abz Love (feat. Vicky Fallon)
"Lay Your Head Down" Lyric video
"Sleep Like Strangers" Lyric video
"Rock Bottom" Lyric video (feat. Abz Love)

References

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  2. ^ "ΔBZ (@abzlove) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  3. ^ "Series 1, Country Strife: Abz on the Farm - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  4. ^ "BBC - Abz takes on the good life on BBC Two - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  5. ^ "Abz on the Christmas Farm, Country Strife: Abz on the Farm - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  6. ^ Bird, Brad; Pinkava, Jan (2007-06-29), Ratatouille, retrieved 2016-03-27
  7. ^ "Knock Down - Alesha Dixon". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-03-27. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ PrincePaulJohnathan (2009-05-02), Sugababes - Shake It, retrieved 2016-03-27
  9. ^ "AllMusic | Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  10. ^ "1amfa11on". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-03-09. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ WORDS, IF I. say the (2016-01-05). "New Single : Cockadoodledoo – Abz Love Featuring Vicky Fallon". Magic Music Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  12. ^ "Alan Braxe Featuring Killa Kella* & Fallon (3) - Nightwatcher (Show Me)". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  13. ^ "Home | Curb Records". www.curb.com. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  14. ^ DigitalTechnique (2008-02-09), Smoke 2 Seven - Been There Done That, retrieved 2016-03-27
  15. ^ DigitalTechnique (2008-02-09), Smoke 2 Seven - Envy, retrieved 2016-03-27
  16. ^ Bryant, Tom. "THE EUROVISION SONG CON-TEST". mirror. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  17. ^ MacInnes, Paul (2007-03-20). "Eurovision scandal: Scooch's winning sound augmented by ghost singers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  18. ^ "Sugababes - Easy". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  19. ^ "Alan Braxe - Nightwatcher (Show Me) ft. Killa Kella, Fallon". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  20. ^ "Vicky Fallon". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  21. ^ "BBC - Abz takes on the good life on BBC Two - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  22. ^ "TV review: Country Strife: Abz on the Farm; The Saturday Night Story | The Times". The Times. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  23. ^ sarahhamstera, Author (2016-01-05). "'Abz on the Christmas Farm' – On the Box". Dead Pixel Test. Retrieved 2017-03-10. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  24. ^ Wollaston, Sam (August 2015). "Guardian review" – via http://www.theguardian.com. {{cite news}}: External link in |via= (help)
  25. ^ Jones, Ellen E (August 2015). "The Independent : review of Country Strife" – via http://www.independent.co.uk. {{cite news}}: External link in |via= (help)
  26. ^ O'Donavan, Gerald (Aug 2015). "The telgraph : Review Country Strife" – via http://www.telegraph.co.uk. {{cite news}}: External link in |via= (help)
  27. ^ Fallon, Vicky (2016-01-03). "COCKADOODLEDOO". Abz On The Farm. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  28. ^ "Meet Vicky Fallon, the ex-fiancee of 5ive star Abz Love who used 'escort sites' to 'pay off HIS credit card debt'". The Sun. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  29. ^ "'WTF?!' TOWIE's Chloe Sims DIVIDES fans after confirming Abz Love romance with VERY saucy bedroom selfie". CelebsNow. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  30. ^ "Bra-clad Chloe Sims CONFIRMS romance with Abz Love". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  31. ^ "TOWIE's Chloe Sims dating boybander – the couple you never saw coming". Dailystar.co.uk. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  32. ^ "Abz Love's ex sends message to new girlfriend Chloe Sims". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  33. ^ Smith, Carl. "WATCH: Abz Love's ex-girlfriend sends a SCATHING message to Chloe Sims". Heat. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
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  35. ^ "envy | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Retrieved 2017-03-11.
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