Gok Wan

Gok Wan (born Ko-Hen Wan; Chinese: 溫國興; Cantonese Jyutping: Wan1 gwok3 hing3; 9 September 1974) is an English fashion consultant, author and television presenter, perhaps best known for his Channel 4 television programme How to Look Good Naked.

Initially training in the performing arts at the Central School of Speech and Drama, he then entered the fashion business, writing for popular fashion magazines and appearing on various television shows. In 2006, Channel 4 employed him to present his own television show, How to Look Good Naked, which lasted for three series. Moving into other genres, he presented a series of documentaries on social problems among young people, drawing on his personal experiences with obesity and homophobia, and presented a Chinese cooking show entitled Gok Cooks Chinese.

Early life

Gok Wan was born Ko-Hen Wan in Leicester, England, to an English mother, Myra, and a Chinese father, John Tung Shing Wan, who was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to England at age 16. He grew up in Whetstone, Leicestershire, where he worked in his parents' restaurant. Wan stood out from his peers from a young age and endured bullying from other children due to the fact that he was mixed race, tall, overweight and gay.

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Kick Down

by: Long Beach Dub Allstars

Kick me down is all I hear now adays
Break me off you can say it in a thousand ways
Give me this, give me that as if you feed on greed
Lyin' to kick it just to smoke up all my weed
Drinkin my brew and gettin drunker than me
Tell me what is it that you wantin from me
Aint nothin free I had to work to get whats comin to me
Open your eyes and realize that this is somethin' to see
Kick down is what they talk 'bout today
Your in my arena but you dont wanna play
Its how you move and not what you say
When the cats away the mice will play
Cause im remembering the days when I didnt have nothin
Livin in the ghetto east side ill tell you something
From the life ive lived and what ive seen
Nothing from nothing means nothing
So you better have somethin
If you wanna kick down from me
So lets move to the side and make this discrete
Take a look at my numbers to see if they meet
Up with your stylin to fill up your streets
I dont who you are but I guess you know me
Stop thinking you can come up so easily
Kick me down is all I hear now adays
Break me off you can say it in a thousand ways
Give me this, give me that as if you feed on greed
Lyin' to kick it just to smoke up all my weed
Drinkin my brew and gettin drunker than me
Tell me what is it that you wantin from me
Aint nothin free I had to work to get whats comin to me
Open your eyes and realize that this is somethin' to see
What is it that you beggin me for
Ive got it all but now you cant have it
Ive learned from what ive earned
And established my status as a job to manage
And to my advantage I will stand ground
Shake your hand like the realest man around
And your town kickin you down for a minute
But everything your life have consequences
Begining only to end it
As if it was intended
But you still have to take to the streets and represent it
For each one to step off a street and represent it
So you can sleep for each concequtive second
Thats independent from each hour
I speak as if I was the only source of power
Keeper of keeper thought with knowledge in my concious tower
I read the fate like characters in ficticious novels
And yet between the lines more follow
A most hollow way of life to model
For our street investin stress in a bottle
Nah your better off wishin a lotto
Kick me down is all I hear now adays
Break me off you can say it in a thousand ways
Give me this, give me that as if you feed on greed
Lyin' to kick it just to smoke up all my weed
Drinkin my brew and gettin drunker than me
Tell me what is it that you wantin from me
Aint nothin free I had to work to get whats comin to me
Open your eyes and realize that this is somethin' to see
Ha Ha, whats up Op aint seen you in a while chile
Hey man you fuckin livin large huh. comin up huh you like it
Servin the purpose and shit. Gold card and everything
Right Right. Kick me down. Huh, im gonna tell you like this bro
Kick me down is all im hearing from you
Come on man break me off save me some
As if theres some for you
I need this, give me that
As if you need some help feed your self
Yous the only one that needs yourself
I need a drink to get me drunker than the fourty thieves
Tell me why is it that you frontin on my fortian please
Speak your piece or forever hold your own
I need a loan, I need a car to get home
Naw dawg you better off fetchin for your own bone to throw
Come on im in the streets im all alone
But if you seek than you shall find your shine aint gone
So can I get a kick down
Naw you wrong
Kick me down is all I hear now adays
Break me off you can say it in a thousand ways
Give me this, give me that as if you feed on greed
Lyin' to kick it just to smoke up all my weed
Drinkin my brew and gettin drunker than me
Tell me what is it that you wantin from me
Aint nothin free I had to work to get whats comin to me




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Panic Shack - Gok Wan

Music News 14 Mar 2025
Panic Shack have recently release their latest single ‘Gok Wan’ inspired by 00’s body image culture and it is their best track yet ... Clearly Panic Shack felt this way when writing ‘Gok Wan’ as they told ...
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Newcastle: Pride artists

BBC News 10 Mar 2025
"I know a lot of these LGBTQI+ performers are very out there ... This year's festival is being headlined by pop star Pixie Lott, stylist-turned-DJ Gok Wan and Drag Race UK finalist Michael Marouli ... .
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That was the era of TV makeovers, with the likes of fashion advisors Trinny Woodall and Susannah ...
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