In , Gas Lipstick announced his departure from HIM after sixteen years to pursue other musical projects. On 5 March , HIM announced the end of the band following a farewell tour that same year. The song's music video would go on to win Video of the Year at the Emma Gala. He would go on to score the sequel Downward Spiral: Horus Station as well. On his twentieth birthday, Valo created the heartagram, which would eventually become the symbol of HIM.
A combination of a heart and a pentagram, the heartagram is meant to represent the juxtaposition of "the soft and the hard, the male and the female, the yin and the yang". Musically the heart is meant to represent the softer side of the band, while the pentagram conveys the heavier elements of their sound. Since its creation, Valo has stated that the heartagram "is probably the best thing [he's] ever come-up with", and that it's "worth a lot more than money" and "bigger than [the] band".
He noted in , "There are a lot of people who have Heartagram tattoos now. He's also made brief appearances in TV and film, often collaborating with Bam Margera of Jackass fame. Valo has been regarded as a sex symbol and has received several accolades in the music industry.
In , he was found to possess the eighth-highest vocal range of any known singer in popular music by VVN Music. The track was a collaborative effort by several prominent Finnish musicians to save youth centers across the country. In , Valo was featured on the track "Whisper in the Chaos '97" by Lullacry, which was released on their compilation album Legacy During the making of HIM's album Venus Doom, Valo's alcohol abuse worsened to the point where he was vomiting and defecating blood.
According to Valo, he neither slept nor ate for weeks. Things came to a head, when Valo suffered a nervous breakdown during the recording process.
He was able to recuperate, until he suffered a relapse during the album's mixing stage. Since then, he has relapsed, but Valo has said that he tries to balance his drinking, stating: "I'm an on and off guy.
If I drink, I drink properly for long stretches of time. And if I don't drink, I don't drink at all. He also performed two songs for the Finnish compilation album Synkkien laulujen maa, one of which was a duet with Kari Tapio.
The song eventually went platinum in Germany. Valo currently resides in Helsinki, Finland. He previously lived in a 19th-century tower house designed by Carl Ludvig Engel in Munkkiniemi, which he bought in In , the house was put back on sale. Valo is an asthmatic, and non-religious. He has been a vegetarian since he was a teenager, and currently has an "almost vegan" diet.
In , Valo was invited to the Presidential Independence Day reception at Finland's presidential palace, but was unable to attend due to a fever. He attended later in Much of HIM's success has been attributed to Valo's songwriting ability, as well as his image and charisma. In , Metal Hammer magazine described Valo as one of the few new "rockstars" in music, stating: "HIM were like no other band.
They had a special something, but more importantly they had a special someone. Helsingin Sanomat described Valo's image as utilizing "the tried and true James Dean formula, where sensitivity and edginess combined. Loudwire ranked him as the fourteenth greatest metal frontman of the 21st century, stating: "His baritone voice is undeniably gorgeous, his vampiric charisma is almost hypnotic, male fans desperately attempt to emulate him and female fans scream ballistically as if he was the second coming of Elvis.
In , Kerrang! Regarding these accolades, Valo has stated: "To be honest, I don't know what a sex symbol is. From to , Valo played bass in the Donits-Osmo Experience. Valo has collaborated with many different artists during his career, often under different pseudonyms. In and , Valo sang back-up on two albums by The Skreppers. The two became engaged in , but broke-up in spring The couple reunited in the summer of , but broke-up again in In April , the couple were reported to have ended their relationship.
Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Finland. Ville Valo celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year. On more than one occasion Valo has been reported to have performed intoxicated. In , he nearly fell off the balcony of a hotel while under the influence, but was stopped by friends. He suffered minor injuries and was robbed of his jacket, asthma medicine, cigarettes, credit cards and cell phone.
In February , Valo was reportedly arrested at his home in Finland after allegedly threatening to kill his neighbor and resisting arrest. They had a special something, but more importantly they had a special someone. In , Kerrang! He attended later in Ville Valo Birthday Countdown 0 0 0.
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