Marius Hügli (born 21 April 1993), known professionally as Marius Bear, is a Swiss singer. He represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with the song “Boys Do Cry”.

He studied to be a construction mechanic and has been active as a musician for six years. He is originally from Appenzell. He began his career as a street musician in his native Switzerland, as well as in Germany. In 2019 he won a Swiss Music Award in the category “Best Talent”.

Marius is a multi-talented musician from Appenzell in Switzerland.In 2016, Bear abandoned his plan of becoming a construction machinery mechanic, in order to tour Germany and Switzerland as a street musician. 

At one festival, he got to know a famous producer who invited him to New York, and quickly became part of the Swiss artistic and creative arts scene there.

The globe-trobber was on the move once more in 2017, heading to the United Kingdom, where he studied music production at the prestigious BIMM Institute in London.

It was this literal journey of self-discovery that ultimately led to the release of his first album, Not Loud Enough, which soared into the Top 20 of the Swiss album charts.