Sonny Hall

Hall was born in Essex. From ages three to four, he moved between foster homes with his twin brother, Harvey. They were eventually adopted at age four. And then raised in Wandsworth, south west London and Surrey.[11][12] He did maintain contact with his birth mother.[1] He dropped out of sixth form in 2014.[1] He began using drugs in his teenage years, but fell into an addiction soon after his birth mother died of a heroin overdose in 2015. He rehabilitated at The Cabin Chiang Mai addiction clinic in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2017.[11][13]

Hall's career started when he was scouted at a gig in Camden Town circa 2014.[11] In 2015, he modelled in British fashion photographer Nick Knight's fashion film, Yungsters.[14] Hall first began writing in 2017 when he was in rehab in Thailand.[15][4] He shortly began posting his own poetry on his personal Instagram account.[16] Hall self published and released his debut poetry collection The Blues Comes With Good News, in April 2019 which sold over 1.5 thousand copies with its first edition in just six months. A subsequent 2nd Edition was published in September 2019 by British publishing house Hodder & Stoughton. [1] He consequently was hired by British fashion designer Christopher Bailey for one of his Burberry campaigns alongside model Adwoa Aboah.[1][16] Hall's Instagram also caught the attention of British singer Rita Ora who starred him in her music video for her smash hit single "Let You Love Me".[16][13] Hall collaborated with friend and film director Jim Longden, where he played the lead role in Longden’s directing debut, To Erase A Cloud. Hall has been remarked increasingly well for his Poetry, he spoke at Trinity College, Cambridge University in March 2023, speaking on tradition in poetry, confession and form.

In 2020, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic, Hall began dating British singer Celeste.[17]