Sonny Hall

Not to be confused with Sony Hall.

For the American labor union leader, see Sonny Hall (unionist).

Sonny Hall
Born	(1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 26) London, England
Modelling information
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Hair colour	Brown
Eye colour	Blue/Green
Agencies	Why Not Model Management (Milan) One Management (New York) Kate Moss Agency (London)

Sonny Hall (born 10 June 1998) is an English model, artist and poet.^[1][2][3][4] Hall released his debut poetry collection, The Blues Comes With Good News, through Hodder & Stoughton in September 2019.^[5][6][7] He is signed to Kate Moss's modelling agency.^[8][9][10]

Early life

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]

Career

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 second 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, discussing tradition in poetry, confession and form.

Personal life

In 2020, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic, Hall began dating British singer Celeste. They broke it off after 18 months. He is currently in a relationship. ^[17]

References

1. Hine, Samuel (8 November 2019). "Meet Sonny Hall, the Model-Poet She Told You Not to Worry About". GQ. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
2. Fielding, Anna (8 April 2020). "Sonny Hall is the poetry poster boy you're going to want to read next". Stylist. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
3. Waymouth, Adam (29 November 2019). "Sonny Hall: "Je suis une éponge, j'absorbe tout ce que je vois et entends"" [Sonny Hall: "I am a sponge, I absorb everything I see and hear"]. L'Officiel (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
4. Pallardy, Richard (12 August 2020). "Sonny Hall". ODDA Magazine. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
5. Chandler, Mark (25 July 2019). "Hodder signs collection from Instragram poet Sonny Hall". The Bookseller. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
6. Kelly, Juno (6 January 2020). "Sonny Hall talks "ridding nonsense" and "exposing silly fucking taboos"". Love. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
7. "What To Wear Now: Presenting Our 15 Favorite Spring Fits - Starring Wisdom Onwubiko, Sonny Hall, and Mona Matsuoka". GQ. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
8. Goldstone, Penny; Makan, Sunil (17 February 2020). "Tommy Hilfiger brings the party (and a stellar cast of models) to London". Marie Claire. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
9. Luckhurst, Phoebe (2 October 2019). "London's most influential people 2019 – Going Out: Party People". Evening Standard. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
10. Roberts, Georgina (11 April 2020). "Gen Z icons: from Greta and Billie to Kylie Jenner and Zendaya". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
11. Hayes, Martha (13 March 2019). "Sonny Hall on rehab, writing and reinventing himself". Evening Standard. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
12. Weinstock, Tish (25 April 2017). "What's Up London". Unemployed Mag. Retrieved 12 August 2020. Tell us a bit about yourself and where you grew up? South west London.
13. Gillibrand, Abigail (3 December 2018). "Burberry model Sonny Hall on road to recovery and losing his voice to addiction". Metro. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
14. "Sonny Hall". SHOWstudio. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
15. Morgan, Hayley (21 November 2018). "Meet The Model: Sonny Hall Is The Lad Of Your Dreams". Oyster. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
16. Becker, Kara (12 February 2020). "Sonny Hall: Czas na szczerość". Vogue Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
17. Beaumont, Mark (13 November 2020). "Celeste won't let anything — not even a pandemic — stand in her way". Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 December 2020.