Her musical style has been described as pulling from R&B, Latin, neo soul, and bossa nova.

Hope Tala was born in West London to a Jamaican-descended Black father and a mother of British and Irish heritage.

[1][5] Tala first started to sing at the age of 15 and wrote her first compositions during her study of AS-Level music.

[19] It was around this time that Tala had declined pursuing a master's degree in favour of a career in music.

[20] Tala's All My Girls Like To Fight was listed as one of Barack Obama's favourite songs of 2020.

[4][22] Her song Tiptoeing was chosen by Clara Amfo as BBC Radio One's "Hottest Record in the World" on 19 October 2021.