HUDSON
Cole

• 1. Personal life

Cole Chase Hudson known professionally as Lil Huddy or LilHuddy (stylized in all caps), is an American social media personality, singer and actor, known for his relationship with Charli D'Amelio, co-founding the TikTok collective the Hype House, and popularising the e-boy fashion style and subculture. According to Billboard, he is one of the top 10 music influencers on TikTok, with over 30 million followers, and one of the most influential people on the platform. He has also been cited by Paper as an important figure in the 2020s pop punk revival.

Personal life

Hudson was born in Stockton, California to school teachers Cole and Tamora Hudson. He has two sisters, Karissa and Marlena Hudson. Growing up in one of the city's poor suburbs, he became interested in fashion at a young age and discovering pop punk bands like My Chemical Romance, Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy from his older sister's iPod. In his teens he began being bullied, which led to him becoming suicidal and eventually transferred to online schooling.

Hudson briefly dated Cynthia Parker in 2019. In 2020 Hudson dated Tik Toker Charli D'Amelio from February 2020 to April 2020.

Hudson attended Bear Creek High School for his freshman and sophomore years, before moving to online schooling in order to continue his social media career. He graduated early in his junior year by taking three extra classes per semester.

Hudson cites Justin Bieber, BTS, Shawn Mendes, Billie Eilish and One Direction as his fashion influences, and Travis Barker, Machine Gun Kelly, Olivia Rodrigo, My Chemical Romance and Blink-182 as his musical influences.