Vegyn was born in
London. His mother Julie Thornalley worked as a graphic designer, and his father is musician and songwriter
Phil Thornalley of
The Cure fame. He began performing in 2013 while studying design at the
London College of Communication, teaching himself how to make boom bap beats after encouragement from fellow musicians. He later left university to focus on music Around the same time, he met fellow music producer
James Blake during a 1-800 Dinosaur event at the now-closed London nightclub Plastic People. Vegyn gave him a
USB of songs he had made under the Vegyn moniker. Blake later played these songs on
BBC Radio in 2014. In May 2023 he released the album
The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth under the name
Headache. The record is credited to Vegyn as producer and mixer, with lyrics written by Francis Hornsby Clark. Some listeners speculated that the vocals on the album were produced using
AI, and that Clark himself may not exist, owing to his lack of social media presence. Vegyn confirmed that the vocals were AI-produced, but insisted that Clark was real, a friend he has known for years who keeps a low public profile. In October 2025 a second Headache album was released, titled
Thank You for Almost Everything. Vegyn debuted his AV Live show at
Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, sold out his London show at EartH two months in advance, and played select US dates including
The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and
Webster Hall in New York. In April 2024, he released his second album,
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions. ==Discography==