Ellie Rowsell

Rowsell was born on 19 July 1992 in Archway, North London, and grew up in an Irish community. She studied at the Camden School for Girls from 2003 to 2010. At the school, Rowsell wrote stories and poetry, picking up the guitar at the age of 14 and later developing her songwriting using GarageBand.

During the 2017 United Kingdom General Election, Rowsell endorsed the Labour Party, calling the vote "a vote between the fair and the unfair." She is a vocal supporter of the former Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

In October 2017, Corbyn encouraged his supporters via Twitter to buy the Wolf Alice album, Visions of a Life, to try to send it to No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart during its high-profile race against the Shania Twain album Now, claiming he was "returning the favour" following the group's support of him during the 2017 general election.

In 2018 there was tabloid speculation that Rowsell had become engaged to Isaac Holman, but she denied that she was engaged to anyone via Twitter on 2 October 2018.