Charlotte Kemp Muhl (born August 17, 1987), also known as Kemp Muhl, is an American singer-songwriter, writer, model and film director from

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. She is best known as a model for

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. Muhl has been in a relationship with

Sean Lennon is an American–British musician, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and half-brother to Julian Lennon. Over the course of his career, he has been a member of the bands Cibo Matto, The G ...

since 2007 and performs with him in the musical duo

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. She is also the bassist for the group UNI and The Urchins, which released their debut album in January 2023.

Career

Musical career

Muhl is a singer, a songwriter and

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, playing guitar, bass, keyboard, and the accordion. Muhl has stated that she uses funds earned from her modeling career to produce her music. Muhl and Sean Lennon formed the record company

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Music. In 2017, Muhl founded the band Uni, currently including vocalist Jack James and guitarist David Strange. On November 17, 2017, with their original vocalist Nico, they released their debut 7" single ''What's the Problem b/w Adult Video''. Both songs on the single had a music video, directed by Muhl, produced for them. "Mushroom Cloud", their second 7" single, was released March 23, 2018, with a video debuted on Rolling stone.

Modeling

Muhl has a successful modeling career. She was under contract with

for 10 years, and has been featured in campaigns for

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, D&G,

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, and

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’s brand

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. She has worked with Ellen Von Unwerth,

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, and Steven Klein. From 2002–2005, Muhl was the spokesmodel of

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in Asia, appearing in commercials and films across the continent.

Music videos appeared in

* ''

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'' music video by

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(2002) * ''Purple'' music video by

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(2003) * ''

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'' music video by

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(2005) * Music video for ''Lolita'' (song by

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) (2006) * Music video for "Find A New Way (Terry Richardson Version)" (song by Young Love) (2007)

Music videos directed

* "Debris", by Uni * "DDT", by Uni * "Electric Universe", by Uni * "American F*g", by Uni * "Act One", by Invisible Familiars * "Black Hanz", by

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* "Blood and Guts", by

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* "What's The Problem?", by Uni * "Adult Video", by Uni * "Donna Marijuana", by Uni

Personal life

Muhl met

at the

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in 2005, and the two have been in a relationship since 2007. In an interview, Lennon stated that he discovered Muhl was musically talented over a year after they had started dating. Muhl and Lennon are involved in a number of musical endeavours, and much of their work is written at their own home-based studio in

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References

External links

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Chimera Music
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