As a kid, Molly Lewis was obsessed with learning to whistle. “I just really needed to make a sound with my mouth, ” she says, at ease on a sofa at home in LA one Tuesday morning. “It was a fun thing for me, and I was good at it.” So good at it, in fact, that it’s become her full-time gig. Since 2016, Lewis has worked with musicians as diverse as Mark Ronson, Dr. Dre and Kirin J Callinan, This story is from Kinfolk Issue Fifty Buy Now Related Stories Music Issue 50 Caroline Polachek “The thing that eats at me a little bit is how subjective my music is.... You can’t get away from ‘Caroline Polachek.’” Music Issue 50 Behind the Scenes Film composer Emile Mosseri on the art of setting music to film. Music Issue 49 Tove Lo The pop star reflects on the big feelings behind her biggest hits. Music Issue 49 Róisín Murphy Five questions for an art-pop icon. Music Issue 46 Hun Choi DJ Hunee outlines his dance floor philosophy. Music Issue 46 Lil Silva A superstar collaborator steps into the spotlight.
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