Charlotte Kemp Muhl (born August 17, 1987), also known as Kemp Muhl, is an American singer, writer, model and director from
Atlanta,
Georgia. She is best known as a model for
Maybelline.
Muhl has been in a relationship with
Sean Ono Lennon since 2007 and performs with him in the musical duo
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger. She is also the bassist for the group UNI and The Urchins, which released their debut album in January 2023.[2][3]
Career
Music
Muhl is a singer, songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, keyboard, and the accordion. Muhl has stated that she uses funds earned from her modeling career to produce her music.[4] Muhl and Sean Lennon formed the record company
Chimera Music.[5]
In 2017, Muhl founded the band Uni, currently[when?] including vocalist Jack James and guitarist David Strange.[6] On November 17, 2017, with their original vocalist Nico, they released their debut 7" single What's the Problem b/w Adult Video.[7] 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.[8]
Muhl met
Sean Ono Lennon at the
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival[14] 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.[15] Muhl and Lennon are involved in a number of musical endeavours,[16] and much of their work is written at their own home-based studio in
Greenwich Village.