Lykke Li: Singer, Songwriter, and Yola Mezcal Co-Founder
Second Life
Second Life
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li has more on her plate than just her music career. In the newest episode of Second Life, she tells Hillary Kerr about co-founding an all-female mezcal brand called Yola Mezcal, which aims to economically empower women in Oaxaca.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr and this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who |
| 0:12.0 | have truly inspiring careers. |
| 0:14.4 | We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting |
| 0:19.1 | aside their doubts or fears and what happens when they embark on their second life. |
| 0:24.6 | Today I am thrilled to have a dream guest in the studio with me, singer, songwriter, |
| 0:31.6 | and incredible artist, Likki Lee. |
| 0:34.2 | I bought her debut Indiepop album Youth Novels way back in 2008 and basically had that |
| 0:40.5 | album on repeat for a solid two years not to mention the fact that I only went to Coachella |
| 0:45.6 | in 2009 to see her and it was completely worth it. |
| 0:49.9 | Since then she has released three more albums including Wounded Rhymes in 2011. |
| 0:55.0 | I never learned in 2014 and so sad, so sexy which came out last year. |
| 1:01.2 | Her work appears on countless best of lists. |
| 1:04.5 | She sells out tours. |
| 1:06.2 | Her songs have been featured in huge films ranging from Twilight to Blue is the Warmest |
| 1:10.9 | Color and she's beloved by the fashion community. |
| 1:15.3 | And while she's a hugely influential artist who is currently prepping for some summer tour |
| 1:19.6 | dates, since this is second life you probably guess that music isn't Likki Lee's only |
| 1:25.3 | thing. |
| 1:26.6 | Along with two other women she is the co-founder of Yola Mezcal which is a female founded |
| 1:32.0 | company and focuses on promoting the economic independence of women in Wohaka where the |
| 1:37.6 | Mezcal is made and bottled. |
| 1:40.3 | Needless to say it's a journey that travels from Sweden to Mexico with many stops along |
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