When I ask what an interaction between her current self, and the four-year-old violinist that grew up to become it, would look like, she takes a few seconds to ponder before telling me that she doesn\u2019t know.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\nToday, however, with her album halfway finished, the opposite side of her persona – a chill, introspective, tranquil character – rightfully takes a well-deserved forefront. It\u2019s around 10:30 AM in Los Angeles when our interview starts. Earlier on in the day, she tells me, she spent a good portion of her time video calling friends and family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was fun!\u201d she recounts, grinning widely, early on in our conversation. “It was really fun.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Fatouretchi continues to grow as both a human and creative being – embracing a network of her own, whilst remaining warmly committed to artistic networks she\u2019s fostered at Stones Throw Records and NTS Radio – it is evident that a humble gratitude toward the process is what keeps her firmly anchored, so much so that challenges growing just as persistently as her climb seem to indefinitely disintegrate in the fizz of her self-made reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final question I pose to Sofie is a poorly-paraphrased derivative of a once-viral Tweet that made me think about distinctions between now and then. When I ask what an interaction between her current self, and the four-year-old violinist that grew up to become it, would look like, she takes a few seconds to ponder before telling me that she doesn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With an album due out soon, a teaching career set to launch, and an already-groundbreaking legacy in music to be built upon, there will be a lot of time for Fatouretchi to figure it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For now, though – if we can be sure of anything – it can absolutely be checked off that she does not own eight pet horses, is not lactose intolerant, and, perhaps most of all, was not<\/em> born mid-train-ride as a conjoined twin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sofie is Not a Conjoined Twin. As Sofie Fatouretchi readies her second studio album, the eclectic Stones Throw signee discusses childhood, musicianship, and a made-up lactose intolerance that almost got her mom into trouble. PHOTOS: ETHAN LOPEZ SAMUEL HYLAND \u201cIt is weird, you know?\u201d The artist-slash-musician Sofie Fatouretchi smiles upon being asked about her relationship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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