What began as a quiet bonding exercise between a California singer-songwriter and a rescued horse has evolved into one of the internet's most unusual musical collaborations. Los Angeles-based musician Mikayla Khramov says her rescue horse, Yupia, developed a fascination with musical instruments while she volunteered at a horse rescue in California. Instead of discouraging the curiosity, she nurtured it, eventually teaching Yupia to strum a guitar and pluck a harp using his nose and teeth. After years of viral videos attracting millions of views online, Khramov is now incorporating the horse's unique sounds into an upcoming album, turning an unlikely friendship into a creative musical project.
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