Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace has an advice column here at Noisey called “Mandatory Happiness.” Not often, but occasionally, she misses deadlines on it because she’s on the road being an international rockstar, spreading her message to the masses and what not, so we give her a pass on it. A few weeks ago, we dropped her an email to see if she was going to meet her deadline that week. No, she said, she was busy recording a song with Miley Cyrus. Oh OK, Laura, no problem, that makes sen—wait, what the fuck are you talking about? Apparently, Laura was invited to perform as part of Miley’s Happy Hippie Presents: Backyard Session series, a project aiming to help fight for homeless LGBT youth. We kinda didn’t believe it until we saw this pop up on Instagram a while back.
We are longtime supporters of Miley’s punk cred, so naturally we’ve been eagerly awaiting this collaboration. And now it’s finally here. Miley, Laura, and Joan Jett covering The Replacements’ “Androgynous,” off of 1984’s Let It Be. A song decades ahead of its time. Watch it below.
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LGBT issues being publicly embraced and supported by our nation’s top pop stars: THE FUTURE IS NOW. To quote Laura on this one, “Burn, gender, burn.”
Happy Hippie Presents: “Androgynous” feat. Joan Jett & Laura Jane Grace
More #backyardsessions videos coming today!! Huge thank you to Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! and #JoanJett of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts for lending their voices and helping me launch The Happy Hippie Foundation. Find out more at happyhippies.org #HappyHippiePresents #Androgynous #HappyHippie
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Also while you’re in the video-watchin’ mood, here are some acoustic sessions we did with Laura “One Take” Grace last year. As always, you can email her for advice at laurajanegrace@noisey.com
