Miley Cyrus

I was working on a project with Sunset Sound Studios, and found out that Janis Joplin had recorded the Pearl album at their historic recording studio on Sunset Boulevard. I heard a wild story about her walking in after lunch with the lyrics to Mercedes Benz written on a napkin, and recording it right there. The studio still looks the same—same wood paneling, same funky vibe—they even have the original mic she used.

That’s when it hit me. What if Miley recorded a cover of that song at Sunset Sound? Same mic. Same room.

I called her up, and she was in. We set it up and filmed it, stills and video of her recording Mercedes Benz just like Janis did.