Miley Cyrus shared a voicemail she received from Taylor Hawkins that explained why she chose to sing a Def Leppard song at his tribute this week.

On her socials, she played the recording where Hawkins said he was listening to Def Leppard’s classic song, “Photograph,” and told her that she would “kill it” if she ever sang it.

She never forgot it and during the mega-star tribute to the late Foo Fighters‘ drummer, she and Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott joined forces to sing the song.

Backing them was Def Leppard’s lead guitarist, Phil Collen, along with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, and Chris Shiflett. Weezer’s Pat Wilson was on drums.

The voice message was from a time when Cyrus was neighbors with Hawkins and his family.

TL;DR:

• Miley Cyrus shared a voicemail she received from Taylor Hawkins that explained why she chose to sing a Def Leppard song at his tribute this week.
• Taylor said he was listening to Def Leppard’s classic song, “Photograph,” and told her that she would “kill it” if she ever sang it.
• At the time, Cyrus was neighbors with Hawkins and his family.