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Brandi Carlile Offers Hope With Moving Version of 'Over the Rainbow'

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Carlile calls the Judy Garland classic "the most revolutionary and punk rock song ever written."

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As part of a series of videos intended to offer some solace at this time, out author Glennon Doyle asked Brandi Carlile for a song of hope.

In response to the request, Carlile, who picked up three Grammy Awards in 2018, finally receiving the recognition she's long deserved for her song "The Joke" and the album, By the Way, I Forgive You, performs a churned-down version of the Judy Garland classic from The Wizard of Oz -- "Over the Rainbow."

"When Glennon reached out to me and asked me to send in a song that made me feel hopeful about the world and that would make other people feel hopeful too, I thought of the most revolutionary and punk rock song ever written," Carlile says in the video. "So, I'm sending this one out to you with hope and love."

Watch Carlile below.

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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP of Editorial and Special Projects at equalpride. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP of Editorial and Special Projects at equalpride. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.