Sharon Van Etten has shared the below performance of her cover of Nine Inch Nails‘ “Hurt“—a track later made even more famous when Johnny Cash covered it. She took on the song in partnership with Sound Of Saving and the National Suicide Prevention Lifelife.
Prior to the cover you can watch her share her own mental health struggles and the impact music has had on her. Speaking of the song itself, she offered:
“I was the cliché middle child and always felt misunderstood, and then the oldest brother was the one that I connected to the most with music. When I was learning to play guitar, he gave me a box of cassettes. By the time ‘Hurt‘ came on, I just remember connecting to it so much but also realizing that my brother had listened to it, and we’d never really talked about any deep feelings, but we always shared music. It was my first sign that my brother was trying to connect with me on a more emotional level than just ‘we’re sharing music.'”
The cover itself starts at 3:50 in.
[via Brooklyn Vegan]
