Meryl Streep Sings Song Written by Jenny Lewis in New Movie Ricki and the Flash

Meryl Streep is the star of Jonathan Demme’s new film Ricki and the Flash, the story of a guitarist/singer who leaves behind her family in pursuit of superstardom, only to return home for an awkward homecoming. As Yahoo! Movies reports, Streep learned to play a number of songs on guitar for the movie, which was written by Diablo Cody and hits theaters August 7: Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs’ “Wooly Bully”, Tom Petty’s “American Girl”, and Bruce Springsteen’s “My Love Will Not Let You Down”, to name a few.

Streep also performs “Cold One”, a track specifically written for the film by Jenny Lewis and frequent collaborator Johnathan Rice. Check out the clip below, in which Ricki performs the song to her ex-husband (portrayed by Kevin Kline) and her daughter (played by Mamie Gummer, Streep’s daughter in real life).

Previously, Lewis and Rice wrote a collection of original songs for Song One, another one of Jonathan Demme‘s films.

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