YouTube Video of the Day: Jared Leto Releases Kurt Cobain Cover To Honor the Singer’s Life
In what is apparently a hotly contested move, actor and musician Jared Leto (he has a band called 30 Seconds to Mars) released a short video in which he covered and dressed up as Kurt Cobain. The video was made awhile ago, it seems, but Leto released it Tuesday to honor the 17th anniversary of the singer’s death.
Whatever the intentions of the video (a lot of outlets and commenters think it’s a shill), in it, Leto executes an impression that might convince less-stable fans that the artist did not actually leave this mortal coil. (It also made us recall fondly that episode of My So-Called Life in which Leto’s character, Jordan Catalano, sings a song called “Red” and then Angela thinks it’s about her, but it’s really about his car.)
He posted the following below the vid on YouTube:
“I heard today (April 5) was the day Kurt passed away 17 years ago. Can’t believe it’s been that long. So grateful for his contribution and inspiration. Not sure I’d be doing this if it weren’t for him. He gave us all permission to create no matter what our skill set and reminded me that dreams are possible. Thanks for that. This made me recall a short piece of film I shot when I heard they were making a film celebrating his life. I made it to explore the character and explore creative possibilities. I never sent it to the studio or to anyone but thought I’d share it now … “