Photo by John Patrick Gatta

The Flaming Lips are always up for unlikely collaborations, and their newest track is no different, spearheaded by 13-year-old, Oklahoma City-based fan Nell Smith.

The Lips were taken by Smith’s passion for the band, after noticing her in the front row of their shows.

“It is always great to meet excited, young creative people,” explained frontman Wayne Coyne via press statement. “With Nell we could see she is on a journey and thought it would be fun to join her for a while and see if we could get things going. It was a great way to connect with her and help harness her cool attitude to making music.”

Added Smith, “I still really can’t believe it, it was hard to get through all the songs but Wayne was so encouraging when I was struggling with a few of them that I kept going. It was a really steep learning curve. I hadn’t heard of Nick Cave but Wayne suggested that we should start with an album of his cover versions, and then look at recording some of my own songs later. It was cool to listen and learn about Nick Cave and pick the songs we wanted to record.”

Smith (and The Flaming Lips) will release a Nick Cave covers album, Where the Viaduct Looms, on Oct. 25.

Listen to lead single, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ “Girl in Amber” below: