Party in the USA: Teen Megastar Miley Cyrus Releases Song, Video in Support of Occupy Wall Street

To pre-empt any criticism: Miley Cyrus may be a teen star who got her start with corpo megalith Disney, but that's precisely why she's possibly the music world's most valuable Occupy Wall Street ally to emerge yet. The 19-year-old has loads (millions!) of young fans whose parents are Red State, Christian, working class or poor, who may be OWS holdouts but who would be served well by the movement. She's incredibly influential for young girls (the song's opening rap seems directed at them), and she's making protest seem cool (which it is). Maybe this song, "It's A Liberty Walk," isn't Bob Dylan, but that's not the point: within the pop landscape, her incorporation of dubstep and techno leanings are right on point, plus the chorus is awesomely singable. Also, if she were seriously trying to co-opt the movement, would she release a video with so many images of it—and of the cops getting brutal on protesters? Check it:

Added bonus for all our pot legalization advocates: she's an out weedhead. New cultural leader? Not even Lady Gaga has mentioned Occupy.