4-year old sings adorable duet with Springsteen. And gets his harmonica. Jeanne Moos introduces us to Hope.    Springsteen Toddler   Adorableness alert!!! All the bad news getting on your nerves? Overdosed on the election? Watch Bruce Springsteen melt hearts with a 4-year old named Hope. Springsteen invites Hope on stage at a concert in Norway, and she brings down the house with their "duet".  Not only did she have an amazing moment in the limelight, he also gave her his harmonica. We talked to Hope, who tells us (in her ever-so-cute British accent) that her favorite part was when Bruce carried her around on his shoulder. How'd she feel? "Happy" and "not scared at all." What's her message to Bruce? "I love you." Slightly soapy but totally sweet story with great video of these two interacting.
Bruce Springsteen sings duet with 4-year-old
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Joe Grushecky wrote the song

The pair collaborated long distance

CNN  — 

Bruce Springsteen has new music out and it’s taking aim at Donald Trump.

The rocker and his longtime friend Joe Grushecky have released a protest anthem titled “That’s What Makes Us Great.”

Grushecky, known for his work with the Houserockers, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he wrote the song when Trump took office in January and ran it by Springsteen.

“I had this song, and Bruce and I had been talking,” Grushecky said. “I sent it to him and he liked it. I said, ‘What do you think about singing on it?’ He gave it the Bruce treatment.”

The pair didn’t even have to meet up to make it happen, Grushecky explained.

The Houserockers laid the track digitally, with Springsteen emailing his contributions to the song.

The result has Springsteen singing, “Don’t tell me a lie/And sell it as a fact/I’ve been down that road before/And I ain’t goin’ back,” as well as “Don’t you brag to me/That you never read a book/I never put my faith/In a con man and his crooks.”

The musician and Democratic Party donor has been open about his disapproval of the current president.

In January, Springsteen said he was worried about the future of the United States.

Springsteen questions Trump’s competency

“It’s as simple as the fear of, is someone simply competent enough to do this particular job? Do they simply have the pure competence to be put in the position of such responsibility?”

“That’s What Makes Us Great” is being sold as a download on Grushecky’s site.