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Shannon Haley and Ryan Michaels have been making moving country records together since 2015\. But for their aptly-titled song “Me Too,” they reached out to movement founder [Tarana Burke](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/) and asked her to add her own voice to elevate their message. “We have to use the power of our collective voices to make a difference,” Burke intones in the new video premiering here on TIME, which features the group’s friends, family, #MeToo supporters and survivors of sexual assault. “We were deeply impacted and inspired when we first experienced so many people bravely coming forward and saying, ‘Me Too,'” Haley & Michaels explain. “We wanted to add our voices in the best way we knew how — through music. The spirit behind our song is healing, unity and empowerment.” Burke says she had been approached by plenty of potential collaborators, and wasn’t familiar with Haley & Michaels when they first reached out. But she found their message heartfelt and sensed that they “got” it. “They understand that this is a movement ultimately about healing and about centering survivors,” she notes. “I’m so excited about the potential for survivors around the world to be touched by this song! It’s a connector. It reinforces the truth — we’re not alone. It’s a movement.” Haley & Michaels were equally excited about working with Burke. “More than anything, we hope that it can help other survivors feel that they are not alone in the same way the [Me Too Movement](http://time.com/5192406/metoo-international-womens-day-care/) has done for us,” they said. “Collaborating with Tarana Burke is the greatest honor we ever could have imagined, and we are incredibly proud, humbled and excited to be a part of spreading her message.” One hundred percent of the song’s proceeds will go towards Burke’s organization, [Girls for Gender Equity](http://www.ggenyc.org/), part of the #MeToo movement. It was co-written with songwriters Tom Douglas and Jeff Trott, and Burke wrote her spoken word portion. 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