Keough lent backing vocals for Orville Peck's country rendition of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." To mark the 10th anniversary of the iconic 2011 album, Gaga rereleased her classic songs off the LP with vocal assistance from various LGBTQ+ artists, including Big Freedia, Ben Platt, and Years & Years, among others. While recounting the sweet coincidence that led to her recording vocals, Keough said she didn't know at first that the song was going to land on Gaga's reimagined album. "So, Orville Peck, he did a cover, which is amazing, and my best friend's husband was producing the song, and randomly, one day, just texted me and was like, 'Can you just sing background vocals on this random song I'm doing?'" Keough told Jimmy Fallon on the June 22 episode of "The Tonight Show."
"I had no context, no idea what it was, so I just went in there and did, like, the background for Orville, for 'Born This Way,' and then I — you know, I didn't know it was this, like, huge thing that Lady Gaga was releasing in the 10-year anniversary, so I was very, you know, excited to be a part of it," she said. When asked about her previous experience with singing, she told Fallon that while she grew up singing quietly alongside other people, she had never really tried to sing on her own. However, fans will soon see Keough belt out vocals in the highly anticipated screen adaptation of "Daisy Jones & The Six."
Though the initial audition process wasn't smooth sailing for the "Zola" actress, her voice coach helped her prepare for singing in a higher vocal range, an essential element of vintage rock music. "I sent them a video. I finally got to a place where I was like, 'Okay, maybe I can do it,' you know, and then they hired me, so I was like, 'Oh, okay, like I don't really have a perspective on it at all. If you think it's good, like, sure, let's go for it,'" she told Variety in 2021.