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The visual contains messages of self-expression, body image, sexuality, motherhood, gender identity and acceptance.

On Cyrus' Instagram page, she spotlights each of the featured performers and includes their personal statements in the captions.

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\"Sometimes I feel so helpless and discouraged because there is so much injustice discrimination and hatred in the world we live in...and now in particular under our current administration this dilemma is magnified tenfold! However I still believe there is hope!! We’re living in dark times but \"this too shall pass\"!! I pray that goodness will win and darkness won’t prevail!!\" – Amazon Ashley @theofficialamazonashley

A post shared by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) on Jul 2, 2019 at 5:22am PDT

One of the video’s co-stars, Mari Copeny, is an 11-year-old girl from Flint, Michigan, who is fighting for clean water in her city.

\"Imagine waking up and finding out the water that you have been drinking is poison, imagine the water giving you rashes and making you and your family sick,\" she said in a press release.

\"This has been my reality for the past five years and it’s why I fight so hard for my community and especially the kids,\" she continues.

\"Mother’s Daughter\" is the lead single from Miley’s EP, \"She Is Coming.\"

The EP is the first of three six-song EPs, all of which will make up one collection titled \"She Is Miley Cyrus.\"

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