At Sunday night's KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, that sorta-collaboration almost came to fruition. Cyrus was backstage at the event, held at Los Angeles' The Forum--and according to sources close to the band, alt-J considered bringing Cyrus onstage to perform her "I'm a female rebel" line from the song unannounced as a total surprise.

However, the cameo was nixed at the last minute, and "Hunger of the Pine" was performed as usual: with Cyrus, but not a live Cyrus, despite the singer being just a call away backstage.