Miley Cyrus talks ‘One thing Lovely’ and her ever-changing model : NPR

Miley Cyrus has been within the public eye for 20 years and like Hannah Montana — the Disney Channel character that made her a star — Cyrus has constantly modified identities.

Similar to the general public hasn’t totally figured her out, Cyrus mentioned she hasn’t been in a position to both.

“I believe I’ve all the time admired and considerably envy those that know simply precisely who they’re,” Cyrus instructed Morning Version. “I’ve a few pals in my life, they present me footage of them as a child, they usually look the identical. You have a look at footage of me as a toddler, and I am in a Hannah wig, after which I am making Bangerz … I am everywhere. I’ve simply by no means actually been a brilliant constant particular person.”

She mentioned she’s tried on the lookout for that consistency solely to look again a 12 months later and ask herself “Who was that particular person?”

That has led to fixed musical discovery for Cyrus, and it comes throughout in One thing Lovely, her newest album launched in Might, which is getting a deluxe model out in the present day. The pop album is a kaleidoscope of genres, like disco, jazz, soul, R&B, and psychedelic, amongst just a few.

The deluxe model options two new songs, together with one collaboration with two legendary musicians. In “Secrets and techniques,” she will get an help from Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac.

Cyrus wrote the music about her relationship along with her dad, nation musician Billy Ray Cyrus, who performed her father in all 4 seasons of Hannah Montana. After her dad and mom divorced after practically 30 years of marriage in 2022, Cyrus and her father turned estranged for years.

She mentioned recording “Secrets and techniques” was a present and a peace providing to him and that they’ve a relationship once more.

“I needed him to know that I am grown now, and I am a protected area for him. I am as a lot a good friend as I’m his child,” mentioned Cyrus. “That is what this music was actually about for me. Being that place that my dad feels protected…if you happen to do not take my hand as I attain it out, I’ll chase you as a result of I need that relationship in my life.”

The second new music within the deluxe album is a 13-minute psychedelic collaboration with David Byrne, lead singer and songwriter for The Speaking Heads, known as “Lockdown.”

Cyrus mentioned the music is a love letter to Byrne, meant to honor his affect on music.

“He is excellent for me as a result of he actually loves and appreciates pop music. When you consider Speaking Heads, I might say they’re the most effective pop bands ever as a result of I all the time considered their hooks and their melodies as very talked-about songs,” Cyrus mentioned. “David Byrne, in his proper, similar to a Bowie…is simply the most effective in relation to hook and melody and the orchestration. That is one thing that basically impressed me on ‘Lockdown.'”

Miley Cyrus has experimented with completely different music kinds and collaborated with artists all through her profession. And that has paid off.

Over the previous two years, Cyrus received her first three Grammys, two for her hit music “Flowers” and the opposite with Beyoncé for the nation music “II MOST WANTED” on Cowboy Carter.

“I am all the time actually honored if I get some kind of recognition or consideration. But it surely positively cannot turn into the compass, as a result of I believe that is a fairly slippery slope,” she mentioned. “I by no means know what precisely I’ll do, as a result of I do not really feel like there’s ever actually a transparent compass of the place we must always take it, as a result of it seems like something may really feel genuine.”

Barry Gordemer edited the audio model of the story. Obed Manuel edited the digital model of the story.