Miley Cyrus talks ‘One thing Stunning’ 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 persistently modified identities.

Identical 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 at all times admired and considerably envy people who know simply precisely who they’re,” Cyrus instructed Morning Version. “I’ve a few buddies in my life, they present me photos of them as a child, and so they look the identical. You have a look at photos of me as a toddler, and I am in a Hannah wig, after which I am making Bangerz … I am far and wide. I’ve simply by no means actually been a brilliant constant individual.”

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 individual?”

That has led to fixed musical discovery for Cyrus, and it comes throughout in One thing Stunning, 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 together with her dad, nation musician Billy Ray Cyrus, who performed her father in all 4 seasons of Hannah Montana. After her mother and father divorced after practically 30 years of marriage in 2022, Cyrus and her father grew to become 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 pal 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…should you 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, referred to 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’d say they’re top-of-the-line pop bands ever as a result of I at all times considered their hooks and their melodies as very talked-about songs,” Cyrus mentioned. “David Byrne, in his proper, identical to a Bowie…is simply top-of-the-line on the subject of hook and melody and the orchestration. That is one thing that basically impressed me on ‘Lockdown.'”

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

Over the previous two years, Cyrus gained 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 at all times actually honored if I get some form of recognition or consideration. Nevertheless it positively cannot change into the compass, as a result of I believe that is a reasonably 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 should 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.