In ‘Midnight Sky’ Cyrus sings ‘See my lips on her mouth, everybody’s talking now’, alluding to the fact that her sexuality has been a topic of much speculation and gossip throughout her career. Something to particularly note about these songs is that Cyrus’s queer sexuality presents itself quite clearly in both. It’s a rock-infused 80s disco hit, championing the importance of relying on yourself for fun The track has a distinct glam rock feel to it all, and even features snippets of Olivia Newton-John’s 1981 hit ‘Physical’. This track, entitled ‘Prisoner’, is a lot of fun, toeing the line between casting off a lover and not being able to get them out your head.
Cyrus’s collaboration with 2020’s titular songstress Dua Lipa is also excellent. ‘I was born to run I don’t belong to anyone’ is the perfect refrain for anyone who has ever had their heart broken, looking to dance it all away.
It’s a rock-infused 80s disco hit, championing the importance of relying on yourself for fun, especially in the wake of a bad break up. For instance, the first single ‘Midnight Sky’ was always destined to be a hit. This is her rebuttal, her moment to explain herself and take back that humiliation she endured for so many years.Īs well as these deeply vulnerable moments, Cyrus doesn’t forget to let loose and have fun on this album. Throughout her career, Cyrus has been policed, slut-shamed and humiliated by the press and the public, reduced to someone who merely wears minimal clothing and dances provocatively (not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course). ‘There are layers to this body/ Primal sex and primal shame/ They told me I should cover it/ So I went the other way’ is probably one of my favourite lyrical moments on this record. This track is an acoustic reflection of her life, her career and how people have treated her. ‘Golden G-String’ is another one of these moments. This is one of the many tracks on Plastic Hearts that feels deeply confessional, as Cyrus pours out her deepest fears, guilts and faults into her song writing. She tells a lover ‘If you’re looking for stable, that’ll never be me/ If you’re looking for faithful, that’ll never be me’. This is an ethereal self-reflective ballad, tinged with soft synths and layered vocals. There’s clearly guilt and regret running through Cyrus’s psyche as she constructed this album, and this results in some brilliantly tender moments on this record, one of my favourites being ‘Never Be Me’. ‘ I know that you’re wrong for me/ Gonna wish we never met on the day I leave’ she sings on powerful stadium-ready ballad ‘Angels Like You’. Her divorce from ex-husband Liam Hemsworth earlier this year is starkly present in this album, and arguably without this devastating life event, she would not have taken the leap into the rip-roaring world of Plastic Hearts. Plastic Hearts is an album wrought with emotion, vulnerability and self-reflection, haunted by Cyrus’s past career, relationships and media presence. Miley Cyrus proclaims in her opening track ‘WTF Do I know’ that she’s here to tell us something we don’t know, and that’s exactly what this album does. Plastic Hearts is clearly the beginning of a brand-new Cyrus era, and in my view it’s her most exciting era yet.įrom Disney pop princess to her scandalous Bangerz era, now Miley is stomping her way back into the musical fray
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The episode resolves itself with Ashley escaping the cycle she’d be forced into, now free to rock out to her heart’s desires. One can’t help but notice the stark similarities between Cyrus’s new persona and her Black Mirror character Ashley O, a character that found herself trapped in a pop machine whilst dreaming of embracing a punky sound that she’d been kept away from. From Disney pop princess to her scandalous Bangerz era, now she is stomping her way back into the musical fray, donning a mullet and a new signature rock sound. Arguably no one else has had a wilder or more varied career than Miley Cyrus.
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