Miley Cyrus: “Sobriety is like my God. I need it, it has changed my whole life”

“Sobriety is like my God, it changed my whole life.” To pronounce these words was Miley Cyrusin a long iNtervista released exclusively to The Zane Lowe Show by Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1in view of the release of his next album, Something Beautifulscheduled for May 30th.

The US singer, who for some years has been a little defined by the limelight, spoke of his personal rebirth After a not easy period and what inspired her to create the thirteen songs that in just over a week the whole world will be able to listen. Today’s Cyrus, a radiant and self -confident woman, is probably the result of a seed planted years ago and then became Flowersthe song that for her was a sort of I will survive, And that led her to Grammy’s victory in 2024. A moment that he remembered as crucial for his career but not only. “I think somewhere inside me I needed to hold a trophy in hand And feel for a moment to have something that seemed to me a real goal. I needed something to cling to that he made me feel really winning, even if I wasn’t even sure I want to go and collect the prize ».

The reason is one state of anxiety that hit her after the pandemic. «After the years of the lookDown I started making shows at the Chateau Marmont, intimate and all chosen personally by me, and I celebrated with the most expensive people for the grammy nomination. I have never written a song thinking I want to win a Grammy, but receive it for Flowers It was like, in a sense, Put a patch on a broken heart ».

As well as participating in a award ceremony as in sight like the Grammy frightened it, even the idea of ​​taking a tour for a long time has not thrilled it. Always because of the strong stress that events like these cause: “For me it is very important to keep me mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally in shapeand I want to underline the physical side, given how demanding a live performance is. “

Binding to this topic the singer then said he had had Reinke’s edema, A chronic inflammation of the vocal strings, which depends on the presence of a very large polyp that makes them “extremely difficult to perform because it is like running a marathon with ankles weights”. A problem with which he has always lived but that “Always be wake up, drink, smoke and party after each show” As he did for years, they have worsened. On sobriety he then added: «I learned it over myself over the years. Sobriety is like my God. I need it, I live for her. He changed my whole life ».

Speaking of the new album Miley Cyrus he told how One of the greatest inspirers was the singer, as well as her godmother, Dolly Pardon. But there is also the hand of Harrison Ford In its rebirth, given that the Hollywood star, which Cyrus has known since Disney’s time, has inspired the aesthetic of the film Something Beautifullinked to the album and which will be released on June 27th.

Finally, encouraged by Zane Lowe to say what the fans would like to hold out of listening to the 13 unpublished songs Miley replied: “I want people to dance In all my temporal lines and in all my lives. I hope the film will be seen and that the album will be listened to more than only five senses. I want this to be the beginning of a dream ».