Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful

Something Beautiful, released in May 2025, is Miley Cyrus’s ninth studio album and her most ambitious artistic statement to date. Conceived as a visual album and accompanied by a musical film, it draws inspiration from Pink Floyd’s The Wall and channels Cyrus’s fascination with healing, impermanence, and the aesthetic of destruction. The record is a sonic and emotional tapestry—progressive pop laced with psychedelic textures, cinematic balladry, and experimental flourishes that reflect Cyrus’s evolving voice and vision.

Rather than presenting a polished pop narrative, Something Beautiful embraces contradiction. Tracks like “End of the World” and “More to Lose” explore mortality and heartbreak with a kind of luminous melancholy, while “Easy Lover” and “Golden Burning Sun” fuse soul, jazz, and electronic elements into hypnotic meditations on desire and identity. The album’s title track begins as a hushed R&B ballad before erupting into distorted psychedelic rock, mirroring the emotional volatility at its core.

Cyrus’s collaborators—ranging from Brittany Howard and Naomi Campbell to members of Alvvays and The War on Drugs—add texture and depth, but the album remains unmistakably hers. Her raspy vocals, layered over analog synths, vintage organs, and ambient sculptures, guide listeners through a landscape where trauma and beauty coexist. The accompanying film, premiered at Tribeca, reframes touring as ritual, offering intimate performances in surreal, visually rich environments.