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A part of what I think makes Miley's image truly authentic is that she is very honest and open about her past. She always reminds us that Hannah Montana is in the past but it's not something she is ashamed of. She appreciates her childhood star beginnings even though it caused controversy in her life trying to break away from that image.

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James: What have you changed in your life?

Miley: I think the first VMAs... led me to be the activist I am now... I realised if that many people were gonna talk about something that I did or something that I do then I should make it a good thing

I think there was something when I first, kind of, stopped doing Hannah Montana or whatever, saying 'I'm not that', you know, 'I want you to know who I really am', but I love that that was me and is a part of me...
And I think that I've allowed that childhood self to shine through a little bit more because I'm not trying to run away from it, I'm down to embrace it... everyone should embrace who they used to be"...

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Miley Cyrus & Joe Elliott 9/27/22 Foo Fighters tribute concert for Taylor Hawkins, Forum LA

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Miley's current star image revolves around that of a rock star 

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Miley's current star image revolves around that of a rock star 

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One of the comments on the video, "She keeps impressing me with her rock covers, keep rocking!"

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Miley Cyrus - Live from Whisky a Go Go - Zombie #SOSFEST

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10.Miley's letter to Hannah Montana 15 years later (2021)

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10.Miley's letter to Hannah Montana 15 years later (2021)

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Celebrating the 15th anniversary of her alter ego, Hannah Montana, Miley post a two paged letter on her instagram in quintessentially 00's paper adorned with pink and purple glitter and the HM logo, written with a purple glitter pen. She writes to Hannah,

"Although you are considered to be an ‘alter ego,’ in reality there was a time in my life when you held more of my identity in your glovette than I did in my bare hands,”

She makes it clear that she left that image of herself as Hannah Montana behind when the show ended:
"It was bittersweet to know I would be leaving you (a HUGE piece of me) behind in Stage 9"

Miley's star image has changed drastically over the years (from the innocent child country star, to the rebellious teen, a chilled and more mature version of the country girl and finally to a rock star) and she spent a lot of her rebellious years trying to separate the image of Miley Cyrus from that of her alter-ego Hannah / Miley Stewart. However, she states in this letter how she is thankful for her time as Hannah 'They gave me you. The greatest gift a girl could ask for. I love you, Hannah Montana'

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Billy Ray Cyrus with his famous mullet holding a young Miley Cyrus, who at this age would have gone by the name Destiny Hope Cyrus.

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Miley's relationship with Kaitlyn Carter after marriage breakdown with Liam

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Miley's relationship with Kaitlyn Carter after marriage breakdown with Liam

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Miley's iconic rock rendition of Blondie's Heart of Glass from the iHeart festival. Her new rock star image is demonstrated here through the entire performance (considering her style of singing, the hair, the outfit, the way she moves of stage)

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Miley Cyrus - Heart Of Glass (Live from the iHeart Festival)

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The single Midnight Sky is reflective of her divorce from Liam Hemsworth which came about only 8 months after their marriage and was finalised in 2020.

Considering the lyrics,
"I was born to run I don't belong to anyone, oh no,
I don't need to be loved by you"

As the article states, it's interesting how the theme of "Can't be Tamed" comes back around. Miley is again portraying her image of being free, that is, from relationships and previous images.

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Miley Cyrus’s “Midnight Sky” Is One Hundred Percent About Her Divorce From Liam Hemsworth

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As a bonus, she talks about Kaitlynn Carter too. 😮

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This album reflects a new persona of Miley and if we think back to her 2012 VMAs performance, you would almost think it was a different person.

Miley's new album is a mix of rock and pop. Her star image is reflective of a rock star as her new style of singing features a very raspy and rocky voice. She even has a mullet, a typical rock do from the 70s and one that her dad used to have.

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Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky | 2020 Video Music Awards

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In 2020 Miley released a new album called Plastic Hearts, which featured singles such as Midnight Sky, Prisoner and Angels Like You. It also featured a live cover of Zombies by the Cranberries (an iconic rock song from the 90s).

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Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky in the Live Lounge

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In 2018 Miley featured on Mark Ronson's single, Nothing Breaks Like A Heart, a very country pop single which hints at Miley's country routes (you can hear it in her accent)

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Mark Ronson - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart (Official Video) ft. Miley Cyrus

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"She speaks like someone who is as interested in figuring out what Miley Cyrus thinks as the rest of us are. “I surprise my own self with my choices,” she says. “Sometimes I’ll even think: Why the fuck did I do that? Or, What got me there? What? Why?” She’s very sincere and equally non-linear."

"Being someone who takes such pride in individuality and freedom, and being a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, I’ve been inspired by redefining again what a relationship in this generation looks like. Sexuality and gender identity are completely separate from partnership. I wore a dress on my wedding day because I felt like it, I straightened my hair because I felt like it, but that doesn’t make me become some instantly “polite hetero lady.”

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A flash marriage. A new home, after a heartbreaking loss. Miley Cyrus is still figuring out who she is, in real time—and that’s fine with her.

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An analysis on the ways in which framing Cyrus as a 'bad role model' was used to regulate celebrity identifications, considering her Vanity Fair photo shoot in 2008.

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A discourse analysis of Malibu

"In other words, ‘Malibu’ is a snapshot, not merely of her own celebrity self, but of what she has come to represent as a celebrity."

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Miley supports Ariana Grande at the One Love Manchester 

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Miley supports Ariana Grande at the One Love Manchester 

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After the horrific terrorist attack in May 2017 at an Ariana Grande concert where twenty-two people lost their lives (some of them children), Miley sings along side her friend Ariana at the One Love benefit concert organised by Ariana herself. Through her performance we can see a very humble image of Miley as she comforts a very visibly upset Ariana on stage.

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Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande - Don't Dream It's Over (One Love Manchester)

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Liam and Miley get married in 2018 after rekindling their relationship 

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Liam and Miley get married in 2018 after rekindling their relationship 

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Malibu is a reflection of her relationship with Liam, essentially about their house that they have in Malibu

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As she states in her interview, her song Inspired on the Younger Now album was actually written for Hilary Clinton. Miley's become a huge activist in her carrer as she states:

" I change by being active politically or philanthropically "

"I'm doing what I need to do. I'm working in my community. I'm changing the way people view sexuality. I'm working with suicide prevention programs. I'm feeding people that don't have food to eat. I'm doing my part as a human. You better go do your part if you're gonna even have one little opinion about what I do. You better be doing some great things for your community."

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&#151; -- The campaign trail Saturday was not without star power when not one, but two pop stars campaigned on opposite sides of the country for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Singer Katy Perry wore a T-shirt emblazoned with a heart and the words "Nasty Woman" as she told young potential voters in Las Vegas to stop making excuses and vote.

"You have to be present," she said. "This is an election that counts."

She advocated support not only for Clinton -- and the potential to make history with that vote -- but also for down-ballot candidates, introducing Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto.

Perry has spoken and performed at Clinton campaign in the past, including a performance at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Earlier in the day, fellow Singer Miley Cyrus surprised students in their dorm rooms at George Mason University. Cyrus surprised more than a couple students when she knocked on their doors to talk about voting this election day. She chatted with students about their their families, hometowns, dorm rooms and even video games.

Cyrus did get serious about the tone of the campaign. She told one student from Atlanta, Georgia, she was shocked at how mean-spirited the election has been.

"Its been super hateful," she said. Though that student was going to be voting in her home state, Cyrus said she was still hoping she'd rally her fellow students on Election Day.

"I'm counting on you," Cyrus said.

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Singers Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry Campaign for Hillary Clinton

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151; -- The campaign trail Saturday was not without star power when not one, but two pop stars campaigned on opposite sides of the country for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Singer Katy Perry wore a T-shirt emblazoned with a heart and the words "Nasty Woman" as she told young potential voters in Las Vegas to stop making excuses and vote.

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"Everyone that I've been — whether you are thinking about Hannah Montana or the music I made in the past — all of it has always been the truth. So I think people are saying "the new Miley" or "the more honest Miley" — I've always been that. But I've been honest for who that person was then."

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Chances are, you have an opinion about Miley Cyrus. The 24-year-old pop singer got her start as a kid on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana in 2006. She released her triple-platinum debut album, Meet Miley Cyrus, in 2007 - and has rarely been out of the headlines since, for everything from drug use to sexualizing her image to charges of racial appropriation.

Over the years, she's adopted and incorporated many musical styles into her hits. And with her sixth album - called Younger Now, out Sept. 29 - Cyrus has changed her look and sound yet again, trading in the hip-hop influences of 2013's Bangerz and strange psychedelia of 2015's Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz for a more stripped-down, country sound.

Cyrus spoke to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about embracing all versions of herself, confronting controversy and drawing inspiration from her family - including her godmother, Dolly Parton. Hear the radio version at the audio link, and read more of their conversation below.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro: Your new album is called Younger Now - and that's apparently a reference to a conversation you had with your mom? Tell me the story. You've been in the public eye since you were a child, and you've always had this poise and awareness of yourself as a public figure. Are you now reclaiming your childhood? I'm seeing all these references to Hannah Montana, and all the promotional materials [for What kind artist do you want to be? You are only 24 - Madonna constantly reinvented herself; other artists drill down to their essence. Where do you see yourself on that spectrum? We've got some questions from our listeners. Cassidy Hooper wants to know: What was the hardest song to record off your album? Younger Now] has these adorable kid pictures of you in it. Who is that Miley? Jessy Briton Hamilton wants to know this: Your dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, came from humble roots in Appalachia. How do you see your heritage as part of your life?
Miley Cyrus: Well, it was during Christmas time. I was dressed as a reindeer, and I had blinking earrings, and I had the antlers on, and my sweater was blinking and all that - and my mom was like, "When did you become an eight-year-old?" And I said, "I feel younger now." ... I feel less like I have anything to prove.
You've gotten a lot of criticism for how you incorporated black music into your work, on the Bangerz Are you still interested in that kind of music? You've sort of moved away from that in this album. album in particular. There is a lot of anger in the African-American community; You are very vocal as a self-declared feminist. But you have also gotten a lot of flack for your performance with Robin Thicke at the Video Music Awards in 2013 of a song that some view as promoting rape culture. You know, it's been a couple of years - The Root Your art makes people uncomfortable sometimes! just wrote that your music has exploited black people for profit. Do you understand that anger? Do you accept it?
I think when you are a teenager, young adult, you're trying so hard to be cool or to prove something or to be something away from who you've been as a kid. And I guess as I've gotten older - what Younger Now says is, even though it's not who I am, I'm not afraid of who I used to be.
I'd like to ask about your godmother, the great Dolly Parton. What advice has she given you about navigating interviews like this one, or how to keep your career going for so long?
Everyone that I've been - whether you are thinking about Hannah Montana or the music I made in the past - all of it has always been the truth. So I think people are saying "the new Miley" or "the more honest Miley" - I've always been that. But I've been honest for who that person was then.
Web intern Steffanee Wang and web editor Marissa Lorusso contributed to this story.
At one point, it was fun for me as a little girl to get dressed up as a pop star, because I wasn't one. It was fun for me to write about relationships in this innocent way, because I was young and innocent and discovering love and what that meant. And so now, I write about it in a more evolved way, or a way that feels happy or more confident. But that's because as [I] grow up, I understand who I am in a different way. I'm happy to be who I am rather than running from it - but running from who you are is a total normal part of growing up, too, because you're just trying to figure out what parts of yourself you like and what parts of yourself you want to work on.

I think I'm a person that evolves really quickly, and I change. And I think for me, I don't change with the times or with fashion; I change by being active politically or philanthropically. I think that really changes the way that I reflect myself as well, and project who I am. Also, I think I'm very inspired by the surroundings of the real world more than the fashion on the street, or what the music is sounding like on the radio, or what I see on TV. I think that's why people relate to my music; because in today, I'm experiencing humanity with all the other listeners.

I wrote that song for Hillary Clinton; I'd gone campaigning for her. And I was sitting in this line of really crazy traffic, and then I realized that I was in the middle of a funeral line. And I was behind a hearse, and all these people - I was looking into their cars, they just looked so devastated and so sad. And because I was sitting, I could really see them in their faces, and it just started making me think about life, made me think about my dad, and made me think about my mom, and all the things that really matter. And thinking about how much I have always loved nature; [the song] talks about the bees, and how there might be a day where we won't have bees or blue skies or clear water or fish in the sea because of the way we abuse the planet.

I think "Miss You So Much." Because I actually wrote that for one of my really close friends whose boyfriend surprisingly OD'ed. I wrote that song about how ... once someone's gone, they're not really gone; if you love them, they're here.

You know, my grandma's in her 80s, and I had been hanging out with her the day I was going to record that song. And it made me kind of think about her, the more I started singing it. I started thinking about, "How can I miss you already?" Hopefully no time in my near future, but there's going to be probably a time in my life where I'm not gonna have her. And [she's] been someone that I really, really lean on. She's my biggest - she literally runs my fan club. I mean that literally; she writes back to all my fans - she does all my fan mail. So it made me think about how you can miss someone when they're still here, but you start thinking about a time when they might not be.

I think my dad went kind of to this overnight - he would kill me for saying "overnight success," because I know he had to work so hard. He literally lived in his car. But I mean, overnight success in [that] one day he was sleeping in his car and the next day he had one of the biggest songs in history. So I just think that's really affected me, too. Know that everything can change, that you've got the control and the power to keep moving and to never give up. That's his mantra: never give up.

I respect that, and I can't tell you that that's my intentions. So I always feel, you know, apologetic and sympathetic to those who feel a way. But that's not my intentions so I can't say that I agree.

Yeah, but I think that that's labeling. It's like: that kind of music - like, what does that mean? I love music; I love all styles of music. I love Mike WiLL's music; I love Wayne Coyne's music. I love country music; I love Dolly [Parton]'s music. I love Leonard Cohen's music. I may be the only person that has Wiz Khalifa and Leonard Cohen on the same iPod. I don't ever label music.

That's so ridiculous, I'm sorry. Again, I empathize with people's feelings, because opinions are a natural response in human beings. ... But besides that, that's so hurtful actually to take something that is good-intentioned - and what's the difference of anyone else doing what they do in pop music? What's the difference with Britney Spears coming oiled up with a snake, I mean, it's like the same thing? It's any pop singer. Look at Kathleen Hanna - that's punk!

That's what punk is all about. If you don't piss somebody off, then that's not punk rock, I guess. But I wish people wouldn't be pissed off. There are so many real, true, problems in the world. If people would take their angst and their opinions and actually do something besides worry about what I'm doing. I'm a pop star. I'm good: I have a house, I have a roof over my head, I have food to eat. There are people without those things. Go and use your time and your opinion wisely, and get mad and call your senators about the things that matter.

I'm doing what I need to do. I'm working in my community. I'm changing the way people view sexuality. I'm working with suicide prevention programs. I'm feeding people that don't have food to eat. I'm doing my part as a human. You better go do your part if you're gonna even have one little opinion about what I do. You better be doing some great things for your community.

The best thing that she does is she's not afraid to laugh at herself. And she pushed the boundaries for country music, by looking the way that she does, and saying the things that she says, and being sexual in that way. I mean, there's no one that's been able to make country music sexual more than Dolly! But she would say, "Well, that's not why I'm doing this!" - I mean, she does it because she likes it. If you want to be pushing the boundaries, you have to like it. And to remember that you want to make music for the people that love your music for your honesty, and for your fans. Otherwise, just have fun and make the music that you love.

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'I'm Not Afraid Of Who I Used To Be': Miley Cyrus On 'Younger Now'

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Chances are, you have an opinion about Miley Cyrus. The 24-year-old pop singer got her start as a kid on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana in 2006. She released her triple-platinum debut album, Meet Miley Cyrus, in 2007 - and has rarely been out of the headlines since, for everything from drug use to sexualizing her image to charges of racial appropriation.

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A live version of her song which I believe reflects a raw and authentic version of Miley

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Miley Cyrus - Younger Now in the Live Lounge

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Younger now is one of my personal favourite albums from Miley. Considering the lyrics of second and final single (Younger Now), it's a clear reflection of her entire star image over the years. She states how no one stays the same and that what goes up must come down (perhaps a metaphor for her the criticism she received during her rebellious era). She also states that she feels younger now, which I believe is reflective of her "new" star image which is actually a more modern and refurbished one of her younger-self. As this album is country-pop, she get's back to her original country girl routes.

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It's been obscured now by all the twerking and Wayne Coyne collaborations, but Miley Cyrus' origins lie in country music. On her new , the best cuts are the ones where she clings to those still-strong Tennessee roots. Here she even duets with godmother Dolly Parton-preceded by a voicemail from Parton, so we know how close they are-on standout "Rainbowland," a deceptively simple, sweet ode to inclusivity that's considerably heightened by Cyrus and Parton's intertwined vocals. "Week Without You" also features a honky-tonk beat beneath its nostalgic, unexpectedly appealing doo-wop waltz, while the steel guitar of "Miss You So Much" and fiddle of the anthemic "Inspired" also place Cyrus firmly back in the Nashville canon. Removed from the digital showboating that's colored so much of her pop work, Younger Now is characterized by a refreshing, down-home sincerity.

Of course, she's still Miley Cyrus, and her more familiar persona comes through on songs like "She's Not Him," which gets extra points for directly addressing Cyrus' pansexuality (she's on record as hating the word "bisexual")-although most of Younger Now has to do with one lover in particular. The credits on promo photos isn't usually worth mentioning, but it's noteworthy here that the one above was snapped by Miley Cyrus' currently on-again fiancé, Liam Hemsworth. Their relationship is pretty much the theme, rhyme, and reason of the entire album, often resembling heartbroken journal entries throughout its various waxes and wanes put to music. Cyrus' voice has scarcely been more expressive, and there's no question that she means what she sings.

That said, you might long for a more inspired metaphor (or eight). The title track appears to be Cyrus' attempt to reboot her career-if not her whole life-yet it falls back on ancient clichés ("No one stays the same / What goes up must come down"). She gets even more generically blunt on the hand-clap-buoyed "Malibu" ("We are just like the waves that flow back and forth") and "I Would Die For You," which kicks off with the line "You mean everything to me," over acoustic strings and soft drum brushes. Hopefully Hemsworth gets the message by this point, because we certainly do.

When Cyrus strays from love into anger-and when she leaves Nashville for the nightclub-on more aggressive songs like "Thinkin'," "Love Someone," and "Bad Mood," it feels like Cyrus is working against herself: None of them can match the power of something like "Wrecking Ball." Instead, Younger Now 's successes all hark back to her 2009 hit "The Climb" and her humble, country-pop roots. Now that Miley has found her way home, it might behoove her to stay there.

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Miley Cyrus gets back to her Nashville roots on Younger Now

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It's been obscured now by all the twerking and Wayne Coyne collaborations, but Miley Cyrus' origins lie in country music. On her new Younger Now, the best cuts are the ones where she clings to those still-strong Tennessee roots. Here she even duets with godmother Dolly Parton-preceded by a voicemail from Parton, so we...

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"Im not afraid of who I used to be...

No one stays the same,
You know what goes up must come down,
Change is a thing you can count on,
I feel so much younger now"

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Miley Cyrus - Younger Now (Official Video)

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"You're America's sweet heart! I lost that job a few years ago..." (Miley).

Miley's gig with The Voice (USA) was the perfect opportunity to showcase, not only her insane talent as a singer, but also her ever changing star image. Still sporting her weird and quirky outfits, we see a more relatable side of Miley through her time as a judge/coach. She is really dedicated to helping the contestants and we also get to see a really funny and natural side to her. She is seen to be laughing and making fun of her rebellious era showing that she has a real sense of humour. She acts really goofy, something that we would have associated with a younger Miley. We see a very authentic portrayal of Miley here.

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f your beloved dog got eaten by coyotes while you were on tour, you'd be feeling pretty reckless too. That's the simplest explanation for this unexpected new Miley Cyrus album, one that arrived last week, following a preview of lead track Dooo It! at Cyrus's MTV video music awards performance.

Twenty-three tracks long and veering between proto-bangers bearing the imprimatur of hip-hop producer Mike Will Made It (Bang Me Box, Fweaky and Lighter, possibly the most accessible tracks here) and wiggy synth creations belying bongfuls of weed ("I'm sucking on your nipples, licking milky milky stars," goes a bagatelle called Milky Milky Milk), Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz boasts the blessing, but not the involvement, of Cyrus's record company.

The singer wrote and produced Dead Petz independently, alongside Flaming Lip Wayne Coyne , something of a musical squire to a succession of millennial starlets (well, Kesha). As Cyrus tells it, her defunct dog Floyd's "energy" went into Coyne's "energy". Their relationship is platonic, she stresses. Because otherwise that would be weird.

Previously, Cyrus has merely been reckless in a manner that befits a youthful mainstream celebrity - twerking, partying, outre Instagramming. Self-recording a sad, sweary (exhibit A: a song called Fuckin' Fucked Up), stoned album in her home studio with a shaggy 54-year-old psychedelicist presents a rather more intriguing curveball. What is especially surprising is how engaging some of these 23 tracks are, especially if you are one of the few people in the Venn diagram intersection of their two disparate fanbases. Karen Don't Be Sad is a space-noise-strafed Flaming Lips song sung with mellifluous restraint by an A-list pop star known for her crassness.

The Floyd Song (Sunrise) also follows this template, Cyrus's faraway vocal wobbling all over a typically tremulous Lipsian confection. "The sunrise insists on gladness/ But how can I be glad when my flower is dead?" Cyrus warbles. Her mourning comes out kitsch and pastelly, which somehow resonates more satisfyingly than an intently strummed guitar ballad, the usual packaging for pop sadness.

Cyrus has more than dead dogs on her mind. Alongside strings and beats, BB Talk boasts lengthy spoken-word revelations. Cyrus dislikes public displays of affection, but she is fond of the smell of her paramour's armpit.

Mostly, though, these wayward songs are in the vein of Tangerine, a directionless synth doodle that nonetheless shoehorns in a verse from rapper Big Sean. For every 1 Sun - unexpected enviro-pop with a lysergic edge - there are two Miley Tibetan Bowlz, in which Cyrus ululates over the sound of ringing eastern tones. The record company, it's fair to say, has not missed out on serious cash here. What is most surprising, perhaps, is not that Miley Cyrus has self-released a goofy, addled sonic experiment, but that, in the post-label, internet age, more pop stars in her position haven't.

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Miley Cyrus: Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz - a sweary, engaging self-release

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f your beloved dog got eaten by coyotes while you were on tour, you'd be feeling pretty reckless too. That's the simplest explanation for this unexpected new Miley Cyrus album, one that arrived last week, following a preview of lead track Dooo It! at Cyrus's MTV video music awards performance.

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A very experimental and interesting album from Miley. It features very futuristic beats with 'psychopop' or even 'popadelyc' tunes.

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There's a new diva here to judge The Voice, and we have to say, we're incredibly interested to see what kind of vibe she's going to bring to the competition. Yesterday, Miley Cyrus revealed that she will officially be an adviser on the 10th season of the show.

In true Miley fashion, she announced the news by posting a photo to Twitter featuring her licking the red button on Christina's chair. Don't worry, though: Aguilera isn't going anywhere, as she's returning to the show after Gwen Stefani was a judge for a few seasons. The two will join Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams.

This is one of Miley's biggest gigs to date, and it's coming at a time when her career seems to be exploding all over again. A reignited flame? New music? A new TV series?! Miley can't stop and she won't stop. The new season premieres on Monday, February 29 at 8 p.m. on NBC.

Related: This Is What Taylor Swift Will Look Like as a Grandmother
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Miley Cyrus Is Joining 'The Voice' For Season 10

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There's a new diva here to judge The Voice, and we have to say, we're incredibly interested to see what kind of vibe she's going to bring to the competition. Yesterday, Miley Cyrus revealed that she will officially be an adviser on the 10th season of the show.

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5. Changing the negative discourse surrounding her star image

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5. Changing the negative discourse surrounding her star image

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Miley wanted to use her platform in a more positive way to not only specifically support LQBTQ youth, but also youth homelessness, conservation and animal welfare. This has added "Activist" to her star image.

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Miley Cyrus talking about the Happy Hippie Foundation

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Wrecking Ball was rumoured to be about her toxic relationship with Liam Hemsworth. The two met on the set of the 2010 film 'The Last Song' as mentioned earlier. The two were together for 4 years, got engaged in 2012 but called off the engagement in 2013 (the same month as her iconic VMA performance). Their relationship was heavily covered in the media and one could  assume that their relationship's up's and down's were a result of Cyrus' changing star image as the two rekindled their relationship in 2016, when Cyrus' image changed again, something I will discuss further down the Padlet.

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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth end their engagement

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The singer and her actor fiance Liam Hemsworth call off their engagement, representatives for both stars confirm.

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Miley's charitable side, founder of The Happy Hippie Foundation (2014)

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Miley's charitable side, founder of The Happy Hippie Foundation (2014)

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The Happy Hippie Foundation rallies young people to fight injustice.

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At the 2014 VMAs, a homeless 22 year old named Jesse Helt accepted Cyrus's award for her video of "Wrecking Ball". The two met through the youth homeless Organization My Friend's Place. Although a lot of negative discourse surrounded Miley's star image after her previous VMA performance, this act showed a more humble side to her star image.

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The singer's date for awards show was 22-year-old Jesse Helt.

&#151; -- The homeless man who accepted an award for Miley Cyrus at MTV's Video Music Awards met the superstar at a Los Angeles nonprofit group that aims to get kids off the street.

Jesse Helt, 22, used the opportunity to discuss the state of youth homelessness in Los Angeles when he took the stage after Cyrus won the video of the year award for "Wrecking Ball."
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Cyrus met Helt through My Friend's Place, an organization that helps homeless youth find shelter, healthcare and education. The Oregon native said during his VMA speech he has lived in shelters all over Los Angeles.

My Friend's Place representative Jesse and Miley Cyrus attend the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum, Aug. 24, 2014 in Inglewood, Calif.

His mother Linda Helt told The Oregonian he left home "because he wanted to make it on his own," even if that meant being homeless at times.

"He called me and he said, 'Mom, I'm living in a bush,'" she said.

Linda Helt added that her son returned to Salem to escape the limelight after the speech went viral.

Helt said he had a "lot of the same dreams" that brought many people to the VMAs, and added, "I've been an extra in your movies, I've been an extra in your lives."

"I am accepting this award on behalf of the 1.6 million runaways and homeless youth in the United States who are starving and lost and scared for their lives," he said. "I know, because I am one of those people."

Heather Carmichael, executive director of My Friend's Place, told ABC News that Helt's story is a common one.

"The things he shared last night are typical ways people try to survive here in Los Angeles," she said. "We hear young people all the time talk about being extras, or wanting to be extras, being in the service sector, hotels, fast food, asking for money on the street. So what he described is very real for these young people."

She praised Cyrus for her interest in the organization.

"She stepped into our safe haven, young people wanted to be with her, near her -- she was not afraid, she was in it, and she did beautifully," Carmichael said. "These young people need a champion. She might be that champion for them."

My Friend's Place representative Jesse and Miley Cyrus attend the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum, Aug. 24, 2014 in Inglewood, Calif.

Cyrus put Helt up at the BLVD Hotel & Spa in Studio City and bought the black suit he wore to the awards, the New York Times reported.

After the show, the pair stopped at In-N-Out Burger, according to a photo posted on Cyrus' Instagram page.

My Friend's Place applauded Cyrus' interest in the cause, thanking her for visiting the group's Hollywood headquarters on Tuesday.

"Our youth (and staff!) had such a great time hanging out with our very special guest yesterday," the group wrote, sharing photos of the singer at the office.

Cyrus also posted a message on social media after the visit, saying she met "some of the coolest young people."

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Meet the Homeless Man Who Accepted Miley Cyrus' VMA Award

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The homeless man who accepted an award for Miley Cyrus at MTV's Video Music Awards met the superstar at a Los Angeles nonprofit that aims to get kids off the street.

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"Opinion - Miley is sexual, get over it."

"I didn't even think about it when I did it because that's just me."

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Miley Cyrus has a message for the haters: You are overthinking it.

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The performance took the news by storm and she was even accused of Cultural Appropriation because of her twerking.

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What It Feels Like When Miley Cyrus Uses Your Body as a Punch Line

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Miley Cyrus made news this week with a carnival-like stage performance at the MTV Video Music Awards that included life-size teddy bears, flesh-colored...

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A comment on this video sums up this performance perfectly, "This one is in the history books! One of Pop Cultures most iconic and memorable moments!"

In this performance Miley performed her song "We Can't Stop" and was accompanied on stage with Robin Thicke as they performed together his song "Blurred Lines" (perhaps one of the most controversial songs of the decade as it contained notions of rape). Throughout the performance Miley is wearing very little, sticking her tongue out and touching herself with a foam finger. It's extremely clear here that her star image is the complete opposite of her previous innocent, child star image she was first associated with.

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Miley Cyrus’s attempts to shock would be more effective if she had songs to back up the posturing, writes Kitty Empire

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Her 2013 album 'Bangerz' is reflective of her rebellion and very public break up of a 4 year relationship with Liam Hemsworth. The album has references of ecstasy, twerking and partying. It's a very pop album with a mix of R&B pop, a huge contrast to her country pop Hannah Montana days

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A naked Miley swinging on a wrecking ball caused a lot of controversy surrounding her star image. However, looking back on this video I think it was really a metaphor of Miley smashing up her previous star image of Hannah Montana.

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Miley's hit single "We Can't Stop" was a huge turning point in her career and it sparked many mixed reactions. She has always been associated with that image of her TV character Hannah Montana and the lyrics and themes featured in this song present a very different image of Miley, an image that revolves around rebelling, partying and doing what she wants on her own terms, "It's my mouth I can say what I want to..."

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Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop (Official Video)

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The former Disney star, 20, has been branded a "bad role model" for the controversial new single

She hopped off a plane in LAX with a dream and a cardigan in her 2009 single Party in the USA.

But today Miley Cyrus has been branded a "bad role model" and is accused of promoting drug use in new lyrics.

The controversial singer has premiered her tune We Can't Stop - which cynics on Twitter claim is reference to addiction - and includes talk of ecstasy, cocaine and strip clubs.

Miley unveiled her song yesterday on On Air With Ryan Seacrest, telling the host: "Everyone always judges and says what they want.

"But my fans have really stood by me no matter what I've been through - and this is a song that says where I'm at in my life right now."

Miley - who is going through relationship troubles with on-off fiancé Liam Hemsworth - has been criticised for appearing to sing about drugs in We Cant Stop Now.

She sings: "So la da da di we like to party / Dancing with Molly."

Molly is a well-known slang term for party-drug ecstasy.

The song continues: "To my homegirls here with the big butts / Shaking it like we at a strip club."

Before making a reference to people doing lines of cocaine: "And everyone in line in the bathroom / Trying to get a line in the bathroom."

The 20-year-old has been collaborating with some high profile producers including Pharrell -who raps similar lyrics in his own song Everyone Noise.

Miley, who has more than 12 million followers on Twitter, has had mixed responses to the song.

One user wrote: "Miley Cyrus is such a bad role model for kids."

While another blamed her for a wider scale of problems: "With lyrics like this, there's no wonder this generation is so messed up."

A fan rubbished the scandal and backed the ex-teen queen, saying: "Miley Cyrus proves that a suggestive association with drugs and vulgarity can result in a solid comeback. Amazing."

The single will appear on Miley's fourth studio album titled The Last Song.

Speaking at the Billboard Awards back in May she confessed her excitement at being able to express herself. "I feel like I can really be myself.

"I really have more of a connection of who I am, and I feel like I can maybe express that more in my music now."

Yesterday she cast doubt over her relationship with Liam by wearing a bracelet that boasts her ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas' name on.

It sounds like she just needs to go for a lie down or something.

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The former Disney star, 20, has been branded a "bad role model" for the controversial new single She hopped off a plane in LAX with a dream and a cardigan in her 2009 single Party in the USA. But today Miley Cyrus has been branded a "bad role model" and is accused of promoting drug use in new lyrics.

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Miley changers her physical appearance and goes for a cropped bleached blonde hair do, completely the opposite of her previous long brown hair. Miley is making a clear statement through this look, disassociating herself from her persona of Miley Stewart that she has been so heavily associated with.

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4. The beginning of Miley's controversial rebellion (2012) 

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Jimmy - "I miss the Hannah Montana days..."

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Miley Cyrus on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon March 5, 2011

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Rebelling against her image of Hannah in interview with T4

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"A Bird in Captivity.... the worst thing would be to have wings and not be able to use them... sometimes I feel like that "

"they contradict with what the Hannah Montana image would be... which is very very girly, which im not as much... I never want to disrespect Hannah.."

"I feel like I've definitely broken out of that [the cage]"

"That's why I wear so little as it costs less..."

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Miley Cyrus talked her way out of the bong scandal by saying she smoked salvia -- but at her birthday party last week, she seemingly admitted to a room full of people ... she's a major pothead.

In a video obtained by The Daily, Miley gets on the mic and addresses the crowd at her party at Beacher's Madhouse at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. Once the cake has been brought out, Miley says, "You know you're a stoner when friends make you a Bob Marley cake. You know you smoke way too much f***in' weed."

Her good pal Kelly Osbourne, standing right next to her, even made reference to the salvia incident, saying, "I thought salvia was your problem."

It was just before her birthday last year when Miley was videotaped smoking out of a bong. She claimed it was salvia and not marijuana.

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An email to Cyrus' rep was not returned.

Kelly Osbourne has taken to her Twitter page to defend Miley, saying in part, "u guys if @MileyCyrus is not recording/filming/touring she is works everyday how could she possible do all that if she was a stoner! #think."

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Smoking hot: Miley Cyrus lights up the lake (and a cigarette) in a revealing bikini which shows off her slender figure

She may be famous for being a Disney star, but Miley Cyrus is starting to look markedly different from her Hannah Montana days.

The former Disney star sported a slinky grey bikini which showed off her slender figure and growing number of tattoos as she spent the day with boyfriend Liam Hemsworth at a Michigan lake yesterday.

And it seems the actress and singer has also developed a nasty habit as she was spotted lighting up several cigarettes while soaking up the sunshine.

The star was clearly having a great time as she carried her brand new puppy Floyd with her on the jetty, and clung on to him when she took a dip in the water, at Orchard Lake.

The pooch was by the singer's side all day, and she later changed into a white vest top and red patterned skirt to take him for a walk.

Later, the star took a ride on a jet ski with her Australian boyfriend, Liam, 21, who has just been filming his new role in the hotly anticipated film adaptation of The Hunger Games.

Her new smoking habit comes in contrast to comments she made in her 2009 autobiography Miles To Go, according to the New York Post.

'I would never smoke,' she wrote. 'I always say that for me, smoking would be like smashing my guitar and expecting it to play.

'I'd never do that to my voice, not to mention the rest of my body,' she added.

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She may be famous for being a Disney star, but Miley Cyrus is starting to look markedly different from her Hannah Montana days. The former Disney star sported a slinky grey bikini which showed off her slender figure and growing number of tattoos as she spent the day with boyfriend Liam Hemsworth at a Michigan lake yesterday.

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Movie Review | 'The Last Song'

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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, star-crossed young lovers. Credit... Sam Emerson/Touchstone Pictures

The Last Song

Directed by Julie Anne Robinson

Drama, Music, Romance

PG

1h 47m

"The Last Song": if only it were. But it is likely that we can look forward to more movies starring Miley Cyrus, the teenage chanteuse attempting some serious acting in this beachy melodrama. And we will also have many more films based on the work of Nicholas Sparks. We have already had two this year — "Dear John" and this one — and a comparison is instructive, if also exhausting.

The movies share tried-and-true elements of the Sparks formula: star-crossed love with a hint of class disparity (but no nonwhite characters of any consequence); terminal illness; late-breaking revelations and plot twists. "Dear John," directed by Lasse Hallstrom, is superior because there is less of everything, and also because the cast has more talent. In that film Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum play the star-crossed young lovers, whereas in "The Last Song" the duty falls on Ms. Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, who in spite of being a real-life item are just not up to the task.

Not that it is easy to strike the proper emotional tone in a movie that is as stuffed with bogus feeling and overwrought incident as a fast-food burrito. Ms. Cyrus's character, a recent high school graduate named Ronnie, arrives at her father's beautifully run-down beach house on the Georgia coast carrying quite a bit of baggage. Dad (Greg Kinnear) and mom (Kelly Preston) are divorced, leaving Ronnie and her younger brother, Jonah (Bobby Coleman), in some distress. Ronnie, a piano prodigy since childhood, has abandoned her and her father's dreams of Juilliard, and she's had some trouble with the law.

So much more trouble ensues that "The Last Song," if not for its sluggish pacing and soft lighting, might turn into farce. In addition to the terminal illness (signaled by a telltale cough around the movie's midpoint), there is a church fire that Ronnie's dad is believed to have started, a wayward friend with a bad boyfriend, another friend with a dead brother, a nest of sea turtle eggs menaced by a raccoon, and a romance — did I mention it was star-crossed? — with a hunky beach volleyball player named Will. That's Mr. Hemsworth, a star graduate of the Taylor Lautner Academy of Shirtless Emoting.

Will, by the way, is also a mechanic, a volunteer at the local aquarium and a young man whose family has issues of its own. One major problem with "The Last Song" is that it can't manage to sort through its various issues in any dramatically compelling way, instead falling into a slack, soap-opera rhythm in which potentially catastrophic developments seem to have no lasting emotional effects.

Another big problem is Ms. Cyrus. Her Hannah Montana persona has a certain aggressive charm, though I wish my kids would turn down the volume sometimes, and she seems to be a young celebrity with a good attitude and a strong work ethic. But acting, for the moment at least, seems almost entirely beyond her. In "The Last Song" she pouts, slouches, storms in and out of rooms and occasionally cracks a snaggle-toothed smile, but most of the time she seems to be mugging for the camera, play-acting rather than exploring the motives and feelings of her character.

Not that anyone else fares much better. While it's nice to see Mr. Kinnear play an entirely sympathetic character for a change, his slyness and subtlety seem wasted in a project that has no interest in either. The beach looks really nice, though. It would be a nice place to spend a summer, as long as nobody died or fell in love.
"The Last Song" is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Love and Death — chaste and nonviolent. THE LAST SONG Opens on Wednesday nationwide.
Directed by Julie Anne Robinson; written by Nicholas Sparks and Jeff Van Wie, based on the novel by Mr. Sparks; director of photography, John Lindley; edited by Nancy Richardson; music by Aaron Zigman; production designer, Nelson Coates; costumes by Louise Frogley; produced by Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot; released by Touchstone Pictures. Running time: 1 hour 48 minutes.

WITH: Miley Cyrus (Ronnie Miller), Greg Kinnear (Steve Miller), Bobby Coleman (Jonah Miller), Liam Hemsworth (Will Blakelee), Hallock Beals (Scott) and Kelly Preston (Kim).

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The beginning of Miley's relationship with Liam Hemsworth, as displayed here, their relationship was very public and circulated a lot in the media

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Life imitates art as Miley Cyrus cosies up to movie co-star after filming romantic scenes

As she filmed her new movie this week a flushed Miley Cyrus was pictured frolicking in the surf, passionately kissing her handsome co-star.

But after the cameras stopped rolling it appears that the fun continued for Miley and Liam Hemsworth as they took to the high seas on a jetski.

Sixteen-year-old Miley screamed with delight and clung to Australian actor Liam while they flew through the waves yesterday.

Miley only recently split up with underwear model Justin Gaston, but already appears to be over her heartache.

She and ex-boyfriend Nick Jonas were spotted on June 9, jetskiing together on Tybee island, where Miley is filming The Last Song.

'They looked like they were having a blast,' said a source.

Last week the Hannah Montana star said of teen heart-throb Nick: 'He's my best friend, and we still hang out all the time, and we've definitely reconnected.

'We don't know what's going to happen in the future, but right now we're just kicking it and hanging out as much as we can.'

Miley and Nick, also 16, broke up in December 2007, after which she told Seventeen magazine: 'I bawled for a month straight'.

But the two recently reunited when they collaborated on the duet Before The Storm for the Jonas Brothers new album and worked on the Disney's Friends for Change campaign.

'We both just kind of saw each other again and kind of decided this whole thing was stupid and... we all were over the separation,' Miley told a Tennessee radio station.

The new movie marks a more grown-up departure for Disney star Miley.

In the Nicholas Sparks-scripted adaptation of his upcoming novel she plays a rebellious teenager sent to spend the summer with her estranged father.

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Directed by Julie Anne Robinson. With Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinnear, Bobby Coleman. A rebellious girl is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.

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Phoebe - I USED to like her. she was a great role model.. but she has just gone way too over the top. Ok so she wants, to wipe her hannah montana image but this is just crazy.

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She’s at it again! Defiant Miley Cyrus cavorts around in ANOTHER raunchy routine

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Her new single is called Can’t Be Tamed and Miley Cyrus is keeping true to its title.

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Miley Cyrus has released the video for her new single, "Can't Be Tamed," and one thing is clear: The Disney star is flying the coop. No, for reals! The video, which you can view here after the jump, finds our beloved Hannah Montana ensconced in full bird regalia, rocking deep smoky eyes, and being announced as "Avis Cyrus, the rarest creature on earth." Yes, she's a bird-a huge-winged bird!-throughout. Which made me feel like she should instead be intoning the words "can't be caged"-she sits in a cage for much of the clip-instead of "can't be tamed." Right? Because birds are not so much tamed as they are caged, right? But anyway, enough of me rattling on about it for the moment, just watch the avian madness here:

Of course, just like the single itself, this video is a departure for the tween star, who seems like she's more than ready to be taken serious. But smart: She isn't moving too fast, honestly. This here video might be dark and a tad conceptually racy, but it's not like Miley is stripping or baring much skin, a la some of the stars who have morphed themselves before us in the past. More than anything, she's just getting into some super-fun dance moves and making a statement, which seems to be something along the lines of her being ready to move into territory that's darker than, say, "Party in the U.S.A." (Which, BTW, I still listen to nearly daily.)

Also, I feel like there's something behind the caged aspect of it all. Does Miley feel caged by her handlers? Is she cooped up and looking to break free? Does she have no outlet now that she gave up her Twitter account? [Insert bird/Twitter joke here.] In some ways, the video could be spliced apart as commentary on the confinement of her personal life. Musicians-and specifically pop stars-are known to eventually get all up into some personal-life commentary with their songs and videos. Britney's "Everytime" or "Piece of Me," anyone?

Lastly, I have to add that I usually really despise birds (and fish, for that matter...) as a concept, but Miley sort of made them cool and sexy. I'm shocked I just typed such a thing.

But, what do you think, folks? Are you digging the dark new Miley? Is there a deeper message in all this bird-related crazy?

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Miley Cyrus has released the video for her new single, "Can't Be Tamed," and one thing is clear: The Disney star is flying the coop. No, for reals! The video, which you can view here after the jump, finds our beloved Hannah Montana ensconced in full bird regalia, rocking deep smoky eyes, and being announced as "Avis Cyrus, the rarest creature on earth."

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As you can see in the headline, Miley is still heavily equated with her TV character Hannah Montana. She was 16 years old at the time of this photoshoot and it was heavily criticised for being over sexual. The audience of her TV show at that time consisted mainly of young tweens and this photoshoot was frowned upon for portraying Cyrus in a sexual light, which heavily contrasted that star image of the innocent, family orientated country girl.

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At this time in 2008, then-“Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus, 15, appeared shirtless, but fully covered, during a photo shoot for Vanity Fair — and all hell broke loose.

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Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. (Official Video)

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If any artist swings counter to the idea that narrative is everything, it's Miley Cyrus. Poised to release her sixth full-length, Younger Now, at the end of this week (Sept. 29) - after multiple changes of musical identity at just 24 - she hasn't necessarily made her best albums during the height of her making headlines.

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We're talking about Bangerz of course, the hit 2013 hodgepodge that spawned her biggest smashes ("We Can't Stop," "Wrecking Ball") and made everyone uncomfortable at the same time. That album had its charms, particularly on the singles and deep cuts like "FU" and "My Darlin'," because it's hard to (respectively) resist either a Disney Channel breakout queen embracing profanity over a damning "I Put a Spell on You"-style waltz, or the timeless four chords of "Stand by Me." But even the aforementioned hits have a certain stiffness to them, and Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz - the Flaming Lips-helmed follow-up from 2015 - grapples with the line between charming and ramshackle throughout its many, many experimental tunes.

The person who Miley Cyrus is may actually work best with good old Wonder Bread pop-rock tunes, as her pair of beauteous new singles, "Younger Now" and "Malibu," indicate in their blessedly beige way. Someday she'll likely write a powerful statement as a sex symbol, but 2010's somewhat awkward "Can't Be Tamed" wasn't quite there yet. Her biggest song prior to her rebellious period, "Party in the U.S.A.," engaged with funk in an honest way; it's more important to the vibe that she felt a Jay-Z song in the air, even if she couldn't say which.

But "Younger Now" and "Malibu" are her best songs in years, because normalcy comes naturally to her, even as a genderfluid, weed-mainlining provocateur. Cyrus' robust mezzo-soprano soars past the verses to fill the canyons that the choruses open up, just like good Stevie Nicks anthems, to name but one retro-reference with whom she shares a powerful rasp. The rich harmonies are a generous gift to the current charts. And she doesn't have to do much else; these tunes sound like they've been lying around forever waiting for her to inflate life into them, bearing little obvious overlap with the contemporary pop mainstream that Miley not that long ago helped to define.

Nearly a decade ago, "pop-rock" was still a category that an MTV star could be in, though, and Cyrus' 2008 album Breakout was from a simpler time, devoid of thinkpiece fodder or teachable moments. Younger Now comes full circle and may give Breakout its proper follow-up, though it's going to be slower. Breakout 's final third is a bit too dominated by ballads, but the rest of it is shiny dynamite. The opening title tune is pure exuberance that vows to "dance 'til the dance floor falls apart" and sets off five flawless exercises in mallrat bubblegum from there. "The Driveway" is named for where a teen romance meets the end of the road, while the whipping "Full Circle" tries to put it in reverse. "Fly on the Wall" taunts the paparazzi over a diet-Britney electrobeat. And then there are its two works of genius.

"7 Things" was Breakout' s big hit, a high-school relationship rollercoaster recap that could have only come from someone with sitcom-trained timing. It folds Lennon-esque "shock!" ad libs into a rollicking acoustic strum for sweet verses that tear into sour choruses about how that boy drives her completely nuts. Then just when things aren't looking good, Cyrus returns listing all the things she likes about him. It's both melodramatic and semi-realist, completely acting its age (which was 16 at the time) and knowing a bit beyond its years as well. Teen pop has rarely sounded this "teen" in the years since, and Cyrus' vocal tugs at all the right strings. It could only be topped by one thing.

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" is inarguably one of the greatest pop songs even formulated by humans, but do yourself a favor and don't back-to-back Cyndi Lauper's beyond-classic original with Cyrus' full-throttle remake. Faster, more rock'n'roll and amped up with the punch of of the sort of brilliant string stabs that normally raise a disco jam to the sky, Cyrus' version gives the vocal performance of a lifetime to match. Even if it's not better than Lauper's unassailable blueprint, the Miley version will shake your confidence in sacred cows, at the very least. It does exactly what a cover should: breathes new life into a tune you thought you couldn't possibly know new things about. Whichever version you prefer, Cyrus' update will only help you appreciate the song more.

From there, Breakout dips into some interchangeable tracks but never any bad ones, and is taken out by a high-powered RockMafia remix of "See You Again," another of her best tunes that pleases mightily in any context. But it's also got the visionary "Wake Up America," a corny-as-it-is-cute plea for us to reduce our carbon footprint that was just self-aware enough to work: "I know that you don't wanna hear it / Especially not from someone so young," she sang, already a budding Al Gore who enjoyed bud way more. These songs moved like an arena-rock band fronted by a teenage Pat Benatar, with hammering drum fills and synth accents aplenty. They actually rocked.

Younger Now is unlikely to do much of that, and the advance singles are as short on those kinds of dynamics as most 2017 pop. But the Miley Cyrus of 2017 is recognizable to the Miley Cyrus of 2008, who knew a good tune when she heard one and belted it out 'til the dance floor fell apart. Uh oh, all over again.

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If any artist swings counter to the idea that narrative is everything, itâ€™s Miley Cyrus. Poised to release her sixth full-length, Younger Now, at the end of this week (Sept. 29) -- after multiple changes of musical identity at just 24 -- she hasnâ€™t necessarily made her best albums during the height of her making headlines.

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Conflicted star image : Miley states she doesn't know who se is after her break up with Nick

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From 2006-2007 Miley dated and broke up with another Disney Star, Nick Jonas. Her album Break Out (2008) featured a song called 7 things which was aimed at Nick. This album is unlike those that you would associate with Hannah Montana as they are more pop-rock than country-pop. The songs are reflective of Miley's own personal life.

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2. Establishing a  Star Image of Miley CYRUS, separate from her TV persona of Miley Stewart

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2. Establishing a  Star Image of Miley CYRUS, separate from her TV persona of Miley Stewart

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Innocent

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Real - she makes mistakes and learns from them

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Loyal to her friends

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Family orientated

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Down to earth

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Talented

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Teenager

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Loving

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Sassy

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Country Girl