History Music / MileyCyrus

** She achieved great praise for covering the {{Music/Blondie}} song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbdRLyixJpc Heart of Glass]], as well as Music/TheCranberries song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l81u-oSIAp4 Zombie]]".

** Her 2013 album title ''Bangerz'' and Her free 2015 album, ''Miley Cyrus And Her Dead Petz''.

Although her music started out in a teen-friendly pop rock sound not dissimilar to her Disney character, she began presenting a more mature image with her third album, 2010's ''Can't Be Tamed'', to mixed results. Following a hiatus, she released her next album, 2013's ''Bangerz'', premiering a considerably more sexual image that made headlines, turned heads, and made for unprecedented commercial success alike. She has since gone on to experiment with [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic music]], [[CountryMusic country pop]], and [[GlamRock glam]]-influenced rock.

** The punky, [[DyeHard blonde-dyed]] [[https://twitter.com/MileyCyrus/status/234898195845615617 pixie-cut]] she adopted in June 2012 seemed to signal her full transformation from Disney pop star to a more mature image.

* HiddenDepths: Many are surprised are how surprisingly nice and intelligent she is. She even started a charity called the "Happy Hippie Foundation", which is dedicated to homeless and LGBTQ youth.

In 2015, Cyrus [[http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/miley-cyrus-genderqueer-foundation/ came out as pansexual and genderfluid]][[note]]although she did not initially explicitly say this, she said she has a lack of gender identity)[[/note]] following an interview with ''Out'' Magazine where she stated that she doesn't "relate to what people would say defines a girl or a boy". She [[http://www.papermag.com/2015/06/miley_cyrus_happy_hippie_foundation.php later stated]] that she'd known she was attracted to girls since the age of 14 and that she was "down with any adult -- anyone over the age of 18 who is down to love me. I don't relate to being boy or girl, and I don't have to have my partner relate to boy or girl."

* ShrinkingViolet: The protagonist in "See You Again" is one. May also cross with ObsessionSong.
* SillyLoveSongs: "Stay", "Adore You", "Full Circle" and "Obsessed" especially. Actually, most of her discography pre-''Bangerz'' was composed of these.

* SirSwearsALot: From 2012 onward especially, at least compared with a few years ago.
* TheSomethingSong: "Simple Song", "The Twinkie Song".
* TheStoner: During the ''Bangerz'' and ''Dead Petz'' eras, as confirmed in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel.

* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Well, according to the Maxim Hot 100 in 2013.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: She grew up on a ranch with plenty of animals, from dogs to fish to horses to tropical birds as pets, and even living alone as a young adult, has several pets in her house---including a full-grown pig, all of which she posts photos of on social media. Many of her songs are dedicated to or inspired by her animal companions, living and deceased ("Pablow the Blowfish", "Bottom of the Ocean", "The Floyd Song (Sunrise)", etc.). She was also a practising vegan for a few years but had to stop for health reasons.

In 2015, Cyrus [[http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/miley-cyrus-genderqueer-foundation/ came out as pansexual and genderfluid]][[note]]although she did not initially explicitly say this, she said she has a lack of gender identity)[[/note]], following an interview with ''Out'' Magazine where she stated that she doesn't "relate to what people would say defines a girl or a boy". In June of that year, she officially [[http://www.papermag.com/2015/06/miley_cyrus_happy_hippie_foundation.php came out]], saying she'd known she was attracted to girls since the age of 14 and that she was "down with any adult -- anyone over the age of 18 who is down to love me. I don't relate to being boy or girl, and I don't have to have my partner relate to boy or girl."

-->--'''"Midnight Sky"'''

Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is a former TeenIdol, best known as the star of the Creator/DisneyChannel KidCom ''Series/HannahMontana'' and successful singing career, with her main inspirations being Music/BritneySpears, Music/PatBenatar, Music/JoanJett, Music/StevieNicks and Music/HilaryDuff, the latter being cited by Miley as why she began singing and acting in the first place. She is also the daughter of country musician Music/BillyRayCyrus.

As the star of ''Hannah Montana'', {{Creator/Disney}} [[CashCowFranchise built an entire franchise around her]] with great results, propelling her to the top of the TeenIdol heap and making her loved by many, many thousands of girls across the globe. Along with the show, she also performed as Hannah Montana and soon after embarked on her own solo music and acting career without the Hannah persona. Took a HotterAndSexier turn in 2013, and this has gotten loads of press coverage. Cyrus has sold an estimated twenty million albums worldwide to date.

She got engaged to Creator/LiamHemsworth in May 2012, after three years of dating, but they broke it off in 2013. In late 2015, however, it was reported that Miley and Liam had rekindled their romance and Miley began wearing her engagement ring again. After a decade of an on-and-off relationship with Liam, they got married in December 2018, but divorced in January 2020.

In 2015 she [[http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/miley-cyrus-genderqueer-foundation/ came out as pansexual and genderfluid (although she did not initially explicitly say this, she said she has a lack of gender identity)]], following an interview with ''Out'' Magazine where she said "I didn't want to be a boy, I kind of wanted to be nothing. I don't relate to what people would say defines a girl or a boy, and I think that's what I had to understand: Being a girl isn't what I hate, it's the box that I get put into".

Following the publication of this interview, she posted a picture on her Instagram, saying "NOTHING can/will define me! Free to be EVERYTHING!!!" In June 2015 she officially [[http://www.papermag.com/2015/06/miley_cyrus_happy_hippie_foundation.php came out]], saying she'd known she was attracted to girls since the age of 14 and that she was "down with any adult -- anyone over the age of 18 who is down to love me. I don't relate to being boy or girl, and I don't have to have my partner relate to boy or girl."

* BreakupSong: "7 Things", "The Driveway", "Bottom Of the Ocean" (In interpretation), "These Four Walls", "Goodbye", "Talk is Cheap", "Two More Lonely People", "FU", "Someone Else", "Every Rose Has It's Thorn", "Take Me Along", "Wrecking Ball", "Slide Away".

* DreamTeam: Oh, so many.
** With Music/StevieNicks on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CoOLtQbmJI "Edge of Midnight"]] (a mashup of Nicks's song "Edge of Seventeen" and Cyrus's song "Midnight Sky").
** With Music/BillyIdol on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeEtfHz5D3c "Night Crawling"]].
** With Music/JoanJett on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy_sqp-t_H8 "Bad Karma"]].
** With Music/DuaLipa on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ir1qkPXPVM "Prisoner"]].
** With Music/ArianaGrande for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ua3O_fdCY this cover of "Don't Dream It's Over"]] by Music/CrowdedHouse.
** With Joan Jett and Laura Jane Grace (lead singer of Music/AgainstMe) for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6mM_zfxwE this cover of "Androgynous"]] by Music/TheReplacements.

** "Breakout", "The Time of Our Lives" and "Can't Be Tamed" all have one.

* SupermodelStrut: "Wrecking Ball" has her doing slow-mo struts at the start of the video, all while dressed in her underwear and dragging a sledgehammer with her. Given it's a sad BreakUpSong, it comes across as
LyricalDissonance and just an attempt to invoke {{fanservice}}.

* AnswerSong: "Flowers" to "When I Was Your Man" by Music/BrunoMars, to the point that when she released it, [[https://www.billboard.com/pro/miley-cyrus-catalog-streaming-flowers-bruno-mars-when-i-was-your-man/ Mars' song gained nearly a ''20%'' rise in streams]].
* AntiChristmasSong: "Another Sad Christmas Song".

* ChristmasSongs: "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree".

* DrivesLikeCrazy: "4X4".

* FollowYourHeart: "The Climb"; "Someone Else".

* GenreRoulette: Within the style of teen-pop, her music takes on elements of pop, rock, dance, techno, country-pop, [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]], hip-hop, power ballads, punk-pop...

* GenreMashup: "4X4" is a square dance pop-rap song.

* GreenAesop: "Wake Up America" from ''Breakout'', "1 Sun" from ''Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz'',

* ImportantHaircut: The punky, [[DyeHard blonde-dyed]] [[https://twitter.com/MileyCyrus/status/234898195845615617 pixie-cut]] she adopted in June 2012 seemed to signal her full transformation from Disney pop star to a more mature image.

* LonelyPianoPiece: "The Twinkle Song".

* ObsessionSong: "Obsessed".

* RearrangeTheSong: Her live performances of "Do My Thang" on her ''Bangerz' tour have a square dance feel, at least in the beginning.

* {{Retcon}}: On her website circa August 2012, she has ''Breakout'', ''Time of Our Lives'' and ''Can't Be Tamed'', but no longer acknowledges her album "collaboration" with Hannah Montana called ''Meet Miley Cyrus''.

* RockStarSong: "Fly on the Wall" and "Robot".

* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Best expressed by the video for "Wrecking Ball".
* ShotForShotRemake: LOL was one of these.
* ShoutOut: The closeup of her face at the start of the "Wrecking Ball" video is one to Music/SineadOConnor's "Nothing Compares to U". Notably, O'Connor was not impressed.

* SurrealMusicVideo: "Start All Over" breaks the bounds of logic.

* TitleTrack: "Breakout", "The Time of Our Lives" and "Can't Be Tamed" all have one.

* AWildRapperAppears: ''Bangerz'' is full of instances like these.