Miley Cyrus Isn’t Touring Any Time Soon, Here’s Why
American singer Miley Cyrus performs on stage during a show at Movistar Arena on March 21, 2022 in Bogota, Colombia.
Though Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” has dominated the airwaves since its January release, the singer-songwriter doesn’t have any plans to tour any time soon. Miley, 30, recently discussed the success of her hit single and her feelings about touring with British Vogue.
No Connection
Miley said of touring, “It’s been a minute.” The last headline arena show the musician did was almost ten years ago, in 2014. “I kind of looked at it as more of a question. And I can’t,” she said. “Not only ‘can’t’ because can’t is your capability, but my desire. Do I want to live my life for anyone else’s pleasure or fulfillment other than my own? And, you know what… I love performing but pretty much for them,” Cyrus said of her fans. However, she isn’t fond of touring.
“Singing for hundreds of thousands of people isn’t really the thing that I love,” she said. “There’s no connection. There’s no safety. I never need to be a master at the craft of tricking an audience,” she said while shrugging. “It will set itself on fire all by itself.”
Fake It Till You Make It
“Flowers” was written in “a really different way,” Cyrus revealed. “The chorus was originally: ‘I can buy myself flowers, write my name in the sand, but I can’t love me better than you can.’ It used to be more like the 1950s. The saddest song. Like, ‘Sure, I can be my own lover, but you’re so much better,’” she said. In the end, she rejected the gloomy vibes and turned it into more of a “little fake it till you make it. Which I’m a big fan of.”
Once the song was completed, she knew that it would be a hit. “I’ve been doing this for a while,” she said with confidence. Though Miley is sober, she went out with her friends to celebrate the night of the release. Lil Nas X walked into the club and asked her if she was anxious about “how successful ‘Flowers’ is?’” Recalling that night, Cyrus told him, “‘No. I might be number one now, but number two is on its way.’ Everything is seasonal.”
The singer has a mature way of looking at things in the music industry. She has now realized that headlines will say things like, “‘This is Miley’s moment.’ And I’m like, ‘That’s exactly what it is. It’s a moment. And it will be over.’” The Hannah Montana alum prefers living honestly. “I don’t like to stay big,” she added. “I’ve been in the Garden of Eden before, and I’ve taken the red apple, and it never feels good.”
11 Iconic Miley Cyrus Music Videos
For over a decade, Miley Cyrus has been making music accompanied with visuals. Below, we’ve compiled the top 11 music videos that show just how Miley paved the way for herself in the music industry. Miley, whose real name is Destiny Hope Cyrus, was born on November 23, 1992, in Tennessee. Her father is country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, and he and her mother, Tish, gave her the nickname “Smiley,” which they later shortened to “Miley” because she often smiled as an infant. In 2008, she legally changed her name to Miley Ray Cyrus. Her godmother is country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. Amidst the height of Billy Ray’s success and touring alongside Parton, he asked her to be Miley’s godmother in 1992.
Miley’s Early Career
Cyrus auditioned for Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana when she was thirteen years old, initially for the role of the title character’s best friend. However, she was called to audition for the lead role. Despite being denied the part at first because she was “too small and too young” for the role, she was later cast as the lead because of her singing and acting abilities. She became a “teen idol” after the show’s success, which ran for four seasons and ended with a theatrical feature film in 2009. Following her Disney days, Cyrus was hoping to develop a more mature image and starred in Nicholas Sparks’ The Last Song. This is where she met her now ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth.
In 2023, Cyrus dropped her eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation. She described the record as her “love letter to Los Angeles,” which reflects upon the “strength” she found in focusing on her physical and mental well-being. The music video for the album’s debut single “Flowers” shades her ex-husband for cheating on her with 14 women. She said in March the song reflects a time in her life when she went through a lot emotionally and personally. It started as something that was troubling. Using a metaphor to describe “RIVER,” the songwriter said. “It feels like it’s an April shower. It never stops raining. And then it started raining down like love.” The artist then said bluntly how “they” don’t want her to talk about her ex-husband, whose name is censored.
Keep scrolling below to see our favorite 11 Miley Cyrus music videos:
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
