Since its bangerz tour ended in 2014, Miley Cyrus It does not offer a concert tour, being more than a decade without stepping on stages around the world, beyond sporadic performances in awards or ceremonies, and their fans expected it to do so with the promotion of their new album, ‘Subthing Beautiful’, but the artist has responded to expectations with a sincere answer.
In an interview with The Zane Lowe Show of Apple MusicMiley Cyrus confessed that she suffers a disease called Reinke’s edema that gives her distinctive scraped voice, but also generates great discomfort in her vocal cords and therefore in her live performances.
He Reinke’s edema It causes a benign inflammation that originates from the accumulation of fluid in the vocal cords, which results in a more serious, hoarse and rough voice, which in the case of the artist has been due to a long vocal effort: “It is something called a mistreatment of the vocal cords … and be 21 years where she explained why it is difficult to go on tour.
Mariah Carey’s vocal problems
A fact that, however, is not an isolated case in the music industry, which has seen how other artists have gone through vocal problems that has affected their careers. One of the most sued is Mariah Careyone of the most prominent voices of the 90s for having one of the broader records, capable of reaching five and a half octaves and having skill for the whistle when singing.
However, his voice changed and in 2017 his performance at the end of the year of Times Squarewhen it became evident that he could not reach tones he used to do. This has an explanation that Mariah Carey has nodules in the vocal cords formed by vocal fatigue, which has resulted in wear, and that has also generated anxiety problems with food and a decline in her concerts.
Adele and other artists who went through surgery on their vocal cords
From one of the great voices of the 90s we moved to one of the most prominent of the 2010 musical panorama, Adelewho also had a problem in his voice that even forced her when she was at the top of her career in 2011. The British singer suffered a hemorrhage in her vocal cords after the performance on a French radio and that led her to stop to undergo surgery, in a recovery that would lead to a break.
Like Adele, the singer Sam Smith He also went through a hemorrhage that made him submit to the same microcirgey to alleviate his problems in the vocal strings and then a break in his career. More serious were the cases of Rod Stewart either George Michaelwho had a tumor and a cyst respectively in their work tool, but of those who recovered.
Rosa López or Miguel Bosé: Spanish artists with vocal problems
In the Spanish music scene there have also been some cases of singers with problems in their voice, such as the winner of Operation Triunfo 2001, Rosa Lópezafter participating as a representative of Spain in Eurovision 2002, as well as Mónica Naranjowho had to go through absolute rest after a pharyngitis in 2014 or Miguel Boséwho came to suffer aphonia in 2023.
The risk of surgery that not everyone wants to pass
While some artists like Adele They chose to operate their problems in the vocal cords, it is a risk that many are not willing to pass, and it is because microcirugia can lead to a complete loss of the voice as happened to Julie Andrews In 1997, and what did not recover. In addition, in some cases it can lead to the loss of certain records that are distinctive of these singers.
