Miley Cyrus finds the perfect mixture between the conceptual and the commercial in ‘Something Beautiful’
There was a time when Miley Cyrus’s music was considered outside the margins for her level of experimentation and perhaps also by the artist’s position before the industry. Now, with a grammy in the hands, the singer has started a new musical era with Subject Beautiful.
This ninth artist’s album Find the balance between the commercial and the most conceptual and worked style of Cyrus. A polished work, very mature and, at the same time, indecipherable as its protagonist.
The visual concept of the album revolves around the dress that looks on the cover, a 1997 Thierry Mugler haute couture archive, which is almost more protagonist than the singer several times.
An album made concept
Although Subject Beautiful It consists of 13 songs, the reality is that with the Preludeand the two Interlude It ends up being a 10 tracks album. Yes indeed, The artist returns to the old way with four -minute clues on each.
To the introduction with Prelude Continue Subject BeautifulThe first theme that could be heard from the album and with him, the artist defines the style of the project. In it, Mix Synth Pop and Rock Rhythms camouflaged with synthesizers and sound explosions (never better).
And soon the first single comes, End of the worldan issue that corresponds more to That commercial facet to which the artist has a hard time hugging. Its catchy rhythm with influences from the 80s and its ironic lyrics make it the perfect song to defend the album.
Cyrus decelerates a little when you reach More to lisea Ballad -shaped song based on your life as star. Behind him Interlude 1arrives on strong Easy Loverthe second single of Subject Beautiful It soon became viral for its most classic pop rock style, without experiments with the artist’s signature.
A more experimental second part
After Prelude 2 arrives Golden Burning Sunwhere the experimental appears the leg without letting the theme stop fitting with the current sounds.
But precisely in this intermediate part of the song Miley’s most psychedelic facet springs more stronglywhat is appreciated in Walk of Famehis featuring with Brittany Howard (which is barely heard). This album theme comes a point where the essence begins to be lost, which is diluted by a somewhat abstract sound mixture.
The same goes for Pretend you God: Excess experimentation returns to the song difficult to define. At this point on the album you can check an abuse of acute, and the predominance of loudity before voice.
On the one hand quite different, the mixture of jazz, rock and pop charges prominence with Every girl you’ve ever lovedwith the special collaboration of Naomi Campbell, giving a distinctive touch to the project.
But where Miley grows and demonstrates that he has created a topic of height and perfect for musical news is with Reborna song that, although it has the essence of the artist, It is wrapped in disc Adapted to the industry of our day. A very danceable song that stands out in the tracklist.
Finally, Miley closes big with Give me love mealso with a commercial tendency in which the powerful voice of the artist again has prominence in the middle of a mixture of musical genres.
Subject Beautiful finds The balance between psychedelia and what the popular public claimsbeing a project that places Miley Cyrus in a new place.
