lights, excesses and the price of living two lives

Miley Cyrus (32 years old) has never been afraid to break molds. The same young woman who became a global phenomenon under the blonde of ‘Hannah Montana’ is today an artist who has survived her own collapse. To the lights of success, to excesses and a love story with bitter end. Now, the singer presents in cinemas ‘Something Beautiful’, a project that signs as director and producer, and that defines as “the dream of her life come true.”

The film, which will be screened this Friday, June 27 in 60 movie theaters in Spain, combines thirteen original songs with a visual narrative created for the big screen. “Something Beautiful is the project of my dreams come true: fashion, cinema and original music coexisting in harmony,” Cyrus said in the presentation of the film in London, where he reappeared with his father, singer Billy Ray Cyrus (63 years), with whom he had had a tense relationship in recent years.

Children’s idol to Camaleónica artist

Born in Tennessee in 1992, Destiny Hope Cyrus, his real name, inherited from his father the love for music. His jump to fame occurred with just 13 years, by starring in the Disney series ‘Hannah Montana’, in which he gave life to a teenager with double identity: day student, pop star at night. The success was immediate, but for Cyrus it was also the beginning of a pressure that would take its toll.

In 2012, he decided to close the Disney chapter and break the image that had made her famous. He did it with ‘Bangerz’, an album that caused headlines for its irreverence, provocative aesthetics and letters that approached the use of free drugs. The performance he performed in the MTV Video Music Awards of 2013 with Robin Thicke He marked a before and after in his public image. The scandals arrived, but also a consolidation as a versatile artist. Since then it has explored genres such as hip hop, country, pop-rock and even psychedelia.

Drugs, relapses and a sobriety achieved

The transformation was not only artistic. Cyrus has talked openly about his addictions and the consequences they had in his life and his career. In March 2019, he confessed that his first contact with drugs coincided with his time in Hannah Montana. In a recent interview at the Pódcast ‘Every Single Album’, he revealed how he cheated his accountant to hide expenses related to his consumption.

«Every time I saw myself asked me: ‘Where is that original John Lennon shirt you bought for $ 15,000?’ And I replied: ‘Well, it’s up,’ ”he said with irony. “I bought a lot of vintage clothes that year,” he added in a humorous tone, suggesting that the disbursements were actually destined for drugs.

After multiple relapses, Cyrus decided to change course. In an interview with Zane Lowe For Apple Music, he celebrated five years of sobriety: «Sobriety is like my God. I need them, I live for her. That is, my life has changed completely ». He explained that it is not about alcohol itself, but about the decisions I made under its effects: “I have simply wanted to awaken one hundred percent, always.”

His controversial rupture with Liam Hemsworth

Personal difficulties also marked their sentimental career. His intermittent relationship with actor Liam Hemsworth (35 years old) lasted more than a decade and ended in 2019, just eight months after marrying. The rupture came shortly after it was seen in Lake as next to Kaitlyn Carter, with whom he maintained a brief romance. “Liam and Miley have decided to separate from mutual agreement … They have decided what is better while both focus on themselves and their careers,” said a statement sent to ‘People’ by the singer’s representative.

That chapter inspired one of his greatest successes: ‘Flowers’, a single with echoes from the classic ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor, which became a hymn of self -esteem. «All that led me to write ‘Flowers’, which was like the key that opened the lock of all healing. He healed a lot, ”the artist acknowledged in the same interview with Apple Music.

Health problems and their withdrawal from the scenarios

The health problems were added to emotional difficulties. In the New Year special of 2023, Miley suffered a live medical emergency: the breakage of an ovarian cyst. «It was quite traumatic because it was extremely painful And yet I did the concert. But it was very, very hard for me, ”he revealed.

He also suffers from a re -ke edema and a polyp on the vocal cords, which has conditioned her vocal technique and has led her to make drastic decisions. “It’s like running a marathon with ankles weights,” he explained. Following these episodes, he announced his decision not to go on tour. “Stress is very high … I want to stay mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally,” he said.

Your family reconciliation

In the midst of this rebirth, he has managed to heal old family wounds. His reunion with his father, Billy Ray Cyrus, was one of the most commented images of the premiere of ‘Something Beautiful’ in London. «Congratulations, Miley! I am excited, like when I was a teenager and I went to see Joan Jett for the first time, ”he wrote on his social networks, accompanied by his current partner, Elizabeth Hurley, and her son, Damian.

Cyrus also sincere with ‘The New York Times’ on the consequences of his parents’ divorce. “I assumed part of my mother’s pain because she hurt her more than me,” he confessed. “Now that my mother is so in love with my stepfather, whom I adore, and that my father, whom I see that he has also found happiness, I can love them both.”

With this project, Cyrus not only launches a visual album, but a personal manifesto: a work where fashion, cinema and music are intertwined to tell their story, that of an artist who has touched back and returned with more force.