There is no doubt that Miley Cyrus is in her best wasas the young people now say. In her recent interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, the singer – 32 years old – has reflected not only on her artistic evolution and her triumph in the Grammy 2024 with the theme Flowersbut also about the paper determining that Alcohol and other substances have played in their life. Through very clear confessions, the American has reviewed from her first meetings with the drink to her firm commitment to the sobrietya pillar that defines its creativity and well -being today.
First flirting with alcohol and identity search
During your stage as Hannah Montanathe role that starred in the series of the same name in Disney Chanel, Mileycyrus began to experiment with alcohol and marijuanafinding in those experiences a “wild instinct” that distanced her from the character she interpreted.
This is what she said: “I had already tried get drunk and smoke When I was still rolling Hannah Montana. I remember that a producer told me: ‘I can see that this lion will not get back into the cage’ – because I had found my own debauchery. “
That first contact with the substances marked the beginning of a path of self -discovery, but also of risks to their physical and emotional health.
This remained until 2020, when by an operation on the vocal cords, Miley Cyrus was forced to completely consume alcohol and marijuana. As he reported in interviews of that year, that forced pause discovered a more full and balanced lifestyle. “It was a sobriety that came from medical need, but then I discovered that I was much happier like that.” This allowed him to rethink his habits and assess the impact that substances had in his voice, their live performance and general well -being.
From the sobriety to relapse
A year later, in 2021, with just 26 years of age, the singer decided to take a step further and Commit to a voluntary sobriety program. On the cover of Rolling Stone January 2021, the singer confessed that she did not want to “enter the club of the 27” where so many legends – Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse … – they succumbed to addictions: “I told myself: ‘I have to straighten my life before fulfilling the 27’. Thus, at 27 (November 2019) I was practically completely sober.”
However, it had a relapse during Pandemia of the COVID-19. Like many, Miley Cyrus lived confinement with great anxiety. During the pandemic, he acknowledged having “fallen” again in alcohol, and therefore needed to “accept” before returning to sobriety. “I fell, but now I have been sober again… I will not pretend that I never wanted to drink. I am not moderating. I know that, once surpassed, I will never want to return. For me, the key is’ not angry, investigating what happened, ”he said in the aforementioned interview.
Hello success and goodbye alcohol
Miley Cyrus’s victory in the 2024 Grammy with Flowers It supposed “a whip in a broken heart”, a recognition he needed to feel validated after years of anxiety and fear of failure. “Receiving that Grammy was like a balm … He freed me to create the album that I always wanted,” he said in the recent interview, where he acknowledges that he is already sober and that thanks to it he feels much quieter and more creative.
In fact, Miley has defined sobriety as his “God” and his indispensable way of life: “I need them. I live for her. He has changed my whole life. ”This conviction has not only given him emotional health, but has also reinforced his ability to maintain a balance between the intensity of the live show and personal care.
With the calm and confidence of those who have faced their worst demons, Cyrus prepares the launch of its new project Subject Beautifulscheduled for May 30. After almost a decade of ups and downs, the artist faces this definitive stage: sober, creative and determined to demonstrate that he still has much to contribute, yes, with wounds already healed and with sobriety as a guide.
