“My idea was to make Pink Floyd ‘The Wall’ but with better costumes, more glamorous and full of pop culture.” This is how Miley Cyrus explained months ago, in certainly provocative statements, the concept of her new album, ‘Something Beautiful’, which is published today May 30. Have you achieved your goal?
In the first place, the ‘Something Beautiful’ film seems inspired by ‘The Wall’ as in execution. According to The Guardian, the tape consists of “a handful of musical videos separated by spoken interludes.” It is not an “opera” exactly.
Secondly, Cyrus had told that ‘Something Beautiful’ is a psychedelic experience, but it is not so much. Above all, ‘Something Beautiful is a pop experience that allows full incursions. ‘Something Beautiful’ is an album of elegant textures and classical compositions.
‘Something Beautiful’ promises to divide those who defend the first half of the album over the second, and those who prefer the classic facet of the album (‘Give Me Love’ is a potential success) to the danceable offered by the 6 minute of ‘Walk of Fame’. The sure thing is that the instrumental palette of ‘Something Beautiful’, which includes from winds and ropes to distorted guitars and vocoders to the “French touch”, appeals to a broad and diverse audience.
Although ‘Something Beautiful’ could have been crazier: not only Brittany Howard by Alabama Shakes and Naomi Campbell collaborate in the album, but Jonathan Rado de Foxygen supervises several tracks, Alvvays write in ‘End of the World’ and Cole Haden of Model/Actress in ‘Prelude’. In addition, Adam Granduciel by The War On Drugs touches the guitar in ‘Submit Beautiful’, Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs in ‘Gold Burning Sun’, Danielle Haim in ‘Walk of Fame’ and Brian D’Addario of The Lemon Twig in ‘Give Me Love’. Marie Davidson is sampling in ‘Every girl you’ve Ever Loved’, the song in which Naomi brings a questionable recited.
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