Miley Cyrus is back with her eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation. The music world is revolving around her now that her album is released.
Some are truly born to be stars. But discovering the stars and presenting them to the world of 'entertainment' is the skill of others. As you can imagine, this requires not to be underestimated work. When Miley Cyrus first auditioned for Disney Channel's Hannah Montana series when she was just 11 years old, the producers of the show actually thought she was too young for the job. After half a year of searching and more than a thousand actress trials, her ideas changed. According to Gary Marsh, Disney's boss at that time, the first performance of Cyrus in the audition never left their minds; “We knew from the start that we were dealing with something extraordinary. We believed that our bet would bring us unimaginable profits.”
After Hannah Montana's release in 2006, a single paparazzi photo of Miley Cyrus fetching up to $150,000 (according to The Los Angeles Times) is actually a good example of where her "earnings" can go. The billion-dollar Hannah Montana series is one of the most-watched productions in Disney history. This popularity, which also grew Miley Cyrus' music life, reached such a point that in the end, Cyrus wanted to continue her career with more 'mature' roles and music.
The role of your life in Montana
Cyrus' 'life role' in Hannah Montana naturally followed her. It's not just because of the superstardom the show has elevated her to. While 'Miley', who lived a double life in the series, was an ordinary teenager, she was also a big pop star with the character of Hannah Montana, whom her friends did not know she was. While she was living a magnificent life that everyone could dream of, on the one hand, she was stuck between the desire to live an ordinary life like her peers on the other. This great fictional distinction between onstage and 'real' life has become reality as Miley Cyrus turns thirty. In an interview she gave with Howard Stern a few years ago; she tells that in the series and movies, her fans are actually connected to an unreal character and how this creates psychological damage on her. Cyrus, born in 1992, actually expresses one of the biggest concerns of her generation: Isn't it enough to be ourselves in order to be loved and valued? In this strange age when we have to chase after the Instagram and TikTok filters that show us the best, to post the most liked tweets, even highly regarded pop stars can find themselves at the center of this common concern. But what makes the difference is what you do to get rid of that anxiety. Miley Cyrus is trying to get rid of it by producing it.
Maturing with the new album
Cyrus, who released her eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation, last week, focuses on the strength she finds by focusing on her physical and mental well-being (as she tells it) in this work dedicated to Los Angeles. Focusing on physical and mental health is not a new way of life for her. Because in the past, she told me that she learned from the early deaths of Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain and limited her relationship with alcohol. This power, which she strengthened with Endless Summer Vacation, must have passed on to her audience; The album's first single Flowers broke streaming records on all platforms and stayed at number one on the Billboard charts for weeks. In every album she shares, she tries to create new things by preserving the pop-based musical elements that created her. She manages to add something to her own music, from Madonna, Britney Spears, Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston, and Metallica, and every name she says has inspired her throughout her career. Endless Summer Vacation does not lag behind in this respect either. This is the album of a lady who has discovered herself both musically and personally, stepping into her 30s with maturity despite her concerns. Her words in her documentary Endless Summer Vacation, which was screened simultaneously with the album on Disney+, sum it up very well. “This album represents my courage, not only in terms of music but also in character. From my hair to my visuals, it shows the state I want to be in the best way. It offers the most established version of all the music genres I've ever tried.” According to Cyrus, the Cinderella shoes she wore years ago fit her perfectly with this album. It's up to us to watch her dance with life in the company of these shoes.