Miley Cyrus lives the best moment of her career with ‘Plastic Hearts’
Miley Cyrus has freed herself from the masks that hid a real rock star.
Miley Cyrus is no stranger to change. Those years in which Miley desperately sought to get rid of her image as Hannah Montana are still in the collective memory, and in this complicated journey, she repeatedly stumbled upon infamous live performances (VMA 2013), drug scandals, and various foretelling circumstances another star who activated the self-destruct button in an effort to continue topping the tabloids.
However, Miley overshadowed any situation that happened outside the stage and the recording studio with a talent that has reached its peak in this production called Plastic Hearts.
Although, since her participation in the famous Disney Channel program, Cyrus already showed her great vocal potential, the truth is that in the productions prior to Plastic Hearts the artist had not managed to fully exploit it, as a result of following stereotypes within gender. 13 years after her debut, Miley is more honest with herself and provides a genuine production, which, despite the marked influences (and collaborations) of various acts, shows us Miley on a path that will definitely take her very far. .
Plastic Hearts begins with "WTF Do I Know", and from the first bass plucks we can notice a resounding change to a more raw, more authentic and energetic style, where the female figure seduces not because of its beauty, but because of its attitude. and determination. When Cyrus's voice touches the microphone for the first time, those voices that conquered the world with her overwhelming personality come to mind; Now, finally, it is Cyrus's turn, who has freed himself from the princess disguise that inside her kept a true rock star.
Then comes the track that gives the album its name, which begins with conga arrangements reminiscent of the beginning of "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones, and then goes its own way delivering a catchy and very acid pop. "Angels Like You", for her part, is perhaps the song most attached to Cyrus' earlier sound, and it gives us an idea of what her first years of career would have been if she had been allowed to work freely.
Sticking with quality pop, a collaboration with Dua Lipa titled "Prisoner" heavily influenced by tunes from the eighties (that "Prisoner" sounds strangely familiar) is shaping up to be a huge favorite at the 2021 awards.
The number five song on Plastic Hearts is titled "Gimme What I Want", which although it is not one of Cyrus's most profound songs, it is a song that will shake the head of more than one and will very surely become one. of the artist's strong cards when she returns to the stage.
This is followed by the jewel in the crown: "Night Crawling," her imposing collaboration with the living legend, Billy Idol. Defining this song as the maximum representation of this album is due to several factors. In 2016, Miley took the stage of the iHeart Radio Music Festival to perform with Idol her hit "Rebel Yell", giving us one of the first clues of what she wanted to do with her career, and that is, during the five minutes it lasted This interpretation, it was seen that Miley did not want that moment to ever end.
Since then, Miley took several opportunities to show her love for rock and her desire to get closer to the genre with covers of Pink Floyd, The Cranberries and Blondie (the same ones that were rescued on this album), showing that her mezzo-soprano voice looked much more Accompanied by electric guitars and intense power chords. Thus, listening to Billy Idol on this album when he was a key piece in Miley's musical evolution, becomes something merely poetic.
We are in the middle of the album and "Midnight Sky" sounds, Plastic Hearts' cover letter that surprised Miley fans as well as those who were not related to her trajectory. With a new rebellious and exotic look, Miley continues with the discourse of female empowerment, and it is a round one that in addition to a direct and imposing lyrics, the melody highlights the message with heartbreaking vocal lines and a merely hypnotic rhythm.
Immediately comes the ballad "High" that is overshadowed by its predecessor and returns to Miley's deepest roots: country. "Hate Me" also has sketches of the singer-songwriter's previous style, and it is probably one of the weakest points on the album, and even with this premise, it is far from bad. "Bad Karma", the long-awaited collaboration of Miley with Joan Jett is, on the other hand, disappointing, since neither Miley nor Jett manage to exploit this potential, and the song ends up being forgettable.
Finally, the last two songs (ignoring the covers and the remix of "Midnight Sky" with Stevie Nicks) "Never Be Me" and "Golden G String" are two ballads that go somewhat unnoticed after all the chaos that Miley gave us in the first half of the album; They are a good break for the covers in which Miley completely tears her voice and soul.
This is how Plastic Hearts has made Miley Cyrus get new fans in the world in love with her new concept, and in the same way, it has made her old fans love her a little more. Although there is never a lack of people who see change as a bad thing, those people who categorize a changing artist as a chameleon, the truth is that this is simply an evolution that Cyrus has not been afraid of.
