Miley fans, what’s good?
I’ll tell you what. The former Disney Channel star Miley Cyrus released an album Friday that has light bulbs shaking everywhere. While covering a range of emotions such as love, resentment and heartbreak, the album, "Younger Now," has a mixture of pop and country sounds, giving its listeners the best of both worlds.
It’s no secret that Cyrus received a lot of backlash after she went from the innocent pop star on "Hannah Montana" to the girl who won’t stop twerking. While her 2013 album, "Bangerz," shows Cyrus' sexy, fun and rebellious side, "Younger Now" shows Cyrus' maturity as she expresses her individuality as a young adult.
The album starts off with the song "Younger Now," where Cyrus says that she feels like she “just woke up” and that she’s not afraid of “who (she) used to be.” I love that she still stands by her authenticity and tries to show that there’s more to her than the Disney Channel. She repeatedly states that change is something that one can count on, because no one stays the same.
This song makes me feel like I’m on the beach sipping a piña colada because her vocals are so soothing. Moreover, this song definitely set the stage for the range of emotion that follows.
Then, Cyrus gets into her feelings a little bit as she sings about good old-fashioned love. In the upbeat song "Malibu," Cyrus reflects on a trip she took to Malibu, where she was presumably with her man Liam Hemsworth. The song has a happy nature to it, as she sings sweetly about how everything is amazing now that Hemsworth is there with her.
In the songs "Week Without You," "Bad Mood" and "Love Someone," however, Cyrus gets confusing. It sounds like one minute she loves her man and hates his guts the next.
Throughout these songs, she says “I’m starting to think you have no heart,” and “It seems you want to bring me down with your bad attitude.” Cyrus never really explains her flaws or things she might’ve done wrong to cause her to feel this way. After all, it takes two to tango.
She’s so focused on directing negative energy towards Hemsworth that she doesn’t realize that it might be her own hurt feelings that may cause her to be emotional. I will say that the cadence and melody in these songs are impeccable for really depressing songs.
