I mean, you saw me jumping up and down to those. I was so glad that songs like “7 Things” and “See You Again” not only made the setlist, but felt fully renovated by Cyrus’ coming of age. OK, and here’s where I get to talk about the “Hannah Montana”-era stuff.
She always had a rasp, which could be a little awkward when she was wearing blonde Party City wigs on the Disney Channel. I was reminded so many times in this set, especially on the glam-rock stuff from “Plastic Hearts,” how much she’s benefitted from age, vocally. It’s interesting you mention her voice changing. That’s not a lane so much as it’s the whole highway. That song was also one of my favorites from her Zilker set.ĮW: I wrote “country-rock-disco is her lane” in my notes during that song, which kinda proves my point about genre fluidity. I remember shortly after she lost her home, she performed “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart” with Mark Ronson on “Saturday Night Live,” and it was that wrenching performance that transformed me from Miley-curious to a serious fan. And that section of the set was just a stunning demonstration of exactly how much emotion she’s able to convey with her voice. We even got a Cher cover in “Bang Bang” that segued into absolute 2008 bop “7 Things.” (Again, more on that later.) That’s what I mean when I say she’s carrying the standards forward - if there’s a great American songbook for the rock age, I think Cyrus, with a lightning-in-a-bottle voice and extreme genre fluidity, is its keeper right now. But I know that you waited all set for a particular cover, Deborah.ĭSS: Yes, the Janis Joplin joint was truly heart-stopping, but her mashup of “Wrecking Ball” and “Nothing Compares 2 U,” a song that defined my coming-of-age years, had me almost in tears. She’s said in interviews that after her house burned down in a California wildfire in 2018, her voice actually changed. Her rendition of Austin icon Janis Joplin’s “Maybe” was nothing short of chilling and thrilling, the howls and the sweet nothings making me dearly want a Miley Cyrus blues album. More: Machine Gun Kelly's ACL set was a middle finger-thrustin', pill bottle-poppin', pop-punk party Thanks to her recent embrace of the swagger that’s always been coursing through her veins, Cyrus gave it all the grit and glamor that it deserves. (Well, besides some of the teen-pop throwbacks, but more on that later.) A take on Blondie joint “Heart of Glass,” which went viral on TikTok last year, is my preferred version of the song, no shade to Miss Deborah Harry. The first of many powerful covers of the night.ĮW: Yes, let’s talk about the covers, because I don’t think it’s controversial to say they were her star moves. Bringing it in with the 2013 hit “We Can’t Stop” was a big hype-generating move, but the moment that put me in my feelings was when she segued into “Where is My Mind?” by the Pixies. Worth noting: That phase of her career is literally the reason "cultural appropriation" became a mainstream term in American pop culture. That’s also where she started this set, and she did it in a way that really underlines your point.
I really started paying attention to her in the twerking era. Any time Miley ventures into what we have to believe are her own sonic and lyrical tastes, things get … I think the word “oof” works more often than I’d like.ĭSS: I’ll admit I don’t have the depth of Mileyology that you do. And that’s no dig it’s a pretty damn cool thing.
She is one of the most accomplished interpreters of pop and rock standards of our time. More: With Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus and Megan Thee Stallion, women rise to the top at ACL Festīut I think this ACL Fest coronation revealed, or reinforced, the truth about Miley the artist.
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And it’s always seemed like she has the raw talent, and more raw charisma - like, sashimi raw - but her professional taste level has often been downright strange. So, I have spent way too many of my 32 years considering the career of Miley Ray (née Destiny Hope) Cyrus, from the “Hannah Montana” days, through the Disney kiss-off phase, to the uber-popular and unfortunate hip-hop appropriation, with a detour to the Flaming Lips burnout weirdsville stuff, into the dreamy surf boards-and-crystals material, and now landing on her Joan Jett/Lita Ford rock woman rebirth. EW: Something, and everything, and I expected nothing less.
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