She’s officially a Grammy winner, having earned that marker of industry respect this past February, and she’s been spending long hours in the studio working on a new visual album for 2025.
Cyrus describes the vibe as “hypnotizing and glamorous,” adding, “It’s a concept album that’s an attempt to medicate somewhat of a sick culture through music.”
Inspired by Pink Floyd's The Wall:
“It was inspired by Pink Floyd’s The Wall,” she says, explaining that she saw the surrealist classic-rock film as a teenager with one of her brothers and a good friend. They rented a limo, smoked weed, and wore ’70s-style fur coats. “We really leaned in. And so I have this heart-first attachment to it,” she says. “My idea was making The Wall, but with a better wardrobe and more glamorous and filled with pop culture.”
Cyrus has been in the studio with Everett, recording her new album, for the past six or seven months now, and once again she’s been doing her homework when it comes to references. “She’ll want it to feel like this specific runway show or something,” Everett says. “I love when she talks like that. For me, it opens up a whole world.”
They’ve been working together on the new album too. He produced multiple songs and helped her write “Something Beautiful,” which is currently slated to be the title track.
Coming off one of the biggest hit songs of the decade, the pop icon returns next year. Could be quite ambitious from these quotes. Will you tune in?
This desire to reach her audience at this cellular level, to not just entertain but to heal, is something she returns to multiple times throughout our conversation. “I would like to be a human psychedelic for people,” she says. “I don’t want anyone trying to be like me or imitate me or even be inspired by me. I want to impact frequencies in your body that make you vibrate at a different level.”
RENAISSANCE, new revolution. She said if Bey won't drop a visual album, then I WILL. @atthepyramids
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