Miley Cyrus has shared the primary style of her forthcoming new album ‘One thing Lovely’ – hearken to ‘Prelude’ under.
The singer-songwriter is because of launch the “daring” report on Might 30 through Columbia, and has already revealed its placing cowl artwork. Cyrus serves as govt producer on the LP, alongside Shawn Everett (Kacey Musgraves, Alabama Shakes).
Following on from 2023’s ‘Infinite Summer time Trip’, the undertaking may also be accompanied by a “visible” movie model – directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter. That is set to reach in cinemas in June.
At the moment (March 31), Cyrus kicked off her subsequent period by sharing the ‘Prelude’ to her ninth studio album.
The dramatic monitor, which is able to presumably open the 13-song ‘One thing Lovely’, finds her delivering spoken phrase segments over an ominous orchestral-led instrumental with droning synth.
“Like when following a picture from a practice, your eyes can’t preserve the passing landscapes from being swallowed into infinite distance,” Cyrus says. “Like when holding a fist stuffed with ashes, your arms can’t save the issues which have already been dissolved into air.
“Like when going through the solar by a window, your pores and skin feels heat however you possibly can’t be on the earth that its heat has made alive. Like strolling alone by a lucid dream like saying your title aloud in an empty room.”
Cyrus co-produced ‘Prelude’ with Everett, Michael Pollack, Jonathan Rado and her boyfriend Maxx Morando.
The tune’s official visuals depict Cyrus in the identical outfit as on the ‘One thing Lovely’ paintings – an “archival 1997 Thierry Mugler couture”.
Earlier than the monitor hits its cinematic crescendo, an emotional Cyrus stares down the digicam lens to state that “the sweetness one finds alone is a prayer that longs to be shared”. The video was directed by Cyrus, Bixenman and Walter. Watch above.
As predicted by some followers, ‘Prelude’ means that the singer has moved away from straight-up pop on her new LP in favour of a extra experimental – and maybe darker – sound.
The ‘One thing Lovely’ movie has been known as “a one-of-a-kind pop opera from the thoughts of Miley Cyrus”. The official description reads: “A singular visible expertise, fuelled by fantasy, together with 13 authentic songs from the upcoming album.”
In a four-star evaluate of ‘Infinite Summer time Trip’, NME wrote: “All of it provides as much as an album that holds your full consideration even when it isn’t Cyrus’s boldest or most visionary. ‘Infinite Summer time Trip’ actually looks like an correct reflection of who she is as an artist – and an individual – in 2023.”