Miley Cyrus Endless Summer Vacation

Miley Cyrus' 'Endless Summer Vacation' wins in ditching her previous album's rock for straight pop ballads, quirkier synth-pop and dance numbers.

The album cover sets the tone nicely: Cyrus is not coming in like a wrecking ball, but as — sure — something of a trapeze artist, one who right about now might be too high to fail. That’s followed by the one contribution Greg Kurstin has as a writer-producer, “Jaded,” which is pure mellow-gold in its generous and breezy approach to the end of a love affair. (For all its radio-friendliness, “Jaded” also includes the first of enough F-bombs on the album that there’s surely going to be a lot of judicious bleeping in the record’s accompanying Disney+ special.) “You’re questioning the science, ’cause you don’t understand / How I’m doing what I’m doing in a fucking handstand,” Cyrus sings, sounding a little like the recently ultra-empowered Taylor Swift, but on an even higher dosage of cockiness steroids (or acid). There’s so much to like here, though, starting, of course, with “Flowers.” It’s derivative, in an “I Will Survive” meets “Lose You to Love Me” meets “Don’t Start Now” kind of way, but that’s no knock. Cyrus also plays it soft on “Wonder Woman,” an almost entirely piano-focused ballad you might presume is inspired by her mother, or some other stolid and occasionally sad role model — it sounds kind of like a feminist “Desperado.” “Island,” buried late in the track list, is an odd number that never quite works, even with an interesting key change between the tense verses and the tropical choruses, courtesy of collaborator BJ Burton. (Well, maybe not literally the last, because the album closes with a quiet demo version of “Flowers,” but an extended bout of revenge writing is not really where her head is at.) The succeeding songs don’t get too stuck in the single’s post-Dua Lipa brand of disco thump, but neither is there even a hint of revisiting the previous album’s Blondie-isms for a second. Yes, “Muddy Feet” is one of the tracks where the growl returns — it earns it, on an album that otherwise isn’t firing too many shots across any bows. The throughly massive hit single that preceded it into the culture a couple of months ago, “Flowers,” seemed to promise a belated divorce album in the confessional style that’s come back into fashion. The singer just knows her inner Joan Jett doesn’t need to rev up its engines when she’s mellowing out with a minimalist, rhythm-section-based ballad like “Rose Colored Glasses” or getting a little more wacked out with a spooky avant-pop discursion like “Handstand.” Successive records found her swinging back and forth — or sideways — from the pop-diva dominance she established with “Bangerz” to the one-woman back-to-roots movement of “Young Again,” on up to the rockin’ new-wave revivalism of 2021’s “Plastic Hearts.” (Somewhere in there came her Flaming Lips collab…

After spending the decade following her Disney Channel rise by trying on different styles of popular music, from hip-hop to country-pop to guitar-rock, Cyrus ...

The extended bridge, where the production simplifies to focus on the beats and bass as Cyrus turns sex into a Monet simile, makes “Violet Chemistry” both the longest song on Endless Summer Vacation and one of the best. There’s a reason why “River” is being positioned as Cyrus’ potential follow-up smash to “Flowers”: the single handles its synth-pop flourishes and sexual innuendoes with funk and personality, its melodies blasting out like laser beams and Cyrus opting for sashaying monotone on the verses to offset the “ooh-ooh-OOH!” maximalism of the chorus. “Rose Colored Lenses” contains the title Endless Summer Vacation in the second verse, and it makes sense: Cyrus is capturing a warm moment in time here, and pleading for it to stay eternal. “Wildcard” functions as a late-album vocal showcase, the snares complementing Cyrus’ statements of self before ceding the floor to showy synths on the high-powered hook. Knowingly messy but captivating in its weirdness, “Handstand” could be misplaced in the heart of Endless Summer Vacation or exactly at home as the meltdown of the album’s Side A, depending on your vision of the track list; either way, points to Cyrus for never giving up her freak flag. With its short running time and repeated phrases, “Muddy Feet” comes across as slightly incomplete compared to the rest of the Endless Summer Vacation tracks — but boy, is this one going to rip when Cyrus performs it live.

Endless Summer Vacation represents a full pop return for Cyrus after her 2020 album Plastic Hearts, which saw the singer channeling '80s glam rock in a natural ...

“River,” the album’s second single, is out today to coincide with the LP’s release. To accompany the album, Cyrus returned to Disney (specifically, Disney+) after more than a decade by bringing back her popular “Backyard Sessions” series. The LP arrives today with songwriting and production contributions from talented artists across the industry.

Miley Cyrus' eighth studio album, 'Endless Summer Vacation,' dropped on Friday, March 10 — lyric breakdown.

[currently dating drummer Maxx Morando](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/miley-cyrus-maxx-morandos-relationship-timeline/) — [tweeted](https://twitter.com/MileyCyrus/status/1164595253929816066) in August 2019, denying the claims. [dated on and off after meeting on the set of 2010’s The Last Song](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/miley-cyrus-and-liam-hemsworths-love-story-2012107/). As the former couple — [whose divorce was finalized in January 2020](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/miley-cyrus-and-liam-hemsworth-finalize-divorce/) — announced their breakup, rumors swirled that [cheating was the reason behind their decision](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/miley-cyrus-there-was-too-much-conflict-with-liam-hemsworth/) to separate. Many fans were quick to point out possible clues to her whirlwind marriage to [Liam Hemsworth](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/liam-hemsworth/). I’ve said it before & it remains true, I love Liam and always will.” The twosome ultimately reunited in January 2016 and [tied the knot in December 2018.](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/miley-cyrus-and-liam-hemsworth-are-married-details/) After less than one year of marriage, the pair called it quits. [dropped her LP on Friday, March 10](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/shawn-mendes-sabrina-carpenter-attend-miley-cyrus-party-together/). She continued: “And in the nighttime, it feels like there’s a slinky, seediness and kind of a grime but a glamour at the same time. “I’ve learned from every experience in my life. “When it comes to the sequencing of Endless Summer Vacation, I divided it by two parts: a.m. to almost represent an act,” Cyrus, 30, said in a video posted via [as not shared the inspiration behind the song](https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/song-lyrics-inspired-by-celebrity-breakups/) — is accusing ex-husband Hemsworth, 33, of infidelity.

Miley Cyrus just dropped her highly-anticipated album, Endless Summer Vacation, and fans already can't stop listening to her latest record.

"She's a wonder woman / She knows what she likes," she sings. "I don't know / Who the hell you think you're messin' with," Miley sings. "I feel you everywhere / Your face is all in my hair," she sings. [Flowers](https://www.eonline.com/news/1361227/miley-cyrus-makes-return-to-music-with-empowering-new-breakup-song-flowers)," is the one fans couldn't help but speculate was about Miley's ex, Liam. "Started to cry but then remembered I / I can buy myself flowers." "I don't wanna call and talk too long," she sings. Elsewhere, she croons over a fiery demise: "Oh, isn't it a shame that it ended like that? At first glance, the seventh track, "River," could be mistaken for another breakup ballad. "Get the fuck out of my house with that s--t / Get the f--k out of my life with that s--t." Not to mention, as fans also highlighted, the song's Jan. 13 release date, also just so happened to be Liam's birthday. "I didn't want to leave / I didn't want to lie," she belts out.

Miley Cyrus' new album, 'Endless Summer Vacation' focuses on self-discovery and independence with 'Jaded,' 'River,' 'Rose Colored Lenses,' and more.

Though “Handstand” is interesting to listen to, it’s less of a song and more of an interlude. Keeping with the theme of womanhood, “Thousand Miles” is about Cyrus’s relationship with her sister. “In the evening it’s a great time for rest, it’s a time to recover—or it’s a time to go out and experience kind of a wild side. Cyrus pleas for a problem-free romance in “Rose Colored Lenses.” The song shows a much more relaxed version of Cyrus. It’s a fun song about lust—and I can already hear it thumping through the speakers of a New York Citty bar. It's not as punchy as the rest of the album, but "Island" is the type of song you can put on and drift away to. If you're a fan of Plastic Hearts, you’ll love “You.” This track is the closest we’ll get to another rock record, but I’m not complaining! It’s a quick song, but it packs a fiery punch—earning it the next spot on my list. [a mini-performance documentary on Disney+](https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/miley-cyrus-endless-summer-vacation-backyard-sessions/MbkiReincbRE), where you can watch the singer perform seven tracks from the album at the house where the “Flowers” music video was shot. “There’s like a buzz, an energy, and there’s a potential of new possibilities. “In the nighttime, it feels that there’s a slinky, seediness, and kind of a grime, but a glamor at the same time,” she said. [Flowers](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a42489563/miley-cyrus-flowers-lyrics-review/),” a club-ready break-up track where Cyrus sings about, of course, loving herself better than anyone can.

Sorti ce vendredi, le huitième album de la chanteuse cristallise toutes les attentes. Grâce à un tube planétaire, une promo bien ficelée et un retour aux ...

Pour la première fois sans doute, elle revêt celui de diva pop, et c'est peut-être celui qui lui va le mieux. Flowers marquait aussi le retour de Miley Cyrus à une pop pure, qui lui a valu ses premiers fans, après les virages country-pop de son album Younger Now (2017) et pop-rock de Plastic Hearts (2020). Quand la plupart des artistes dévoilent plusieurs titres en amont d'une sortie d'album, le succès de Flowers a été tel qu'il a permis à la chanteuse de se reposer sur celui-ci. [Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/miley-cyrus-flowers-endless-summer-vacation-1234691827/), "cet album, ce moment, sont ce que Miley Cyrus a passé toute une carrière à bâtir". Elle se prêtait ainsi au jeu de la "revenge song", chanson subtilement adressée à un ex. Sorti il y a deux mois, Flowers a été écouté près de 650 millions de fois sur Spotify et ne tardera pas à rattraper le nombre d'écoutes enregistrées par Wrecking Ball, disponible sur la plateforme depuis... De quoi, de nouveau, éveiller l'impatience des fans. [Hannah Montana](/people/series/miley-cyrus-assure-vraiment-vouloir-reprendre-un-jour-le-role-d-hannah-montana_AN-202008200183.html), la chanteuse de 30 ans compte depuis une dizaine d'années parmi les principaux visages de la pop américaine. Dévoilé le 13 janvier, le morceau s'est immédiatement attiré les louanges de la presse et s'est classé numéro dans près d'une quarantaine de pays dont les États-Unis, où il n'a pas décollé de la première place pendant six semaines. Dans cette ôde à l'amour-propre retrouvé après une déception amoureuse, la chanteuse a disséminé assez d'indices pour que les fans comprennent qu'elle y règle ses comptes avec son ancien époux, Cinq jours plus tard, Miley Cyrus annonçait la date de sortie de son nouvel album. Son tube Flowers, taillé pour l'été, a fait danser la planète tout l'hiver.

Son nouvel album Endless Summer Vacations fait une éloquente démonstration de sa capacité de sauter d'un style musical à l'autre.

La première s'inspire d'ailleurs de la synth-pop des années 1980 et nous renvoie à ses premiers albums, en particulier Can’t Be Tamed. Cependant, penser que le reste de sa nouvelle création renfermerait une série de titres suivant la même direction musicale aurait été mal la connaître. « Tu sens un parfum que je ne t’ai pas acheté.

Miley Cyrus a souvent vogué entre les genres. Si certains ont pu y voir de la confusion, nous y voyions plutôt le profond besoin d'explorer de celle dont le ...

On n’aurait pas été étonné d’entendre Maroon 5 sur Island, une chanson qui semble tout droit sortie de son répertoire (et loin d’être la meilleure de l’album de Cyrus). Sur Violet Chemistry, on retrouve les synthés et, en milieu de chanson, la chanteuse se lance dans un couplet qui se rapproche du rap. En ce qui concerne le fond aussi, justement parce que les thématiques de l’amour et de la séparation s’étalent sur tout le disque.

Miley Cyrus' latest album “Endless Summer Vacation” — released Friday — is much more than a breakup anthem; it's a rebirth.

“When the floor is wet. “Am I stranded on an island? It turns me on that you care, baby,” she sings. As the sun gets brighter it’s time to wear “Rose Colored Lenses." “I feel you everywhere. Miley Cyrus’ hit "Flowers" made even those in a stable relationship sing out loud with conviction.