Kids Don't Wanna Dance
Miley's New Album Proves That Reinvention Is Her Specialty
Why do fans want artists to find their “sound” when talents like Miley can do it all?
To say that Miley has gone through phases would be an understatement. Fans have watched the singer grow up in real time, from Disney Channel sensation Hannah Montana to teen pop star Miley Cyrus. Later, as an adult, she became a hedonistic party girl, psychedelic stoner, country crooner, and punk rocker, unapologetically embracing new sides of herself with each new music era.
Now, she’s just Miley, releasing her 10th studio album Bass Persuades — and first under a mononym — on Sept. 18. Yes, it’s a reinvention of sorts given the name change, but some have used this era as a criticism of her artistry, questioning why she seems to constantly be searching for an identity and bemoaning that she hasn’t yet found “her sound.”
However, why would listeners ever want a proven versatile talent like Miley to stick to one sound? And if you do for some reason, then, well, she’s already found it.
On Bass Persuades, Miley orbits (literally, there’s a song called “Orbit”) between glamorous dance-pop, progressive indie-rock, and swee...