bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

paywallTypes

createdDate

publishedDate

moreOnThisArticles

urlAlias

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

corrections

sponsorType

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

socialHeadline

headline

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

additionalInfoBoxes

quizIds

images

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

sponsor

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

Mark Peters

Miley CyrusYounger Now
(RCA)
It’s been four years since Miley Cyrus swung butt naked into our conscious­ness with all the eroticism of a half-cut construction worker. Post-Wrecking Ball, the 24-year-old has continued on her image-shifting mission, despite some questionable twerking and her pysch-pop Dead Petz project, wiping away lingering memories of the innocent Disney years that kick-started her career. Her sixth album supposedly marks another change of trajectory, leaving behind her recent rap fixation and drug-fuelled shenanigans with the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne to return to her pop-tinged Nashville roots.
Rainbowland, an upbeat duet with country legend Dolly Parton, would support that theory if it weren’t so lightweight and aimless. The rustic Miss You So Much and the plaintive I Would Die For You fair far better, the doleful acoustic tones allowing the powerful huskiness of Cyrus’ vocals to shine through. Younger Now may be Cyrus searching for her true identity but the contrived country-pop moments have stripped away her personality, leaving something far more generic than perhaps intended.




Adele’s new album release leak: everything you need to know – video

Rock group Marmozets’ new album is a riotous and rowdy triumph

Miley Cyrus delivers generic sixth album devoid of personality

Morningside by Fazerdaze, an intimate, dreamy debut album

Greatest hits: album reviews

Miley Cyrus performs onstage in California in May. Picture: AFP

Younger Now by Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus sings about Liam Hemsworth in a dreamy voice on a rock ballad called Malibu

Singer and show host Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles,. She just released a rock ballad song called Malibu. Photo: Reuters

The Flaming Lips have an unlikely new collaborator in the form of Miley Cyrus

The Flaming Lips

Coyne on stage in Chicago, Illinois. Photo: Corbis

Coyne on stage in St Paul, Minnesota. Photo: Brandon Wu

Coyne on stage in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Stephen Booth

Coyne on stage in Denver, Colorado. Photo: Scott D. Smith

Hannah Montana meets Mighty Aphrodite? Miley Cyrus will star in Woody Allen's new Amazon TV series

Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, California in this August 24, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ENTERTAINMENT)

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2014 file photo, Miley Cyrus arrives at the 56th annual GRAMMY awards - salute to industry icons with Clive Davis, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cyrus is in the hospital and unable to perform her “Bangerz” concert at Kansas City’s Sprint Center as planned. A Cyrus spokeswoman says the 21-year-old entertainer canceled her performance Tuesday, April 15, 2014, after she was hospitalized for a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, file)

Woody Allen at NoMi restaurant at the Park Hyatt in Chicago on July 20, 2014. His new film "Magic in the Moonlight," is the 44th in his 48 years as a director. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Miley Cyrus says she’s had a picture of Woody Allen by her bed for years. Photo: Reuters

Magazines

PostMag

Arts & Music

Culture

Music

Younger Now has its moments but the forays into country-pop are lightweight and aimless


Miley Cyrus

An assessment or critique of a service, product or creative endeavour.  Film reviews, restaurant reviews, reviews of art exhibitions. (Eg. Crazy Rich Asians: an important film, yes, but a good one?)


Review

Review | Miley Cyrus delivers generic sixth album devoid of personality

Younger Now has its moments but the forays into country-pop are lightweight and aimless