Miley has returned with a brand-new single, ‘Bass Persuades’ – you can listen to it below.
The pop star, who has dropped her surname ‘Cyrus’, shared the title track from her upcoming 10th album today (Friday September 4).
“Let’s go,” she states at the start of the Mert Alas-directed video, which sees Miley take over a New York poker club with a slice of dance pop. “If we ain’t moving, baby, baby why are we here?” she sings over a throbbing ’80s synth line.
“And I don’t wanna change your mind/ The bass persuades/ No, I don’t wanna change your mind (Let’s go).”
In the chorus, the singer declares that “the kids don’t wanna dance“, adding: “We can’t stay like this forever/ Let’s surrender to the night, put our bodies close together, uh-huh.” Tune in here:
Speaking in a statement about the follow-up to last year’s ‘Something Beautiful’, Miley explained: “My 10th studio album, ‘Bass Persuades’, is yours September 18th. Music takes hold of us. We feel it, sing it, sometimes dance to it, let it out and carry on. It is powerful, vulnerable, sweet and strong.
“Heart full, heartache, every part of life in between. That’s what the title means to me. Thank you for being a part of making my wildest dreams come true. I sincerely hope you love this album.”
The LP will mark the star’s first full-length project on her new label home, Atlantic Records.
Miley is set to celebrate the record’s release with two shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on October 16 and 18. She’ll be joined by Model/Actriz, and has described the venue as “my favourite place to experience music and see my favourite artists”.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time on September 10 – you’ll be able to buy yours here. An American Express pre-sale begins at the same time on September 8, followed by the artist pre-sale the next day (September 9) – sign up here.
Miley said last year that she still had no “desire” to tour, explaining that embarking on extensive runs of concerts made it difficult to maintain her mental well-being.
“I do have the physical ability and I have the opportunities to tour,” she said at the time. “I wish I had the desire, but I don’t.”
In a four-star review of her previous album, NME wrote: “‘Something Beautiful’ is sprawling and apparently unperturbed by contemporary chart trends. While ‘Something Beautiful’ probably isn’t Cyrus’s most hit-packed album, it does feel like a fully realised artistic statement.”
Miley’s father Billy Ray Cyrus has shared his thoughts on his daughter dropping her surname for her next era.
In other news, Miley received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May, where she committed to “continuing the cycle full of creation”.
Elsewhere, she recently shared a personal tribute to her godmother Dolly Parton, who died last month, aged 80. Miley recalled that one of their final conversations had been about “music and metamorphosis”.
“What I KNOW is Dolly would want me to feel it, write a song about it, and then continue on and be strong,” she wrote. “I have an angel by my side. I always have.”
