Miley Cyrus | Influences
A quick look at the artists and bands who have influenced one of the world's biggest pop stars
Miley Cyrus has today unveiled the artwork for what will be her 9th studio album, Something Beautiful…
According to her instagram post, Cyrus is ‘draped in archival 1997 Thierry Mugler couture, a striking nod to the album’s bold aesthetic and visual storytelling’.
It is not too far a stretch, then, to wonder if the album will also include influences from music’s past. Cyrus has said before that growing up listening to her father’s (Billy Ray Cyrus) music had a big impact on her…
“My dad’s jukebox, when like Waylon Jennings or Johnny Cash would come over, he didn’t really have country singing dudes on his jukebox, to be honest,” she says. “My dad had Etta James [and he] made me listen. I never could appreciate it until I was older. [He] drove me to work every single day because we grew up working together. And my dad had one CD in his car and it was Etta James. And I listened to it for four years and it was Etta. It was Stevie, it was Joan, it was Debbie [Harry]. It was always female rock…