Within a decade, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth broke up, broke up, got back together, and eventually got married in 2018. Ultimately, their marriage ended after two years, ending their decade together. Cyrus described her difficult 10-year journey in her 2020 single “Midnight Sky”.
Released on Cyrus’s seventh album plastic heart“Midnight Sky” was co-written with Louis Bell, Ilse Zuber, Jon Bellion, Alexandra Tamposi and Andrew Wattman and peaked at number 14. Board Hot 100.
sonically, plastic heart It was also a departure for Cyrus, who focused on a more glam-rock and synth-pop, sound. Also featuring guest vocalists Stevie Nicks, Billy Idol, Joan Jett and Dua Lipa, the album peaked at number 2. Board 200.
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Meaning
From the beginning, Cyrus has referenced her independence after her divorce and feeling trapped in her former relationship in “Midnight Sky”, with the lyrics revolving around losing and then finding oneself.
It’s very late and the mirror is asking me to go home (home)
But it’s been a long time since I felt this good myself
Many years have passed since my hands were tied in your ropes
Forever and ever, no more
Cyrus said of the song, “You definitely want to feel like you’re just in control of your life and not trying to control anyone else’s life.” “So for me to be able to really have a good, clear understanding of the last two years, which had some traumatic experiences — losing the house in Malibu and going through a really public breakup — I think I really needed some There was clarity. And so it was really important for me to be able to really sit with my thoughts.”
By the chorus, Cyrus enjoys being a free spirit again and also references her liaison with Kaitlynn Carter. Several months after Cyrus’ wedding, the two were spotted kissing on a boat in Italy.
The midnight sky is the road I’m walking on
head high in the clouds
I was born to run, I don’t belong to anyone, oh no
i don’t need to love you
Fire in my lungs, can’t bite the devil on my tongue, oh no
i don’t need to love you
Look at my lips on his mouth, everybody’s talking now, baby
Oh, you know it’s true, yes
That I was born to run, I don’t belong to anyone, oh no
i don’t need to love you
Cyrus said the song was about her relationship “with the stigma” and how you can often be considered a “failure” when a relationship doesn’t work out.
“I don’t think so at all,” Cyrus said. “I think we’re wired for cataclysm in a way, ever since we’re little kids, we’re taught to claim another human being as our best friend forever. And you don’t know who you’re going to sit here with right now. You never know who you will grow to become and who they will grow to become.
So I think when ‘forever’ doesn’t happen we, especially women in relationships, can become the villains at times.”
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