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On the closing track of Miley's new album, regrettably titled Bangerz, she insists "I've turned into someone else" with as much gusto as it took to twerk in front of thousands of audience members and millions watching on TV. Though that now iconic performance (whether good or bad) was a try hard attempt to break out of the Hannah Montana image her handlers portrayed of her, Bangerz surprisingly shatters that image smoothly and directly without remorse. The music is in-your-face Pop, with a Hip-Hop template that sneaks through thanks to urban favorite Mike-Will Made-It. And when Pharell gets into the picture, Hip-Hop meets Country on "4x4" and the funky "#GETITRIGHT" oozes sex appeal Prince style.
The most important thing about Bangerz is the personal imagery of Miley's failed engagement. 11 out of 13 tracks were co-written by the young starlet, ranging from raging independence to ferocious confessions. The album begins with "Adore You," an interestingly beautiful mid-tempo ballad dedicated to love and it closes with "Someone Else," a tragic tale of love lost with lyrics like "If you're looking for love, know that love don't live here anymore" and "I used to believe love conquered all... Come to find out, it's not like that at all." It's an exhilarating closing to a generally serious album that crosses that line between realization and denial: "Love is patient, love is selfess, love is hopeful, love is kind... Love is jealous, love is selfish, love is hopeless, love is blind." She sings it with frustration and agony up until declaring "I've turned into someone else" with as much regret as she possibly can enforce. It's a fascinating song that leaves you wondering if Miley enjoys the "someone else" she's become, considering her satisfaction of today's media coverage of her every move. Or maybe she's contradicting herself.
The confessions run rampant throughout. Featuring Britney Spears, "SMS (Bangerz)" is as catchy and fun as it is secretly vengeful ("One day he wants me, one day he wants me not... If he's like that, I got a world tour that they need me at / I can't be sittin' round here waitin' on a man to tell me where the **** my seat be at"). "We Can't Stop" is the only straight-forward party tune here, but even that carries some big girl talk: "It's my mouth, I can say what I want to!" And she does exactly that, revealing the details of her failed engagement in a few other top notch tracks. On "FU," she lets the anger rip anything in her way to shreds ("I accidentally saw a few things in your cell, I even LOL'd, man I shoulda known... I don't really have much to say, I was over it the second that I saw her name") and the constant bleeps and synths on the Dub-step heavy tune makes it even heavier. She cusses her way through anyone's interpretation of her on the Will.I.Am produced "Do My Thang" and on "Maybe You're Right," the vulnerable lyrics take new revealing heights: "Chapter 1 we started happy... Tryna figure out chapter 3 / But you're not giving me anything / If this is what we are, then I gotta move on."
Bangerz is independence taken to revealing, personal, and in-your-face places nobody thought an artist like Miley Cyrus would ever go. The album is as much fun as it is beautiful and heartbreaking, but also exceptional. Miley's voice is a strong one but it's what she says with her voice that sings the loudest. Power ballad "Wrecking Ball" is as silent as it is intense and "Drive," Mike Will's best production thus far into his career, melodically carries the lyrics like a sports car gliding on Highway 9; a powerful statement in the form of song. It's a different Miley, a little grown up, a little naive, but all woman. Bangerz is riveting.
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I know right.