Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts ALBUM REVIEW

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Miley Cyrus has always had a spotty track record since her time at Disney came to a close. Her first album since then, Bangerz, was okay at best, with some massive hits like “Wrecking Ball” coming from it. After that comes with a very hot take from me: Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz is not a bad album. It was actually quite adventurous and risk-taking for her career, and while I see that it has its flaws, I can commend it for the big risk that this album took. Then, she moved back to her country roots with Younger Now, which just went under my radar and I actually never listened to it. Now, her newest studio album, Plastic Hearts, has a bit of a rock-edge with features from rock legends Joan Jett and Billy Idol, along with pop starlet Dua Lipa. Let’s get right into it!

Plastic Hearts is a pop album with rock and dance influences. Well, let me get some of the positives out of the way. The switch-up in sound is pretty nice, moving towards that revivalism approach that permeated Dua Lipa’s latest album, but not every song is like this. One of the singles, “Prisoner” with Lipa, is one of the more rock-adjacent tracks, along with the title track and the opener “WTF Do I Know,” which might be my favorite track on the album. I love that Miley is experimenting with the album’s sound, but it’s not all sunshine. Who the hell made Billy Idol use autotune? That just ruined the whole song, and it was definitely the worst song on the album. Also, most of the songs on here are just okay. “Angels Like You” and “Bad Karma” are typical Miley songs, and “High” just feels like a wannabe Sam Smith song.

Plastic Hearts is a big step up from Miley Cyrus’s other albums, but with her highest points come her lowest points. The new sound is definitely in Miley’s benefit, but this album can be very inconsistent. If this was an EP, this could’ve been killer, but I’ll still take what’s here.


6/10


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