Members of Foxygen, Alabama Shakes, Alvvays, and The War on Drugs feature on new Miley Cyrus record

Co-produced with Shawn Everett, her ninth studio album – and first full-length since 2023’s Endless Summer Vacation – draws from existential themes of loss, transformation, and survival. Across thirteen tracks, Cyrus features guests including Molly Rankin and Alec O’Hanley of Alvvays, Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado, Adam Granduciel of the War on Drugs, Flea, Danielle Haim, and Brittany Howard, who also appears as a featured artist alongside Naomi Campbell.

The album is billed as a visual and conceptual project, with a companion film directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman, and Brendan Walter premiering at Tribeca Festival on 6 June, followed by a limited theatrical release.

Something Beautiful was previewed by the singles “Prelude,” “Something Beautiful,” “More to Lose,” and “End of the World,” which blends disco and apocalypse imagery. A video for “Easy Lover” dropped alongside the album’s release. The tracklist moves between spoken word, psych-pop, and cinematic ballads, with themes touching on the search for meaning in chaos.

Cyrus has described the project as her version of The Wall, reimagined through a pop lens. Speaking to Harpers Bazaar, she described the record as an attempt to reflect “the contrast and shading” within personal upheaval: “You can’t have a painting without highlights and contrast.”