Plastic Hearts is the seventh studio album by American singer Miley Cyrus. It was released on November 27, 2020, through RCA Records.
The album was originally set to be released as She Is Miley Cyrus in 2019, however, Cyrus' divorce from Liam Hemsworth, vocal cord surgery, the passing of her grandmother and the COVID-19 pandemic posed significant delays.
Background[]
Since production started in 2018, Cyrus has worked with numerous artists on the project including Mark Ronson, Max Martin, Mike Will Made It, The Neptunes, Andrew Wyatt, Alma, Dua Lipa, Billy Idol, Ryan Tedder, Andrew Watt, and Ali Tamposi.
On August 4, 2020 Miley tweeted a clip of the music video from the Meet Miley Cyrus song "Start All Over" with the hashtags "#sheiscoming" and "#butforrealthistime". With the release of the single "Midnight Sky" on August 14, Cyrus confirmed the cancellation of the She Is Here and She Is Everything EPs, citing that "this year has been extremely unexpected [and] I guess I was feeling like it didn't make sense for me to continue the next two projects."[1] On October 23, Cyrus announced that the album would now be titled Plastic Hearts and would be released on November 27; it became available for preorder that day.[2]
Cover Art[]
The album artwork for Plastic Hearts was photographed by Mick Rock, who is widely known for his work with performers including Joan Jett and Debbie Harry. In the limited edition colored artwork, Cyrus is pictured with a blonde mullet, wearing a sleeveless black-and-white shirt with the word "censored" printed on it, and accessorized with gold jewelry. The standard and digital album artwork applies a pink filter to Cyrus' image, while limited edition copies from Cyrus' website feature black-and-white as well as the full color variants.[3]
Singles[]
"Midnight Sky" was released as the lead single on August 14, 2020.
The live covers of "Heart of Glass" and "Zombie" were released with the pre-order of Plastic Hearts as part of the digital edition.
"Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)", a remix of "Midnight Sky" with Stevie Nicks was released as the fourth pre-release download on November 6, 2020.
"Prisoner" ft. Dua Lipa was released as the second single on November 19, 2020, a week ahead of the album release.
"Angels Like You" was released as the third official single along with a music video on March 8th, 2021. It is co-directed by Cyrus and Alana O'Herlihy and contains footage taken from singer's Super Bowl pre-game performance on February 7, 2021.
Track listing[]
| Standard Edition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "WTF Do I Know" | Miley Cyrus, Ryan Tedder, Alexandra Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Louis Bell | Watt, Bell | 2:51 |
| 2. | "Plastic Hearts" | Cyrus, Tedder, Tamposi, Wotman, Bell | Watt, Bell | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Angels Like You" | Cyrus, Tedder, Tamposi, Wotman, Bell | Watt, Bell | 3:16 |
| 4. | "Prisoner" (featuring Dua Lipa) | Cyrus, Jonathan Bellion, Tamposi, Wotman, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Dua Lipa, Stephen Kipner, Terry Shaddick | Watt, The Monsters & Strangerz | 2:49 |
| 5. | "Gimme What I Want" | Cyrus, Majid Al-Maskati, Tamposi, Wotman, Bell | Watt, Bell | 2:31 |
| 6. | "Night Crawling" (featuring Billy Idol) | Cyrus, Tedder, Michael Pollack, Tamposi, Wotman, Nathan Perez, Billy Idol | Watt, Happy Perez | 3:09 |
| 7. | "Midnight Sky" | Cyrus, Ilsey Juber, Bellion, Tamposi, Wotman, Bell, Stevie Nicks | Watt, Bell | 3:43 |
| 8. | "High" | Cyrus, Jennifer Decilveo, Caitlyn Smith | Mark Ronson | 3:16 |
| 9. | "Hate Me" | Cyrus, Tamposi, Wotman, Bell | Watt, Bell | 2:37 |
| 10. | "Bad Karma" (featuring Joan Jett) | Cyrus, Juber | Ronson | 3:08 |
| 11. | "Never Be Me" | Cyrus, Juber, Ronson | Ronson | 3:35 |
| 12. | "Golden G String" | Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt | Wyatt | 3:55 |
| Digital edition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
| 13. | "Edge of Midnight" (Midnight Sky Remix) (featuring Stevie Nicks) | Tamposi, Wotman, Juber, Bellion, Bell, Cyrus, Nicks | Watt, Bell | 3:40 |
| 14. | "Heart of Glass" (Live from the iHeart Festival) | Chris Stein, Debbie Harry | 3:33 | |
| 15. | "Zombie" (Live from the NIVA Save Our Stage Festival) | Dolores O'Riordan | 4:50 | |
| Japanese Bonus Track | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
| 16. | "Who Owns My Heart (Live From The iHeart Festival)" | 4:16 | ||
| Apple Music Backyard Sessions Edition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
| 17. | "High (Backyard Sessions)" | 3:18 | ||
| 18. | "Plastic Hearts (Backyard Sessions)" | 3:22 | ||
Cut-off song[]
Trivia[]
- Miley has cited Britney Spears and Metallica as musical influences for the album.[4]
Reference[]
- ↑ "Miley Cyrus isn't planning to release "She is Coming": "It doesn't make sense for me"". - Official Charts Company
- ↑ "PLASTIC HEARTS OUT NOVEMBER 27th. PRE ORDER NOW: mileyl.ink/PlasticHearts" - @MileyCyrus Twitter
- ↑ "Miley Cyrus is a Pop Queen on Dramatic 'Plastic Hearts' Album Cover". - Billboard.
- ↑ "Miley Cyrus cites from Britney Spears to Metallica as influences for new album". - Music Feeds