Miley Cyrus responded to criticism of her comeback show at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night, calling videos “clickbait” that accused her of not fully investing in the performance because she wasn’t singing every word of the songs.
“I’ve never heard that I don’t put my whole heart into something,” she told the audience during her second Bowl concert Sunday night. “I don’t know if any of you heard that,” she said of the criticism. “That someone was making comments to get clicks on their video talking about my Friday night show, but I do a lot of stuff and we’re not even going to entertain that.”
The singer, who hadn’t performed live in four years before Friday night, added that every time she did something that was a stepping stone for her life or career, it was “controversial.”
“And the controversy, it was a lot of fun,” she said. “It can still be. I can be pretty grounded. I like that about myself. I actually lived my life pretty hard. Because life is hard, so I thought I had to get tough. … But, you know, I didn’t love my life as much when I was living hard. I like to dedicate myself to something.”
“It’s hard for me to get up here and do this show,” Cyrus continued. “It doesn’t come as naturally as it used to. Because, like all of us, we change, we evolve, we grow, and we find what sticks with us. What continues to suit us.”
She clarified that the show is not an experience for the audience. “It’s an experience for me,” the singer said. “And you all make the experience possible. (It’s) the only way for me to test my personal limits, my limits, what I think I can do.”
She added: “I can take a lot, but one thing I won’t take is the question of where my heart is when I’m on stage. Not one. I’m fully present.”
Cyrus also referenced the issue during her performance of recent single “Bass Persuades,” noting, “Oh, I forgot, I’m supposed to sing every damn word.”
Cyrus currently has no other tour dates planned. His latest album, The bass persuadeswas released in September. rolling stone wrote of the LP: “The fickle pop audiences that Cyrus once wanted to appease no longer seem to have any leverage over her. Through the thunderous sound of The bass persuadesshe doesn’t hear their provocative rebuttals to the idea that her audience will go where she’s going. That’s not what motivates her – especially not in the same way as the love she goes home with at the end of the night.
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