Younger Now

Younger Now is Miley Cyrus’s sixth studio album, released on September 29, 2017 by RCA Records, and marks a deliberate shift away from the hip‑hop and psychedelic pop of Bangerz and Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz toward a cleaner blend of country‑pop and soft pop‑rock. Co-written and co-produced almost entirely with Oren Yoel, the 11-track project includes the singles “Malibu,” “Younger Now,” and “Inspired,” as well as a duet with her godmother Dolly Parton on “Rainbowland,” and leans heavily on guitars, live band textures, and vintage-leaning arrangements. Across its 41 minutes, the sound is warmer and more organic, grounding her vocals in mid-tempo ballads and gently twangy, 50s/60s-tinged pop rather than club-oriented production.

Lyrically, the album circles themes of change, self-acceptance, and romantic devotion, with Cyrus explicitly reflecting on her public transformations and personal reconciliation with Liam Hemsworth. The title track opens with the line “no one stays the same,” framing the record as a meditation on growing up while making peace with your past, while songs like “Malibu,” “Miss You So Much,” “I Would Die for You,” and “She’s Not Him” explore different shades of love, longing, and the tension between who you were and who you are now. By softening her image and foregrounding songwriting craft over shock value, Younger Now presents Cyrus as more rooted in her country/Appalachian heritage yet still firmly in the pop sphere, offering a kind of reset that emphasizes sincerity and emotional clarity.