Plastic Hearts Album

Miley Cyrus has done pop, country, folk, and now turns to the inspirations of 70s and 80s pop-rock.

I personally was more excited to hear the cameos from female rock and roll badass, Joan Jett, and the icon Stevie Nicks who lent their voices to the remix of “Edge of Seventeen” and “Midnight Sky.” But the rest of this album gives Cyrus the stage to come into her own as a female music icon as well. Her new album, Plastic Hearts, begins with a pop-rock song to slowly ease you into her new sound. The title track continues the trend while containing a peppy pop bass guitar and background vocals. The interesting track, “Gimmie What I Want,” has an 80s electric synth sound behind Cyrus’s newly acquired “whiskey raspy” rock voice. The synth sound is a call back to “Eminence Front” from The Who, while her voice maintains its own unique realm. Cyrus then continues under the large umbrella of rock sounds with the ballad-like song “High.” This album overall is an eclectic combination that pulls from different sounds and intensities and will reach many audiences.