Headline Oct 09, 2015/ ''' MILEY CYRUS : THE QUEEN OF POP '''

''' MILEY CYRUS : 

THE QUEEN OF POP '''

*MILEY CYRUS   -you are as beautiful as you are super talented!*... And I just hope that my heart aching sigh, gets to her on behalf of !WOW!....

Just as Miley Cyrus gets introspective with a surprise album.

Miley Cyrus has  knack for forcing her way to the center of attention at the MTV Video Music Awards.

In 2013, her provocative writhing against   ''Blurred Lines''   singer Robin Thicke helped make twerking a mainstream phenomenon. 

While hosting this year's VMAs, Cyrus upstaged the likes of Kanye West and Taylor Swift by announcing that she was releasing a new streaming album for free that evening-

A move that recalls  Beyonce's unexpected  2013 album, which kicked off the recent trend of surprise releases.

Yet what stands out about the record titled:

Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz   -at least one song was inspired by the death of her dog last year   -is how much she's not at the center of it.

Her outfits are as garish as ever, but the  music looks inward instead at the camera. Cyrus' voice is drowned in a tie-dye swirl of spacey guitars and ethereal keyboards that she dreamed up with-

Wayne Coyne, front man of the psychedelic-rock band the Flaming Lips, who produced several tracks.

There's a spare, demo-like quality to these melancholy tunes, several of which approach five or six minutes in length. Cyrus' head is elsewhere too:

''Yeah, I smoke pot/Yeah, I love peace,'' she declares on the twitchy mission statement ''Dooo It!''

These songs aren't just about lighting up and pondering the universe, but they're all tailored for such activities. 

All that meandering is by design, though. Cyrus completed   Dead Petz  without her record labels involvement and claims sole writing credit on  10  of the  23 songs, including some of the album's best.

With a little self-editing and polish, the strongest ideas here could become more recognizable and digestible pop songs, but that would be beside the point.

This isn't meant to be conventional Miley Cyrus  album  -she's attempting something far more creatively fulfilling.

Dead Petz  is a bold young pop star's attempt at figuring out what she stands for, questioning everything from drugs to sexual politics to the music industry and the films of her sound.

The rough-around-the-edges songs likely won't satisfy the listeners the same way they do their creator, but her process is still fascinating to watch.

Even when Cyrus isn't demanding our attention, she manages to hold it anyway.

As Queens of Pop,   Cyrus Miley performed a new song at the VMAs alongside drag queens from the reality show RuPaul's  Drag Race.

  

With respectful dedication to all the Students of the world,  and to all lovers of pop music.  See Ya all on !WOW! -the World Students Society Computers-Internet-Wireless:

''' Music '''

Good Night and God Bless

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