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Plastic Hearts is Miley Cyrus’s seventh studio album, released on November 27, 2020 via RCA Records, and marks a decisive pivot into a hybrid of glam rock, pop, and synth‑pop with strong 80s influences. Across its core 12-track sequence (15 on the digital/bonus editions), she leans into guitar-driven arrangements, big choruses, and gritty, raspy vocals, working with guests like Dua Lipa on “Prisoner,” Billy Idol on “Night Crawling,” and Joan Jett on “Bad Karma.” Songs such as “WTF Do I Know,” the title track “Plastic Hearts,” “Angels Like You,” “Midnight Sky,” and closing ballad “Golden G String” anchor the album’s blend of arena-ready rock energy and moody synth textures.Thematically, the record processes heartbreak, self-destruction, and reinvention in the wake of Cyrus’s highly public breakups, while asserting a more self-possessed, defiant identity. Lyrics frequently toggle between vulnerability and swagger—owning past chaos while refusing to be defined by it—and frame freedom not as recklessness but as radical self-acceptance. Critics highlighted Plastic Hearts as a successful and surprisingly cohesive rebranding, arguing that the rock aesthetic finally clicks with Cyrus’s voice and persona, making the album feel like a culmination of the genre experiments she’d been circling for over a decade. Show more