Miley Cyrus has finally spoken about her sobriety journey and why she felt she “needed to fall one more time” before she could fully heal.
The 32-year-old singer told Apple Music 1’s The Zane Lowe Show that her struggles with addiction around the time of her 2020 album Plastic Hearts weren’t her proudest moments, but they shaped her path to recovery and success.
“I know I needed to fall one more time. I just, I had to,” Miley said. “It just never would have happened this way. I just never would have been sitting here.” She said there were definitely times during that period she wasn’t proud of, describing it as “definitely not my best moments, not some of my best work, any of that.” Those experiences led her to write the hit song ‘Flowers,’ which became a key part of her healing process.
The song ‘Flowers’ dropped in 2023 as the lead single from her album Endless Summer Vacation and turned out to be a huge success. This won Miley her first-ever Grammy Awards for Best Pop Solo Performance and Record of the Year in 2024. Despite the huge win, Miley shared she almost didn’t attend the Grammy ceremony because of performance anxiety and not fully allowing herself to want the award.
“There was somewhere that I was avoiding this, the fact that it did matter to me somewhere,” she admitted. But the moment she held the Grammy trophy, she knew the win was so much more than a prize; it was healing. “When you Google me, it says ‘Miley Cyrus, a Grammy Award-winning artist,'” she proudly said.
Miley reflected on how getting clean was a total game changer for her: “I’ve learned this about myself over the years. The sobriety is like, that’s like my God. I need it; I live for it. I mean, that it’s changed my whole life.” That new clarity allowed her to make Endless Summer Vacation the fresh start she needed after the tough times.
Her honesty about the journey shows a willingness to own the messiness of recovery. She’s not sugarcoating the fall or the pain but embracing it as necessary to write the music that connects with millions. “It all led me to writing ‘Flowers,’ which then was some sort of key right into the lock of all healing,” Miley explained.
In all, Miley’s journey to sobriety just proves that sometimes, hitting the bottom is what allows one to rise again. From struggling with addiction in Plastic Hearts to writing a Grammy-winning anthem of hope to, finally, embracing sobriety as her guiding force, her path is as inspiring as it is real. She now stands stronger, prouder, and Grammy-winner, ready for whatever comes next.
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