These songs don’t feel regretful, but instead accepting and honest - far from her public heartbreak showcased in “Wrecking Ball”.Ĭyrus is an artist that has never cared for mainstream music and it's four walls. The penultimate track “Never Be Me” carries a similarly melancholically resolute feel: “if you’re looking for stable / that'll never be me / if you’re looking for faithful / that'll never be me”.
Take the mid-album track “High” which features a collaboration from Mark Ronson - a slow tempo with a classic Cyrus family country twang, she sings: “I don’t miss you / but I think of you and I don’t know why”. Plastic Hearts drops lyrics throughout which will in no doubt be seen as a reference to Cyrus’ ex-husband Liam Hemsworth, though the recent revelations of her sobriety offer a different facet. She’s honest about the pressures in her career: “I did it all to make you love me / and to feel alive.” The album’s closing track follows a similar topic of frustration at the media, but with a more care-free and almost amusing tone. Heard in the lyrics “probably not gonna want to play me on your station” and “I’m completely naked but I make it a fashion” Cyrus seems to be embracing a new attitude and rebelling against the public disapproval she has endured throughout her career.
Raucous opener “WTF Do I Know” feels like Cyrus offloading her frustration at the media and the ongoing criticism she receives. As the songs unveil themselves, however, it becomes clear she has managed to craft a bountiful blend of attitude driven rock with the sensibilities of pop with preternatual ease. With collaborations ranging from rock icons Joan Jett and Billy Idol to pop superstar Dua Lipa, Cyrus seems to be cramming her planned rock immersion into a predominantly pop record. Upon first listen, Plastic Hearts can seem unfocused. She’s a bonafide artist drawing from culture new and old to mould herself into whatever vision she sees fit. From the thick guitars of opening track “WTF Do I Know” feeling surprisingly similar to her 2007 single “Start All Over” to later album tracks “Gimme What I Want” and “Night Crawling” sounding like they could belong on 2010’s Can’t Be Tamed, Cyrus is not just a pop star. Plastic Hearts is an album that echoes Cyrus’ past.
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