Miley Cyrus's "Something Beautiful": An Apocalyptic New Album
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Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2025 Met Gala on May 5, 2025, in New York City. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
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Review If the song "End Of The World" is an anthem to the ultimate party of apocalyptic hedonism, the rest of the album is nothing like a big bang.
Apocalyptic Miley? If there's a pinnacle to be found in the flat land that is Miley Cyrus's ninth album, it's song number 3: the single "End Of The World ." This "end of the world" begins in the best way possible: with a chorus that's absolutely the least you can do to sing about Armageddon, before continuing with a verse that borrows from the basics of ABBA and, more specifically, the vocal melody of "Mama Mia." All of this is regenerated by a production featuring, among others, Jonathan Rado, a member of Foxygen, a sweet duo of compulsive pasticheurs, and electronic textures - the ABBA-style piano of Benny Andersson sounds like a French touch here (if I may put it that way, some two weeks before the written exam for the French baccalaureate).
" Let's pretend it's not the end of the world ," Cyrus sings. "End of the World" is an anthem for the ultimate party of apocalyptic hedonism. Here, Nostradamus dances disco under a mirror ball. Let me dance... Problem: the album has barely started and already seems to fade into insignificance. But let's pretend , sorry, let's pretend that "End Of The Wor…
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