Miley Cyrus has set the stage for “One thing Stunning.”
The Grammy-winning singer has launched movies for the primary two songs — “Prelude” and “One thing Stunning” — off of her upcoming album One thing Stunning.
The clips, dropped hours aside on Monday, present Cyrus in dramatic ensembles performing moody tracks.
Befitting its identify, the shorter “Prelude” serves as considerably of an introduction to the album, as she shares spoken phrase existential ideas over intensifying instrumentals over temporary pictures of flowers interspersed with written lyrics.
“Like when following a picture from a practice, your eyes can’t hold the passing landscapes from being swallowed into limitless distance,” she says. “Like when holding a fistful of ashes, your fingers can’t save the issues which have already been dissolved into air.”
Cyrus finally seems, sporting the identical archival 1997 Thierry Mugler couture she sports activities on the album art work, which was shot by trend photographer Glen Luchford. “The wonder one finds alone is a prayer that longs to be shared,” Cyrus says as she appears to be like straight on the digital camera.
Hours after dropping “Prelude,” Cyrus unleashed the title monitor off of One thing Stunning, which finds her sporting yet one more Mugler ensemble, this time an authentic customized design by Casey Cadwallader from the Home of Mugler.
In “One thing Stunning,” Cyrus walks onto a darkened soundstage as she sings, “Inform me one thing stunning tonight till your lips flip blue/ Stated I don’t wanna discuss it for too lengthy, child now I feel I do.”
Regardless of its extra slow-tempo starting, “One thing Stunning” quickly turns extra propulsive as Cyrus belts out the lyrics over distorted guitar and visuals of explosions together with bursting lights, raining sparks down on her and her band.
Rounding out her Monday bulletins, Cyrus’ Instagram account shared that the album’s first single “Finish of the World” would drop on Thursday April 3 at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.
That publish supplied a bit extra perception into the discharge plan of those tracks, suggesting that they’re the primary three songs on the album and its accompanying movie.
“Reinforcing the mission’s immersive, operatic strategy, these songs mark the start of a rigorously structured journey,” the publish reads. “Every launch following the sequence of the album and the movie.”
The 13-track One thing Stunning is slated for launch on Could 30, with an accompanying movie, for which she launched a trailer final week, set to come back out in June.
The trailer described the movie as a”a singular visible expertise fueled by fantasy” and a “considered one of a sort pop opera.”
Cyrus beforehand shared that the idea for One thing Stunning as a visible album was impressed by Pink Floyd’s The Wall, “with a greater wardrobe and extra glamorous and crammed with popular culture.”
Cyrus directed each movies alongside Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter, with the trio directing the movie.
One thing Stunning is Cyrus’ follow-up to 2023’s ‘Limitless Summer time Trip,’ which included the hit “Flowers” and earned Cyrus her first Grammys greater than a decade into her music profession.