TheGrammy Awardnominee, 30, detailed the inspiration for her new song “River” on Spotify’s Storyline feature, explaining that the track from her newly-released eighth studio albumEndless Summer Vacationrepresents “raining down love.” Storyline is a Spotify app feature that allows artists to give their fans facts about the making of their music.
“This was a time in my life where I was going through a lot emotionally and personally. And then I had a dance party with my friends,” Cyrus recalled on Storyline. “The rule was that every girl had to bring their gay best friend or no entrance.”
She explained that they played “all the legends,” including Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.
“The song evolved from a trouble where it felt like it never stopped raining, to then raining down love,” added Cyrus.
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Cyrus previously dropped the black-and-white music video for “River,” which featured a bevy of shirtless men dancing.
The Disney Channel alum has been open about her own sexuality in the past, discussing her fluidity in an interview withPaperin 2015.
“I am literallyopen to every single thingthat is consenting and doesn’t involve an animal and everyone is of age,” she said at the time. “Everything that’s legal, I’m down with. Yo, I’m down with any adult — anyone over the age of 18 who is down to love me.”
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She announcedEndless Summer Vacationin January, describing the album as “a love letter to L.A.” in a press release.
Shortly after, Cyrus dropped the album’s lead single “Flowers,” which since surpassed 100 million streams to become Spotify’s most-streamed song in a week.
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Some fans have speculated that Cyrus accuses ex-husbandLiam Hemsworthof cheating on her through the lyrics of “Flowers,” “Muddy Feet” and other songs on the album. After meeting on the set of 2010’sThe Last Song, she and Hemsworth, 33,were marriedfrom 2018 to 2020.
source: people.com
