{"id":1983843,"date":"2025-08-28T01:47:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T01:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1983843"},"modified":"2025-08-28T01:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T01:47:56","slug":"noah-cyrus-harnesses-beauty-and-grit-on-latest-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/noah-cyrus-harnesses-beauty-and-grit-on-latest-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Cyrus harnesses beauty and grit on latest album"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the stunning \u201cWhat\u2019s It All For\u201d on her new album, \u201cI Want My Loved Ones to Go With Me,\u201d<\/a> Noah Cyrus sings: \u201cWhy have a family\/If that ain\u2019t what you want?\/Why have a child\/You don\u2019t know how to love?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve asked all of these questions\/And I got one more\/If that\u2019s all there is\/Then what\u2019s it all for?\/What\u2019s it all for?\u201d<\/p>\n

Cyrus, often writing with Australian singer-songwriter PJ Harding, has a way of storytelling that captures the grit and highs and lows of real life the way Kris Kristofferson does on the classic \u201cSunday Morning Comin\u2019 Down,\u201d or John Mellencamp and Lucinda Williams do.<\/p>\n

Her song, \u201cJuly,\u201d released when she was 19, was praised by the likes of John Mayer and Leon Bridges and has more than a billion streams. So the potential for something special has always been there. But now that she has put it all together on \u201c<\/i>I Want My Loved Ones to Go With Me\u201d the result transcends special. The 11 songs on the album bridge storytelling with classic country and folk sounds that hark back to the \u201870s, a la songs like the Eagles\u2019 \u201cWasted Time.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that this record, when I hear it, I hear something that\u2019s very classic and reminds me of music that\u2019s been around for a very long time,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Cyrus has that \u201cclassic\u201d music in her blood and bones. Old soul is often a trite, overused expression, but when you grow up in a famous family in the public eye, as Noah Cyrus has, it is an accurate one \u2014 her father is country music veteran Billy Ray Cyrus and her sister is pop star Miley Cyrus.<\/p>\n

Cyrus said she grew up faster than most people her age. \u201cI\u2019ve been touring since I was 16, I\u2019ve been making music since I was 16,\u201d she tells The Times. \u201c I grew up in a family that was in the public eye. I think with that there were certain things that we could and couldn\u2019t do, that felt restricted because of the public eye or the way we\u2019d be judged or the way we were judged whenever we made mistakes just as kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

She turned 25 in January, which brought a new maturity. Like another all-time great songwriter, Jackson Browne, who famously wrote \u201cThese Days\u201d when he was 16, Cyrus has shown a wisdom beyond her years.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI found out a lot about my senses on a song and learning to trust that as a songwriter,\u201d Cyrus said. \u201cI learned a lot how to lead for myself as a musician.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She addresses growing up throughout the album. \u201cI turned 25 this January and I talk about this on the record It\u2019s one of the themes of the album \u2026 growing up and new countries about walking on your own two feet and going into unknown land and no matter where you go, there you are. And just learning how to deal with that and cope with that as a young adult,\u201d she says. \u201cThat was something that was going on at the time of creating this record. That\u2019s why I just fell into the themes because as a person I was like, \u2018How do I not second-guess myself with every single move? How do I learn to trust myself? How do I learn how to become an adult that\u2019s going to be a mother one day? How do I grow up so one day I can take care of another actual person?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Having confronted fame and the insecurity that comes with youth, she was ready to take control of her artistic vision with this album.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found out a lot about my senses on a song and learning to trust that as a songwriter. I learned a lot how to lead for myself as a musician. This is the first record that I have actual producer credits on and I actually produce some of these songs with Mike [Crossey],\u201d she says. \u201cIt was a really beautiful experience and a great learning experience. I really was surprised by those intuitions. And when I listened to the final product, I think it\u2019s the first time in my career where I\u2019m actually really proud of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cyrus made sure her personal touch was felt on every aspect of the record, including the eclectic quartet of guests: Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, Bill Callahan, Ella Langley and Blake Shelton.<\/p>\n

She made sure the invite to Shelton on \u201cNew Country\u201d came directly from her. \u201cI really wanted to personally talk to Blake and wrote him a letter and did all the things to really make this a personal connection,\u201d she says. \u201cBlake and I have a mutual friend on the song \u2014 Amy Wadge, she\u2019s one of my favorite songwriters and I love her so much. It was like a God thing telling me you have to reach out to Blake. When I heard that song, it was Blake\u2019s from the beginning. And Blake made it happen. It felt like this spiritual thing that was bound to happen and something that was just written up there in the stars was having Blake on this record.\u201d<\/p>\n

For all the notable guests, the centerpiece of the album fittingly features Cyrus\u2019 grandfather. The mesmerizing spiritual hymn \u201cApple Tree,\u201d which is like the love child of a Nick Cave song and Dolly Parton track, is built around her grandfather\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n

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