Miley Cyrus feels that touring “erases my humanity”
"Having every day the relationship between you and other humans being subject and observer isn't healthy for me," the "Used To Be Young" singer explained
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“I know I used to be crazy/I know I used to be fun/You say I used to be wild/I say I used to be young,” Miley Cyrus sings in her emotional new track “Used To Be Young,” released ten years to the day since her infamous 2013 VMA performance. But while Cyrus, now 30, may lament the past, she has also clearly learned a lot over the past decade—perhaps most notably how to actually prioritize and protect her peace of mind.
“What people don’t really understand about touring is the show is only 90 minutes but that’s your life,” the “Flowers” singer said in a TikTok video series released in conjunction with the video for “Used To Be Young.” “If you’re performing at a certain level of intensity and excellence, there should be an equal amount of recovery and rest,” she continued.
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“Having every day the relationship between you and other humans being subject and observer isn’t healthy for me, because it erases my humanity and my connection, and without my humanity and my connection, I can’t be a songwriter which is my priority,” she said.
If anyone knows what it’s like to live an entire life in the public eye it’s Cyrus, who embarked on her first blockbuster tour (as alter-ego Hannah Montana) at just 14 years old. Recently, the pop star shocked fans by announcing to British Vogue that she was done with arena tours altogether, citing safety concerns, a lack of fulfillment (“singing for hundreds of thousands of people isn’t really the thing that I love”), and a sense of loneliness that she didn’t want in her life anymore. “It’s so isolating because if you’re in front of 100,000 people then you are alone,” she said. It sounds like Cyrus has more than earned the break.
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““Having every day the relationship between you and other humans being subject and observer isn’t healthy for me, because it erases my humanity and my connection, and without my humanity and my connection, I can’t be a songwriter which is my priority,” she said.”
So THAT’s why she’s had a new album every 2-3 years without fail for the past 15 years: because touring makes her unable to make music.
What an unbelievable load of shit.
Not for this reason, but I’ve heard the touring schedule is awful for a lot of random entertainers.Sarah McLachlan wrote “Angel” after finishing a tour, being mentally fried & exhausted, and then seeing that a member of Smashing Pumpkins that she didn’t know personally had OD’ed, and then crying uncontrollably for him and how she (and people she cared about) could so strongly relate to that desire to escape from your reality on the road.When pro wrestler Lita left WWE, she said she couldn’t leave her bed for two weeks because she was so fried on every level and had no idea how to cope.This gay Christian singer named Jennifer Knapp talked about being (she felt) pressured into touring when she was asking for a break (she realized she had some mental health problems on this tour), snapping at some sweet fan who complimented her, and then crying in her dressing room for 2 hours because she was so disgusted at herself for who she had become and not standing up for herself more.And Kurt Cobain talked about not getting that rush from a crowd that others seem to thrive on, which he had a hard time reconciling it seems.All that to say, GOOD FOR HER. She recognized a problem, she stepped back and took care of herself first. That’s a huge example that will hopefully help some people who need to have seen an example to learn the way to deal with things when they become too much to carry.
Yeah I’m kinda done with arena concerts too, they suck.
The last concert I went to was Nikki Lane in a small venue with about 150 people. It was glorious.
I’ve been to like 3 arena shows over the past year or so and the only one I actually enjoyed was at the Hard Rock in Atlantic City, the others were oversold so there were people jammed everywhere and lines to get anything were horribly long.
I’m going to see Wu-Tang and Nas with De La Soul at a smallish arena (18K) and I’m already guessing it’s gonna suck. Hip hop doesn’t translate well to huge stages in my experience. At least with the Wu, they can fill the stage if (big IF) they all show up.
My experience lately is that most of the arenas I’ve been to are way oversold. Saw TAB and Goose at Sandanter and the whole place was absolutely jammed, obviously totally oversold.Let’s not even talk about the Dead tour, I only went because my friend bought tickets but holy crap is Hershey Arena a shitty place to see a show.
Have they ever shown all up? My friends went to see Wu-Tang and it was like Deck, U-God, and half a dozen random affiliates.
My understanding is that for the NY State of Mind tour they’ve essentially all been there except for Method Man who has competing tours with Redman. Which is admittedly unfortunate given that he’s one of the bigger draws.
once you’re playing arenas, you’re too big for me to care about seeing. that’s how I see it. (priced out anyway)
Much like Cyrus herself, arena tours are very 2010s. All the big stars are doing stadiums now.
I want to say it was the Hold Steady who do like two or three nights in the same place, four days off two nights in another place, four days off, sometimes more. If you do it that way you might not have the I’m touring vs. I’m not touring difference where you have months without it, but it sounds pretty cool to me. Maybe once she trims down her touring apparatus and it’s less of a moving city to set up places.
Pretty sure Bob Seger already covered this ground.