Plastic Hearts is the seventh studio album from American singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus. It's also, most importantly, a rock album.
There's definitely a convo - or a few of them - to be had about pop artists making rock for a trend, but, honestly, I don't care. If this album helps rock on the way in our current state of music to become a real, guitar-driven, respected & admired mainstream genre again, then so be it. I want to live in a world where like the 70s, guitar-driven rock music was playing on the radio stations, and maybe this album is a good step towards that, given Miley's popularity and celebrity status. Mainstream media isn't all inherently bad, and it's easier to hate on what's popular rather than giving it a chance, by seeing firsthand if it has depth & honesty or not.
I've been excited about this album since Miley covered Blondie's "Heart of Glass" at the iHeart Festival earlier this year. People begged her to do a rock album, and she definitely delivered. It's fantastic, from the title track to the features of classic rock stars Billy Idol, Joan Jett, and Stevie Nicks.
My favorite tracks are "Plastic Hearts," "Angels Like You," "Gimme What I Want," "Night Crawling," "Hate Me," and "Bad Karma," and I love this album in its entirety, it doesn't have any skips.
She sings of her struggles with fame, of love, of brokenheartedness, of sexual power, of anger over some great riffs and basslines, along with two covers - "Heart of Glass," by Blondie, "Zombie," by The Cranberries, and a remix of Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen," with her track "Midnight Sky" called "Edge of Midnight." If you're a classic rock fan, or just a fan of pop-infused modern rock music, you'll love this record.
Listen to Plastic Hearts here on Spotify, or on whichever streaming platform you prefer.
Miley's covers are phenomenal. 🌟