Miley Cyrus covers W Magazine's Pop Issue
Introducing W's Pop Issue starring @MileyCyrus. pic.twitter.com/YFnh25JqBg
- W Magazine (@wmag) June 3, 2024
Miley Cyrus has been revealed as the star of W Magazine's Pop Issue, photographed by Alasdair McLellan with styling by Sara Moonves.
In the accompanying interview, Cyrus reflected on winning her first GRAMMY this year (Record of the Year, for the smash hit "Flowers"), working out in heels and writing for Beyoncé.
• On her first GRAMMY win: "No shade, but I've been doing this for 20 years, and this is my first time actually being taken seriously at the GRAMMYs? I've had a hard time figuring out what the measurement is there, because if we want to talk stats and numbers, then where the fuck was I? And if you want to talk, like, impact on culture, then where the fuck was I? This is not about arrogance. I am proud of myself."
• On her workout routine: "My mantra is, like any athlete, 'Practice how you perform.' So that's why I practice in my heels. The gym looks really tough, but then I've got my ivory Gucci slingbacks because they remind me of Marilyn Monroe. I train in heels, mostly. I'm interested in feminizing the workout space, because so much of the workout equipment is ugly."
• On "II MOST WANTED," her COWBOY CARTER duet with Beyoncé: "I wrote that song, like, two and a half years ago. My mom would always go, 'I love that song so much.' So when Beyoncé reached out to me about music, I thought of it right away because it really encompasses our relationship. I told her, 'We don't have to get country; we are country. We've been country.' I said, 'You know, between you being from Texas and me being from Tennessee, so much of us is going to be in this song.' Getting to write a song, not just sing, for Beyoncé was a dream come true."
• On her relationship with Beyoncé: "We performed together when I was really young, probably 14, at the Stand Up to Cancer benefit. I was sandwiched between Beyoncé and Rihanna, who were, you know, five feet ten inches and in heels. Their hips were, like, up to my shoulders. They were these powerful, fully realized, grown women, and I'm pretty sure I had braces on the back of my teeth. They were protective of me.
"That Christmas, Beyoncé sent me a House of Deréon jacket that said Miley on the back in gold studs, which is my favorite, and some jeans with my name on it. In one of my songs, 'Cattitude,' I say, And for my 16th birthday, I got Deréon from the house of the queen."
Click to view• On a return to acting: "I would like to act again. But the role would really need to be right, since it's kind of hard for people to see past me and buy into a character. The character would either need to be an extension of myself, or someone-or something-with a personality that can conquer my own. I would need a character that is bigger than me."
Miley Cyrus x W Magazine (2024) pic.twitter.com/N8Uv6guDmb
- Miley Cyrus Access (@MileyNewsAccess) June 3, 2024
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