The Unknowable Miley Cyrus
The New Yorker · 19 Sep 2026

The Unknowable Miley Cyrus

The Cyrus of “Bangerz” was plucky and impulsive, prone to twerking and sticking her tongue out. When she performed “We Can’t Stop” at the 2013 V.M.A.s, it was a brash rebuttal of her wholesome younger self. It was also a bonanza of what we might now call millennial cringe. Cyrus, who emerged onstage


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