Miley Cyrus is gearing up to release her new album, Something Beautiful, and revealed to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe that the LP’s final single, “Easy Lover,” was initially meant for Beyoncé‘s COWBOY CARTER.
“Easy Lover” was created while they were recording their Grammy-winning duet, “II MOST WANTED.” Lowe described the forthcoming record as a “banger” before Cyrus explained how it came to be.
“That one is funny because there’s an ad-lib where I say ‘Tell ’em B’, and that was Beyoncé, ’cause she was taking songs for her country album and that was a song I’d written for that,” the former child star confessed.
The ‘Flowers’ singer explained that she first started working on “Easy Lover” for her rock-inspired album, Plastic Hearts, but later flipped it for COWBOY CARTER.
“I had written originally that song around Plastic Hearts days and never got the production quite where I wanted it. I had written it with totally different verse but the chorus I had always loved. That was around 2020-2021, and then I held on to it and when Beyoncé was looking for songs for her country record, I remembered that chorus and was like, ‘That would work really well for country’, and so I started working on that,” Cyrus continued.
Ultimately, Bey chose Cyrus’ demo, “Shotgun Rider,” which became “II MOST WANTED.” Now, the aforementioned ad-lib is a nod to Brittany Howard, who’s playing the electric guitar on “Easy Lover.”
“II MOST WANTED” won Bey her first country Grammy back in February for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. The beloved icon went on to make history at the 2025 Grammys— becoming the first Black woman to win Best Country Album.
She also finally snagged her first Album of the Year Grammy and became the first Black woman to do so in this century. Lauryn Hill was the last back in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
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