Miley Cyrus Defends Hollywood Bowl Shows After Criticism — SkimNews
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- Miley Cyrus responded to online critics at her Sunday Hollywood Bowl show, telling the audience she wouldn't "entertain" clickbait commentary about her Friday performance.
- Friday's Hollywood Bowl concert was Cyrus's first live performance in four years and drew criticism because she wasn't singing every word of songs including "Party in the USA" and "Flowers."
- While performing "Bass Persuades," the lead single from her most recent album, Cyrus sarcastically sang: "Oh, I forgot I'm supposed to sing every fucking line!"
- Cyrus acknowledged that performing "does not come as natural as it once did," but said the two Hollywood Bowl shows were "more to me than an experiment" and "an experience for me."
- Cyrus revealed she nearly bailed on the Sunday show, telling herself before performing "Orbit" that she "wasn't going to come on stage, [she] was going to run away."
- She closed by saying she wouldn't tolerate "any question about where my heart is when I'm on the stage" and that she is "fully present."
Why it matters: Cyrus's raw on-stage rebuttal shows how a legacy pop star's first live shows in four years became a referendum on authenticity rather than a victory lap — and her admission she considered canceling Sunday's show exposes how close her comeback came to collapsing under social media scrutiny.
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