Miley Cyrus Announces New Album ‘Bass Persuades,’ Hollywood Bowl Shows

The singer teased the album announcement on Sunday by purchasing a wrap-around cover of the Los Angeles Times featuring just her first name and her face, and by updating her website with the same image. She appears to have dropped her last name from her artist name and is going by simply Miley, at least for this cycle.

Variety recently confirmed that the singer has signed with Atlantic Records after releasing two albums on Columbia, including including “Endless Summer Vacation” which featured her Grammy-winning smash “Flowers.”

Cyrus — who appeared on the cover of Variety earlier this year — spoke in general terms about the next chapter of her musical career in a recent issue of Wonderland. “For me, a song isn’t just chords, melody, and lyrics. It’s a feeling,” she said in a discussion with actor Darryl Hannah. “It’s not right or wrong like an answer. It’s alive. It almost becomes its own little entity that tells you what it needs if you’re listening. I love making records with people who aren’t precious about ideas. Everyone is there because they’re excited by the same thing. There’s no ego in the room when it’s working. Just curiosity. It’s really special to be surrounded by people who want to surprise each other and are comfortable throwing an idea away or expanding on it.”

Asked by Hannah about her favorite part of making music, Cyrus replied, “I love feeling aligned with my purpose, my power, and my gifts. I feel closest to something bigger than myself when records flow through me. It’s almost impossible to describe. It’s like waking up from a dream you can still feel in your body even though you can’t fully explain it logically. Songwriting feels like crossing over to another side sometimes. A new song can feel like I’ve already heard it before. Even if it isn’t finished yet, I somehow know exactly what it is, almost like I’m remembering it instead of creating it,” she concluded. “That’s the mystery I love.”