Miley Cyrus Cant be Tamed

With the June 18 release of Can’t Be Tamed, Cyrus ditches her all-American digs for a she-woman roar. The titular track features the diva’s signature Tennessee croon, set to a heavy techno-dance synth borrowed from last year’s “Party in the U.S.A.” The new track, however, noticeably abandons the latter’s bubblegum sound for more mature club tracks — a sonic shift that one can assume continues throughout the album. Phasing out the sickly-sweet singles that dominated her previous album, Can’t Be Tamed trades in lyrics about butterfly-inducing first dates for lyrics about abusive relationships.

The change is expected for the teen, who has gradually followed the familiar “I’m a grownup now!” path that Britney and Christina slithered down years before. While the darker, sexual lyrics about how all the guys want her are sure to set fans of Cyrus’ good-girl image on edge, perhaps it’s for the better — Considering her almost robotic penchant for foot-in-mouth syndrome (she managed to shit about Thom Yorke, Jay-Z and her own single), Cyrus hasn’t always had her Disney persona on lock.

If a Poison cover and a scantily clad music video isn’t enough to convince you that the former Hannah Montana star is ready for the grind, then her new badass black duds will — 1992 birth date be damned.

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