Country Music Scares Miley
Mar, 23 2010
Miley Cyrus has been living in the limelight since she was a young child, but like many teenagers, it seems she is rebelling against the confines of her upbringing. Though she has long been considered a part of the country music scene, a recent interview with Parade magazine found her rejecting it completely.
"It scares me, that’s why," she said. "It feels contrived on so many levels. Unless you're wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots and singing and whining about your girlfriend or boyfriend leaving you, it's not going to sell. I think that’s why my dad finally got out of it. You have to wear those cowboy boots and be sweet as pie. It makes me nervous, the politics of it all." Unsurprisingly, the backlash from country fans is gathering force, but Miley doesn’t seem too worried about what people think of youthful assertions. "There has been so much controversy sometimes about what I've said or done because I believe there are no mistakes, because God is the only one who can judge us."
Irrespective of the ire generated by her latest comments, it will certainly be interesting to hear which genre Miley considers to be sufficiently non-contrived and worthy of her attention for her next release.
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