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Miley Cyrus revealed the “unique anatomy” that accounts for her sound
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She spoke with The Zane Lowe Show about her experience having Reinke’s edema
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Cyrus also explained why she won’t have surgery on her vocal chords
Miley Cyrus is opening up about the real story behind the sound of her voice.
In a new episode of Apple Music 1’s The Zane Lowe Show released on Wednesday, May 21, the pop star revealed why she sounds the way she does.
“I had the Reinke’s edema, which is something that is called, it’s abuse of the vocal cords,” Cyrus, 32, began. “And being 21 and staying up and drinking and smoking and partying after every show does not help. But also in my case, it does not cause it. So my voice always sounded like this.”
The “Flowers” hitmaker called it a part of her “unique anatomy.”
“So I have this very large polyp on my vocal cord, which has given me a lot of the tone and the texture that has made me who I am, but it’s extremely difficult to perform with because it’s like running a marathon with ankle weights on,” she said. “So even when I’m talking sometimes, at the end of the day I’ll call my mom and she’ll go, ‘Oh, you sound like you’re talking through a radio.'”
Cyrus said that you can tell when she’s “really tired” because it creates the “ultimate vocal fry.”
The condition is a “blessing,” however, it’s challenging for Cyrus to go incognito.
“During COVID, all these famous people were like, ‘Isn’t COVID so awesome because you wear the mask and no one knows who you are?’ I can’t talk,” said the “End of the World” performer.
She continued: “The minute I’m in a grocery store, someone goes, ‘Your mask isn’t working. I know that it’s you.'”
Even a “hat and sunglasses” doesn’t help her remain anonymous.
Still, Cyrus said she isn’t “willing to sever” the large polyp on her vocal chords “because the chance of waking up from a surgery and not sounding like myself is a probability.”
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The “Wrecking Ball” musician is set to release her forthcoming visual album Something Beautiful on May 30.
Since she announced the LP in March, she shared the first taste of the record with “Prelude” followed by the title track, “End of the World” and “More to Lose.”
The album, which is executive-produced by Cyrus on Shawn Everett, will feature 13 original tracks.
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