Larocca: This one isn't captivating from the get-go, but it's all about the climb. Then, the post-chorus swoops in with a decisive twist of the knife: "I'm everything they said I would be" is, in context, absolutely heartbreaking. The chorus throbs like an exposed stab wound: "Gonna wish we never met on the day I leave / I brought you down to your knees / 'Cause they say that misery loves company." Knowing the basic outline of her love life, these lyrics hit even harder. But the instrumentals build to a cathartic crescendo, and there's a tortured shade in Cyrus' voice that really sells the song. I was a little skeptical at first those acoustic guitar strums could've easily swerved into hammy, melodramatic territory. "Angels Like You" is the third track on "Plastic Hearts."Īhlgrim: We all know Cyrus can body a power ballad (hi, "The Climb"), so I'm pleasantly surprised to encounter one so early in this tracklist. And sorry to my neighbors, because I'm going to play this one at full-volume all night long. So, points to Cyrus for bottling my midnight quarantine thoughts and shouting them from the rooftops. Getting the urge to scream about how you're suffocating in this box you're trapped in - whether the shape of it is an entire SoCal city or a 500-square-foot apartment - is one of the many moods of 2020. I, too, love to fixate on how my depression makes it impossible to feel things, and maybe if I was somewhere else, or with someone else, things would be better. I think it's the dissonance between caring so much about how you can't care about anything at all that you wrote a literal song about it that's doing it for me. It's near-always unrelatable, and I don't have the energy to listen to rich and successful people complain about being rich and successful.īut even when Cyrus is dissing "the sunny place for shady people," there's something so authentic about her dissatisfaction with California dreamin' that can be felt as far as the East Coast. Larocca: The "I Hate Los Angeles And Being A Celebrity" anthem can easily become annoying. "I just wanna feel / I just wanna feel somethin' / But I keep feeling nothin' all night long," Cyrus sings, aiming straight for my chest. In addition to its undeniable earworm qualities, its lyrics pack a real punch, particularly the post-chorus. The funky snap beat, the bongo-like drumbeats, the swingy pre-chorus melody, plus the reference to "California dreaming" - everyone's favorite teen-pop sensation would be proud.īut "Plastic Hearts" isn't all flash and no substance. "Plastic Hearts" is the second and titular track.Īhlgrim: Is it wrong that I think Hannah Montana would like this song? This is ridiculously catchy. She's fully owning her celebrity persona and her personal life decisions - while being unabashedly cool (yet still somehow devastatingly sad?) about the whole thing with lines like, "Maybe gettin' married just to cause a distraction," and "So tell me, baby, am I wrong that I moved on? / And I, and I don't even miss you." OK! It's almost ironic that the song is asking "what the fuck do I know?" when it feels so obvious that Cyrus has a total grasp on who she is, what she wants to do, and how to get what she wants. Larocca: Cyrus has reinvented herself a zillion times at this point, but from that opening guitar riff, I knew she finally transformed into the self she's (at least, for now) meant to be: a completely unadulterated, unfiltered badass. "Maybe gettin' married just to cause a distraction." (Insert fire emoji.) This song bottles that sentiment precisely.Ĭyrus sings with terror and elation about her own fluidity, her lack of certainty, while lovingly teasing her past selves: "I'm completely naked but I'm making it fashion," she sings, a nod to "Wrecking Ball" and her "Bangerz" era. In a way, every night before I go to sleep, I say goodbye to myself." "Everything changes me forever," she told Lowe. She simply seems to choose a path and fully commit - until it doesn't feel authentic anymore, and then she fully commits to a new path. "WTF Do I Know" is the first track on "Plastic Hearts."Īhlgrim: One thing I love about Cyrus is how she's ever-changing, but it never feels artificial. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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