Plastic Hearts is reinvention without apology. Raw, gritty, and emotionally charged, the album captures Miley Cyrus embracing rock not as an aesthetic phase, but as a language for survival. It’s loud, wounded, glamorous, and deeply human, a record that turns excess into truth.
Sonically, the album dives into glam rock, pop-rock, and 80s-inspired grit. Distorted guitars, driving drums, and analog textures dominate the production, giving the record a sense of urgency and physicality. Miley’s voice sits at the center (raspy, powerful, and unfiltered) carrying both defiance and vulnerability.
Lyrically, Plastic Hearts explores self-destruction, loneliness, desire, heartbreak, and resilience. Fame is not glamorized; love is not romanticized. Miley sings from inside chaos, but with clarity. There’s pain here, but also control, the strength that comes from naming your own fractures.
What earns Plastic Hearts 4.4 stars is its total commitment. Every track reinforces the same emotional and sonic identity. There are no safe detours, no attempts to soften the blow. The album knows exactly what it wants to be and never breaks character.
Plastic Hearts is not a detour in Miley’s career, it’s a statement. Fierce, cohesive, and emotionally fearless, it stands as one of the most convincing pop-rock albums of its decade.
Favorite Track: WTF Do I Know
Skip Track: Bad Karma
Disclaimer: This Is my opinion based on personal taste and emotions.
The skip tracks are not bad songs but just songs that are less memorable.
Plastic Hearts
Album by Miley Cyrus
Released 27 November 2020
Tracklist
- 1WTF Do I Know2:514.5 ★
- 2Plastic Hearts3:254.8 ★
- 3Angels Like You3:164.5 ★
- 4Prisonerfeat. Dua Lipa2:493.2 ★
- 5Gimme What I Want2:314.3 ★
- 6Night Crawlingfeat. Billy Idol3:094.0 ★
- 7Midnight Sky3:434.1 ★
- 8High3:163.8 ★
- 9Hate Me2:374.3 ★
- 10Bad Karmafeat. Joan Jett3:082.0 ★
- 11Never Be Me3:353.5 ★
- 12Golden G String3:553.5 ★
- 13Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky remix)feat. Stevie Nicks3:403.5 ★
- 14Heart of Glass (live from the iHeart Festival)3:334.3 ★
- 15Zombie (live from the NIVA Save Our Stages Festival)4:504.7 ★
More by Miley Cyrus
Release credits
- creative direction
- background vocals [6-7]
- strings [3]
- background vocals [2, 4, 6-7, 9], bass [4, 7], bass guitar [2-3, 5-6, 9], drums (drum set) [3-5, 7, 9], engineer [12], guitar [2-7, 9], instrument [12], keyboard [2, 4-8], percussion [3, 9], piano [3, 6, 9], producer [2-9, 12], recording [8], strings [12]
- lap steel guitar [8]
- background vocals [6], vocal [6]
- co [11], keyboard [11], mix [11], programming [11]
- drums (drum set) [2], percussion [2]
- artists and repertoire
- violin [12]
- background vocals [4], vocal [4]
- drum machine [12], producer [12]
- assistant [2-3, 5-6, 9]
- keyboard [6], producer [6], programming [6]
- drums (drum set) [11]
- background vocals [7]
- engineer [12]
- acoustic guitar [8]
- assistant [4, 7-8, 12]
- synthesizer [11]
- background vocals [4]
- cello [12]
- artists and repertoire
- acoustic guitar [8], electric guitar [8]
- assistant [8]
- engineer [2-3, 5, 9], keyboard [2-3, 5, 7, 9], piano [2], producer [2-3, 5, 7, 9], programming [3, 5, 9]
- background vocals [5]
- violin [12]
- viola [12]
- guitar [11], keyboard [8], percussion [8], producer [8, 11], programming [8], synthesizer [11]
- mix [2-3, 5-6, 9]
- assistant [2-3, 5-6, 9]
- background vocals [4], keyboard [6]
- creative direction, background vocals [2-9, 11], vocal [2-9, 11]
- engineer [2-7, 9], programming [5]
- engineer [11], programming [8], recording [8]
- strings [3]
- mix [4, 7-8, 12]
- keyboard [8], producer [8], programming [8]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- keyboard [11]
- keyboard [4], producer [4], programming [4]
- engineer [11]
- mix [11]
- assistant [11]
- strings [3]
Issues
PDigital Media (Apple Music Backyard Sessions edition)27 November 2020
P27 November 2020
P27 November 2020- P27 November 2020
- PCD (black & white)27 November 2020
- PCD (clean)27 November 2020
- PCD (color cover)27 November 2020
- P27 November 2020
PDigital Media (explicit)27 November 2020
PDigital Media (clean)27 November 2020- P4 December 2020
P16 December 2020- P2020
- P2x 12" Vinyl23 July 2021
- P2x 12" Vinyl23 July 2021
- P2x 12" Vinyl23 July 2021
- P2x 12" VinylFebruary 2022
PDigital Media (360 Reality Audio mix)15 March 2024- P16 December 2020