Cyrus has been a little quiet since taking the X Factor crown in 2015. Ordinarily that might be a sign that a reality TV winner will drop out of the industry, but in Cyrus’s case I think we can rest easy. He’s spent the last couple of years honing his craft and surrounding himself with some really cool local talents like Ned Philpot, Feki, Simba, and M2. Listening to his new single “Blah,” it seems time out of the spotlight has done him good.
This is such a cool, fresh track, co-written by Cyrus and his producer Amastro. The delivery is so soulful and the lyrics are authentic, if perhaps a little edgy for X Factor viewers.
“‘Blah’ is about dismissing the social norms and pressures that society places on us. I think everyone has or will experience this sort of pressure at some point in their lives, and can identify with the lyrics of this song,” Cyrus explained. “Walking into this session, I told Angus (Amastro) I wanted to work on something heavy. It’s the most experimental session I’ve been in, and the concept for the song was literally inspired by how honest and free our time was together.”
If you have preconceptions about who the people who win reality TV shows are, I encourage you to leave them behind when you listen to this. It’s a sign that Cyrus is capable of much more than the karaoke covers that thrust him into the limelight.