Miley Cyrus Announces Her New Album, Something Beautiful

Miley Cyrus has “something beautiful” up her sleeve. On March 24 — which marked the 19th anniversary of Hannah Montana — the singer finally announced her ninth studio album, Something Beautiful, will be released on May 30. The next day, Cyrus revealed that Something Beautiful will be accompanied by a film that comes out in June, unveiling the first trailer.

Cyrus took to Instagram to make her grand reveal, unveiling her Something Beautiful album cover and sharing details in the caption as if it were a press release. “Miley Cyrus unveils the artwork for her highly anticipated ninth studio album, Something Beautiful, set for release on May 30, 2025, via Columbia Records,” the post read.

Renowned fashion photographer Glen Luchford shot the stunning album art, which features a close-up shot of Cyrus with just a single spotlight behind her, illuminating the vintage 1997 Thierry Mugler couture she’s wearing. According to her Instagram post, her wardrobe is meant to be a “striking nod to the album’s bold aesthetic and visual storytelling.”

She hyped up her announcement by posting “Something Beautiful” posters and billboards around the world. A month prior, Cyrus sneakily teased her album title while presenting Record of the Year at the 2025 Grammys.

The Something Beautiful Trailer

On March 25, Cyrus fulfilled her promise that Something Beautiful would be a “visual album” by premiering its official trailer on Instagram. Cyrus produced the film herself along with Mandy filmmaker Panos Cosmatos, and co-directed it with collaborator Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter.

While Cyrus kept details about her film quiet, the trailer describes it as a “unique visual experience fueled by fantasy” and a “one-of-a-kind pop opera,” showing off an array of glam-rock settings. Like her album cover, the Something Beautiful film promises to be a fashion odyssey, “featuring archival Thierry Mugler couture, Jean Paul Gaultier, custom Alexander McQueen, and Alaïa.”

What Will Something Beautiful Sound Like?

Cyrus first teased her next album in a November interview with Harper’s Bazaar, stating that Something Beautiful was its current working title. “It’s a concept album that’s an attempt to medicate somewhat of a sick culture through music,” she said. “I would like to be a human psychedelic for people... I want to impact frequencies in your body that make you vibrate at a different level.”

Something Beautiful will contain 13 new tracks, with Cyrus and Shawn Everett, whom she worked with on her 2023 hit “Used to Be Young,” serving as executive producers. She also collaborated with boyfriend Maxx Morando, who contributed to her 2023 album, Endless Summer Vacation. “I’ve always worked with the people that I love,” she told Harper’s. “And Maxx just inspires me so much.”

Cyrus has yet to confirm the track list, but Cosmatos told the outlet that Something Beautiful was “more experimental than anything she’s ever done, but in a pop way that I love.” While she said that the visuals drove the sound for this album, Cyrus still had a mission in writing the music.

“It was important for me that every song has these healing sound properties,” she explained. “The songs, whether they’re about destruction or heartbreak or death, they’re presented in a way that is beautiful, because the nastiest times of our life do have a point of beauty. They are the shadow, they are the charcoal, they are the shading. You can’t have a painting without highlights and contrast.”