Miley Cyrus consistently keeps us on our toes. In February, the 31-year-old hitmaker made waves at the 2024 Grammy Awards with a voluminous, 70s-inspired hairstyle that turned heads on the red carpet. But that wasn’t her only bold move of the night. She also wowed fans with not one but four (!) outfit changes, perfect for the night she took home her first Grammy. Her fearlessness doesn’t stop there. More recently, she revealed her unconventional pre-performance routine to W Magazine: wearing her Gucci slingback heels to the gym.
This revelation came to light when the interviewer pointed out that she’s become “quite the source of fitspiration on the Internet.” Cyrus replied, “My lifestyle is extremely clean,” adding that “sobriety is a big part of it.”
“My mantra is, like any athlete, ‘Practice how you perform.’ So that’s why I practice in my heels,” she continued. “The gym looks really tough, but then I’ve got my ivory Gucci slingbacks because they remind me of Marilyn Monroe. I train in heels, mostly. I’m interested in feminizing the workout space because so much of the workout equipment is ugly.”
And that wasn’t the only epic soundbite from Cyrus’s interview. Ahead, we delve into more key points from their conversation.
On Her Signature Scent…
“I always have on Gucci’s Flora fragrance,” Cyrus revealed. “It has become a part of my identity. You know how a certain smell could bring you back to your grandma’s house? In the middle of chaos, it’s like I can smell who I am. My friends know when I am in their home because of the fragrance.”
On the Multifaceted Role of Mothers…
“One of the things that we [Cyrus and Beyoncé] text about is our relationships with our mothers,” said Cyrus. “Like her mom, Ms. Tina, my mom is also an M.T.: Mama Tish. A lot of people call her Mom, in the way that Ms. Tina is almost not just a mother to Beyoncé, but to Beyoncé’s fans as well.
Both of us grew up, in our own way, with moms who were everything,” she continued. “My mom was my makeup, hair, seamstress, styling, tour manager—like, the actual manager. The word ‘mother’ is the most all-encompassing word. The mother can be RuPaul; the mother can be Beyoncé. Our fans call us ‘mother.'”
On Adulthood and Motherhood…
“I love being an adult,” said Cyrus. “I have a rule that I don’t look up or don’t look down at anyone. I just look, which allows me the clarity to see the world for what it really is and people for who they really are. I look at myself almost every day in the mirror and I say, ‘I am a woman.’ I’m 31 now, and I still don’t know if I want kids or not. I feel like my fans kind of are my kids in some way. I’ve heard Dolly say that too, because she didn’t have kids.”
