r. When Miley’s episode aired in June, it became an instant cult classic, reminding fans of the acting skills she’d honed playing pop star Hannah Montana. Shockingly, Ashley O is put in a coma by a controlling ‘momager’ when she outgrows her perky pop persona, but Miley reckons this outlandish Black Mirror twist is rooted in truth. ‘This is the story of females in the music industry,’ she has said. ‘It’s hard to be taken seriously.
And taking on the role was definitely a strategic decision by Miley. ‘It’s a fun way for her to satirise her Hannah Montana past, which isn’t something she regrets but feels like a lifetime ago,’ an insider tells us. Miley’s own battle to be taken seriously has been both spectacular and messy. In 2013, she killed off her tween-friendly Hannah Montana image by twerking with Robin Thicke at the VMAs and riding a wrecking ball naked in a music video that went viral.
Miley’s subsequent Bangerz album was hugely successful, but she faced a backlash amid accusations of appropriating black culture. You can’t blame her for returning to her country roots on 2017’s Younger Now album, but she didn’t score another big hit until last year’s Nothing Breaks Like A Heart, a collaboration with Mark Ronson.
Indeed, an insider tells us, ‘Miley wanted to distance herself from what she describes as her Younger Now “hippy phase’,” adding, ‘Now.’ The couple dated on-and-off for six years before breaking off their engagement in 2013. Miley took it hard, . But after reconciling, the couple married in December. ‘Miley has stopped partying so much,’ our insider adds. She has seriously found the place she wants to be musically, she feels like nothing can stop her.’, she’s a real wild card.