“I know I was crazy. Chaotic, but oh my god, it was fun. I know I was wild, that’s because I was young” – Miley Cyrus wrote in the chorus of the new ballad Used To Be Young.
Miley Cyrus was well received by the audience when she sang about her rebellious past – Photo: Billboard
Miley Cyrus walked down a dark street, wearing a T-shirt with Disney’s iconic Mickey Mouse image, over a sparkling red strapless dress.
The light shined on Miley’s face, she sang and shed tears: “The truth is bulletproof. Nothing can deceive you. I don’t dress like that anymore. Who are I and “yesterday me”? go our separate ways”.
No regrets, no denial
Miley’s image in the latest MV Used To Be Young reminds us of the time when teenagers sat in front of the TV screen, waiting for the movie Hannah Montana to show.
In the MV The Climb, one of the best songs in the soundtrack of that series, Miley Cyrus also walks on a path filled with darkness.
It was 2009, 14 years ago, when Miley was 17 years old and was Disney’s most famous child star.
On the other hand, Used To Be Young reminds us of Miley’s Wrecking Ball MV in 2013. It’s also close-ups of her face, it’s also Miley singing and crying, only in Wrecking Ball, the frame is painfully white. sore.
Wrecking Ball is when Miley abandoned her innocent image to boldly sit naked on a swinging stone sphere, writhe around a chain, lick a hammer, rebel and “refuse to be tamed”.
At that time, Miley shed tears because she wanted to break the sweet impression of the past to become a fierce, seductive, and extravagant version. But now it is different.
A decade has passed, although today’s Miley is no longer stubborn, she does not shed tears to deny her old self. She shed tears to express gratitude for that past.
Isn’t that what maturity is like, when we don’t deny the person we were in the past, but understand that every past makes us who we are at this moment?
Perhaps the audience who was disappointed by the fall of a teenage idol will expect Miley to cry with regret and ask to start over. But no, she said she doesn’t regret the tattoos, the mouthings, the parties, and she doesn’t regret living a fast life.
Lindsay says “the past is in the past”.
But even if you have regrets, you can still love yourself. Britney Spears, another Disney icon, has a lot of regrets.
Britney Spears
She regrets the “terrible” age of 20, regrets entering into a quick marriage with Kevin Federline, and regrets participating in a reality TV show with him that showcased the private lives of the two former people. among people, she even regrets a moment that is still considered a classic in the entertainment industry when she performed “I’m A Slave 4 U” on the MTV VMA stage with a python around her neck.
Both Britney, Miley, and Lindsay are stars who grew up in front of the camera, with the camera magnifying all their youthful impulses and turning their adult years into a show for the audience to observe.
They used to be misunderstood, used to have fun, lived without knowing tomorrow, and perhaps many young people in this world have experienced similar things, but you just don’t get it on the news every day.
All three are therefore like mirrors for us to reflect on our own changes through each period, and sometimes they are the “scapegoats” so we can clearly see our growing journey.
Accepting mistakes, crazy decisions, irrational actions and even accepting that I… can’t accept those things yet, that’s part of the growing process.
Because growth is not a straight line, one can only grow after a thousand struggles
