Miley Cyrus - Breakout
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On its surface, the song describes the simple desire to let loose with one's friends; in the first verse, the singer come[s] home in the morning light, presumably after a long night spent pillow-fighting, hair-braiding or popcorn-microwaving. Growing up fast Yet in the version here -- an oddly ominous bubble-grunge production by Matthew Wilder, who also helmed No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom -- Cyrus doesn't sound like she's ever taken part in any of those activities; there's exhaustion in her voice, not exhilaration. In the next verse, her phone rings in the middle of the night -- it's Daddy, demanding to know what she's gonna do with her life -- and she's as unimpressed as a 911 dispatcher. Cyrus finally shows a flicker of experience in the chorus: When the working day is done / Oh, girls, they wanna have fun. The ragged intensity of her delivery makes it clear that this song isn't about having a good time -- it's about not having a good time. That's Cyrus' theme throughout Breakout, which sports a slightly tougher, more guitar-based sound than last year's Meet Miley Cyrus. It feels so good to let go, she sings in the title track, Wish it would never end. In Simple Song she can't tell which way is up, which way is down / It's all up in my face, need to push it away. Goodbye finds her remembering the simple things . . . until I cry. Leave her alone In the CD's best cut, Fly on the Wall -- a stomping electro-metal jam produced by Disney-pop regulars Antonina Armato and Tim James -- Cyrus mocks a prying boyfriend (or a prying public) desperate to know all of her precious secrets. It's unlikely you've ever heard a 15-year-old this concerned with her privacy before. The result is a true-blue bummer by Mouse House standards....
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