Miley Cyrus says she was inspired musically by Melissa Etheridge

**ingi** · March 10th, 2008, 11:00 AM

Miley Cyrus is inspired by Melissa Etheridge

Pop star Miley Cyrus' new electro-pop beat single See You Again (which samples '80s hit Sunglasses at Night) is a top-10 smash on Billboard's Pop 100 chart, and hit No. 11 on the Hot 100. Miley, who's currently working on a new album, told the Houston Chronicle:

"It happened organically, which never happens, ever. Radio stations don't just pick up an album and decide to play it, especially someone like me. Honestly, I know that. Everyone knows that. My record label, they were kind of confused and weren't ready to hop onboard yet (and push it as a single). I said, 'Guys, dude, this is a stinkin' hit..'
..I'm taking chances on the new album, it has a weird and crazy new sound. The last album was a little more produced, a little more girlie. I'm really a huge fan of the Killers, and another one of my favorite artists is Melissa Etheridge.
I love that mixture of techno-rock; that's a very Killers vibe; then you'll hear Melissa Etheridge, more earthy with her voice, and it's not a bunch of tuned-up stuff. You'll hear her voice crack, and it sounds awesome.
It's either going to do really well or people are going to be like, what? What is she doing?' It won't be a dual album. It'll be all me. People will see how much I love music."
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**southernbelle** · March 10th, 2008, 11:04 AM

Same thing EVERY pop star says to sell albums after their 1st... "The last one was sooooo not me.... they were making me be all bubble gum pop, y'all!! I'm a serious artist and this new album is really ME expressing my deep thoughts. It's REAL." Right.

**ingi** · March 10th, 2008, 11:09 AM

Katharine McPhee got dropped from her label after she said that and pissed off Clive Davis. Be careful Miley!

**msdeb** · March 10th, 2008, 11:56 AM

with Miley, what part of 15 minutes does she not understand?

**Mel1973** · March 10th, 2008, 11:59 AM

I think you all better brace yourself, because whether she's a future trainwreck or not, I think she'll be around for a while...

**aabbcc** · March 10th, 2008, 11:59 AM

Please go back to your sandbox and stop talking. Thanks.

**cmmdee** · March 10th, 2008, 12:32 PM

Well of course she was. She's a little lezbot in training.

**buttmunch** · March 10th, 2008, 12:54 PM

^^That's what I was thinking.

**Penny Lane** · March 10th, 2008, 01:20 PM

Ya know, that old lady who was on that Sesame Street special...

**Str8_uncut-jock** · March 10th, 2008, 01:39 PM

Picture me dancing in a wealth of half naked men in a hot gay bar with this really hot song "See you Again" filling the place with vibrating sounds serious enough to get 400 gay men gyrating. Now picture my embarassment when I realized I was dancing to Mylie Cyrus. Oh the horror!