Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation (2023)

Part of the Backyard Sessions series...

It starts with a tour. A beautiful pagoda by the pool. A terrace. Red brick stairs through a veil of greenery. A lovely white marble platter of musicality by a crisp California lawn and white palisades. Suits and Miley, tattooed and tattered, clad like a Rockstar, though almost too thin for the fabrics at first, sunshine shining through, revealing all...

Jump to bits of backstory on the making of the album.

Mix it with performances.

Vary the dresses. Spice it up a bit. Elegant and easy. Sensual, hippy-like, harried sometimes, heart on her sleeve.

Who would've thought I'd become a Miley fan allofasudden?

I caught her on her recent Metallica performance via reaction videos, and Chris Cornell after that, and a Joe Rogan podcast a while before it...

I'm getting drawn in guys. I'm turning. It's beautiful, fascinating, personal, artsy... possibly a little superficial or sultry sometimes, but I don't mind.

I like the way it goes from morning to night too. The cinematic evolution of all - even if some songs are definitely way more emotional; heartfelt than others, the concert itself really takes you through the day this way.

It feels like you're living it. Like you're not just there but a part of it. The cameras are smooth and lively. It's never stale. You move with the music.

I like how the shots of everyone but Miley evolve along with the performance too, from focus just on the instruments and musicality to faces and figures there too.

Somehow it's like you're part of the family before it all ends. Kinda.

It's playful, it's personal, it's perky and partially surfacial, but also partially deeper than you think it'll be... was pleasantly surprised with this one.

It's not too long either.

Great show.

 rated 4.5/5: almost awesome