Miley Cyrus has released a new single, ‘Beautiful That Way’, written and recorded for a new Pamela Anderson film titled The Last Showgirl. Listen to it below.
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The Last Showgirl, directed by Gia Coppola, sees Anderson playing the role of a seasoned showgirl who attempts to navigate life after the closure of her long-running Las Vegas show.
Cyrus’ ballad, co-written by Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt – and which has been nominated for a Golden Globe under Best Original Song – sees a tender exploration of feeling lost, which Cyrus described to Variety as sonically a “love letter” to the film. Listen to ‘Beautiful That Way’ below.
Cyrus shared with Variety her life-long admiration of Anderson: “Pamela is deeply embedded into my earliest memories with my mother,” said Cyrus.
“We both worshipped Pam and still do. I took the emotion I have towards those times with my mom and the few times we’ve gotten to spend with Pam. I thought a lot about what this film means to her not just as an actress but as the special person that she is.”
“I celebrate evolution and she has done that in such a graceful way which is reflected in Last Showgirl.”
The Last Showgirl, which sees Anderson’s first lead role in years, has won warm praise from critics since screening in film festivals starting from September.
“Anderson embodies her character with such genuine feeling. She finally gets a big, Oscar-bait scene in which she sobs and tears up her costumes. But the low-key devastation she has captured before that is the real acting triumph,” said the BBC.
The Hollywood Reporter labelled her performance as a potential “turning point” in the career of an actress who “has had to struggle to be taken seriously”.
The Last Showgirl is due for release in US cinemas on January 10, and in UK cinemas on February 28.
Recently, Miley opened up about the impact her career has had on younger musicians including Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Olivia Rodrigo.
When asked what it was like to have Carpenter, Roan and Rodrigo look up to her, and to have grown up with Miley through her time on Disney‘s Hannah Montana. Miley said: “At the time, you never think about in the future someone replicating what you do. You’re just doing it because it’s honest in the moment so now to see that impacting culture is something that I didn’t know that I wanted, but I guess I do.”
“I have my own artists that have created who I am, like a Stevie Nicks or Dolly Parton or Tina Turner. Even though they kind of look up to me in the way that I’ve looked up to these other women, it’s really important that they do it their own way, because that’s what my career has represented above all else, is that even though I have always looked to these influences, I’ve always done it my own way.
“So I think the freedom that I’ve kind of given these other artists to be themselves, do it proud and loud, it’s just amazing to watch that kind of be so impactful and influential,” she explained.
Chappell Roan spoke of Cyrus’ influence in a video message for the former Hannah Montana star’s induction into the Disney Legends in August, saying: “The thing that I admire about Miley Cyrus is that she constantly reinvents herself and always works. For a lot of artists, it can seem inauthentic or out of the blue, but she’s very open about her transformations artistically and personally, and she’s so true to herself. She puts out music that is so authentic.
