Miley Cyrus said touring isnt healthy for her after previously explaining why she hasnt gone on tour in support of her music.
In a clip posted Sunday from her Used To Be Young series on TikTok , the Flowers singer said her time as a cheerleader set her up for touring before breaking down what people dont really understand about being a musician on the road.
The show is only 90 minutes but thats your life, explained Cyrus, whose last tour was her Bangerz Tour in 2014. If youre performing at a certain level of intensity and excellence, there should be an equal amount of recovery and rest.
She added that theres a level of ego that gets overused while shes on tour.
I think when youre training your ego, every single night to be active, thats the hardest switch for me to turn off, she said.
Having every day the relationship between you and other humans being subject and observer isnt healthy for me, because it erases my humanity and my connection, and without my humanity [and] my connection I cant be a songwriter, which is my priority, Cyrus said.
Cyrus, who achieved her second No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January, previously questioned whether she wants to live her life for anyone elses pleasure of fulfillment while discussing touring in an interview with British Vogue earlier this year.
Its been a minute. After the last [headline arena] show I did [in 2014], I kind of looked at it as more of a question, she said .
And I cant. Not only cant, because cant is your capability, but my desire.
The singer clarified in an Instagram post shared following the interview that she feels connected to [her] fans NOW more than ever.
When I win, WE win. Even if I dont see them face to face every night at a concert, my fans are felt deeply in my heart, she wrote. Im constantly creating and innovating new ways that I can stay connected to the audience I love without sacrificing my own essentials.
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She went on to say that performing for her fans has been some of the best days of my life and it has everything to do with not having the desire to get ready in a locker room.
It isnt whats best for me right NOW, & if youve been following my career you know that I always change and the way I feel about that could too, she said.