Miley Cyrus – Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (Feat. Flaming Lips!)

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Title: Miley Cyrus - Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2015, Experimental Pop, Psychedelic Pop Alternative Pop, Nashville, Tennessee 9/26
Condition: New (BC) | Members: Miley C (92' - )
Cultural Facts:

1. Pet Grief: The title was painfully literal. Miley had been devastated by the 2014 death of her dog Floyd, an Alaskan Klee Kai she regularly traveled with, and later wrote “Pablow the Blowfish” after another pet died. The album's strange humor sits beside very real grief over animals she treated as family.
2. Unexpected Friendship: A major force behind the record was Miley's unlikely friendship with Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, more than 30 years her senior. What started as mutual admiration turned into late-night recording, psychedelic performances and a full creative partnership that pulled her far outside the polished Disney-pop world she came from.
3. Public Service: Around this same period, Miley founded the Happy Hippie Foundation, focusing on homeless youth, LGBTQ+ young people and other vulnerable communities. She used performances and her enormous celebrity platform to raise money and attention, making the rebellious Dead Petz era also one of the periods when she began turning fame into organized community work.