Miley Cyrus Releases 'Bass Persuades' as New Single and Dance-Focused Video

In early September 2026, Miley Cyrus released 'Bass Persuades,' a dance-driven single and music video that arrives alongside a quiet but consequential act of self-reinvention: the professional shedding of her surname. Across human history, artists have periodically shed inherited names as a way of declaring sovereignty over their own story, and Cyrus — now simply Miley — appears to be doing precisely that. The coordinated nature of the release suggests not a casual creative moment, but a deliberate reckoning with identity, sound, and where she intends to stand.