Miley Cyrus Malibu ( Official Video)

With the cycles of popculture shapeshifting being what they are, the normalization of Miley Cyrus is long overdue. We get it in Malibu, a new single and video that allow Miley to frolic in fields of tall grass for the first time since 2009s Hannah Montana: The Movie. She may be one of the few people on the planet whose reembrace of conventional softness will launch a thousand thinkpieces, but this new move can best be summed up in two words: No tongue. Its not the first time since she entered the realm of exDisney girls gone wild that Cyrus has reminded us that she has a softer side. But if her acoustic covers of Dylan and Dolly seemed like oneoffs in the Bangerz era, Malibu seems designed to convince us shes grown out of shock value and into a more conscious version of the girlnextdoor she once seemed. (Next door if you live just off the Pacific Coast Highway, anyway. ) Instead of furries, in this video, there are collies.