Miley Cyrus Says She ‘Didn’t Make a Dime’ on the Bangerz Tour: It Was an ‘Investment in Myself’

Miley Cyrus admitted how much she decided to say “I’ma do my thang” during it. Bangerz era.

In the latest installment of the pop star’s Used to Be Young TikTok series, in which she reflects on her life and career in the spotlight, the singer, 30, opened up about how she fully funded her Bangerz Tour because no one else believed in her vision.

“The Bangerz The tour was an investment in myself,” the “Flowers” ​​artist said of the 2014 tour in support of her hit fourth studio album. “I didn’t make a dime on this tour because I wanted the tour to be great.”

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On TikTok, she said: “When everyone was saying, ‘Why are you doing this? You’ll do about 100 shows and you won’t make any money.’ I said, ‘There’s no one I’d rather invest in than myself.’ So I paid all that to make it exactly what I thought I and the fans deserved.”

The “Midnight Sky” singer explained that few people on her team at the time understood her ideas for the show, which was known to be extremely campy and involved a surreal, larger-than-life vibe. She said: “Many of these ideas were so strange that no one wanted to support me in making these pieces, so I had big dolls, too big beds, I was coming out of my own face on my tongue.”

Miley Cyrus on the Bangerz tour in October 2014.

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Cyrus also spoke about the significance of one of the concert concepts she and her creative director at the time, Diane Martel, came up with. “[Martel] says: ‘How would you like to end this concert?’ Like, ‘The play is so big, how do you want to end it?’ and I wanted to finish it in The Truman Show reference,” the performer shared, referencing the 1998 film that stars Jim Carrey as a man whose life is played out like a TV show without him knowing it.

She continued: “I flew off on a giant hot dog, obviously, and went through all the clouds and the exit sign, like Jim Carrey does, because I felt like The Truman Show it really was a reflection of my life.”

Miley Cyrus on the Bangerz tour in June 2014.

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In August, Cyrus announced the Used To Be Young series along with her latest single of the same name, which is an emotional ballad in which she reflects on her past and how it has been perceived throughout her career.

The hitmaker was previously candid on the TikTok show about other moments surrounding the release of her 2013 album. Bangerz it sparked controversy, including her single “We Can’t Stop” and the “Wrecking Ball” music video.

Miley Cyrus on the Bangerz tour.

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“At the time I made ‘Wrecking Ball,’ I expected there to be controversy and backlash, but I don’t think I expected other women to disparage me or turn against me, especially women who have been in my position before,” the superstar said. , mentioning the criticism she received from the late Irish artist Sinead O’Connor. “I had no idea of ​​the fragile mental state she was in. And I was only 20 years old. Well, I could only think so much about mental illness.”

Cyrus also got candid in the series about even earlier moments in her career, as well as her relationships.

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Last week, the former Disney Channel star opened up about her performance at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, in which she sang “Party in the USA” atop an ice cream cart while holding on to a pole.

“I directed ‘Party in the USA’ and performed my first performance at the Teen Choice Awards. My mom said, ‘I think it would be really cool if she was in a trailer park, that’s where we actually come from,'” the cameraman mused.

In response to the controversy sparked by the then 17-year-old holding on to a pole during a performance, Cyrus said: “It wasn’t a stripper pole, it’s really just for stability. I had a heel! Like, what did you want from me?”

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