Miley Cyrus, 31 and Pharrell Williams, 50, have teamed up for the single “Doctor (Work It Out),” produced by Williams. The song marks Cyrus’ first release since her album Endless Summer Vacation dropped in March 2023,
“Doctor (Work It Out)” was reportedly first created during recording sessions for Cyrus’ album 2013 album, Bangerz. Cyrus and Williams first previewed the song in January, during the Louis Vuitton Men’s Fall-Winter 2024 Collection presentation in Paris. Cyrus later shared a snippet of the video to her Instagram, showing a clip of her dancing.
Miley and Williams spoke with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about the collaboration, with Miley sharing that Williams was pivotal in helping her shed her ‘Disney Channel/Hannah Montana’ image: “He [Pharrell] really was the only one that I could kind of tell him what I really wanted, what I really wanted to make, who I really wanted to be, what I really wanted to do. Pharrell was perfect because it was almost like he could be a bumper for me, but he wasn’t going to be a bridle.” Added Williams: “I’ll never forget just meeting her at a time where people had pegged her to be one thing particularly. She was Hannah Montana at the time, and she was growing up and really wanting to experience life no matter how far the precipice was. I just remember her just being in a place where no one really understood what she was, and I got it.”
The video for “Doctor (Work It Out)” shows Cyrus take center stage as she dances to the music. You can check it out: here.
Listen to Miley Cyrus and Pharrell team up on ‘Doctor (Work It Out)’
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