Miley Cyrus is ending a four-year run away from the stage. The singer announced her tenth studio album, Bass Persuades, set for release on September 18 via Atlantic Records, alongside two shows at the Hollywood Bowl in October — her first live performances since 2022.
The announcement also confirmed a smaller but notable detail: Cyrus is now performing under the mononym Miley, dropping her surname from her artist branding going forward.
Bass Persuades: What We Know So Far
Bass Persuades will run ten tracks and features contributions from art-rock band Model/Actriz and Miike Snow’s Andrew Wyatt, according to details shared alongside the announcement. Cyrus described the record as a love story in a statement, adding that “love stories are never one-dimensional. They’re always layered.” The description suggests a more emotionally direct project than 2025’s Something Beautiful, which arrived with an accompanying film.
The choice of collaborators is notable in itself. Model/Actriz have built a reputation in art-rock and experimental circles rather than mainstream pop, while Andrew Wyatt has a long history writing and producing across genres for artists well outside his own Miike Snow output. Pulling from that pool suggests Bass Persuades is aiming for a sound that pushes past straightforward pop songwriting, continuing the more exploratory direction Cyrus leaned into on Something Beautiful.
From Columbia to Atlantic Records
Bass Persuades marks Cyrus’s first album since signing to Atlantic Records earlier in 2026, ending a long-standing relationship with Columbia Records that spanned the bulk of her adult recording career, including Bangerz, Plastic Hearts, and her Grammy-winning Endless Summer Vacation. A label change this significant often signals a creative reset, and pairing the announcement with a new performing name suggests Cyrus is positioning this era as a clear break from what came before.
The Hollywood Bowl Shows
Cyrus will play the Hollywood Bowl on October 16 and 18, marking her first concert dates in four years. She’s expected to perform Bass Persuades in full at both shows, giving fans an early, complete look at the album just weeks after its release. The Hollywood Bowl has long been a significant venue in Cyrus’s career, and returning there for her live comeback carries an added layer of homecoming given how much of her career has been built in and around Los Angeles.
Dropping the Cyrus Name
Perhaps the most talked-about detail in the announcement is Cyrus’s decision to perform simply as Miley going forward. Mononyms are common in pop music, but the choice to drop a surname as recognizable as Cyrus is a deliberate statement, suggesting an artist looking to be defined on her own terms rather than by her famous family name. It’s a fitting move for an era already being framed around personal reinvention.
What Else Cyrus Has Been Up To
The album announcement caps a busy 2026 for Cyrus, who appeared in the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special on Disney+ in March, performing a new song titled “Younger You” written for the occasion. That project offered a rare, warm return to the role that first made her famous, and its success may have played a part in giving her the confidence to lean into a bolder reinvention with Bass Persuades.
What Fans Should Expect
With a new label, a new stage name, and her first live shows in four years all landing within weeks of each other, Bass Persuades looks set to be one of the more significant pivot points in Cyrus’s career. Expect a proper single and music video rollout in the two-and-a-half weeks between now and the album’s September 18 release, along with likely televised performances promoting both the record and the Hollywood Bowl dates.
The compressed timeline between announcement and release is itself worth noting — major label albums are typically teased months in advance with multiple singles, while Bass Persuades is arriving just over two weeks after fans learned it existed. That short runway suggests Cyrus and Atlantic are betting on the surprise factor and the strength of the Hollywood Bowl shows to carry momentum, rather than a long, traditional rollout cycle.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does Miley Cyrus’s new album release?
Bass Persuades releases September 18, 2026, via Atlantic Records.
When are Miley Cyrus’s Hollywood Bowl shows?
Cyrus performs at the Hollywood Bowl on October 16 and October 18, 2026, her first live shows in four years.
Is Miley Cyrus changing her stage name?
Yes, she is now performing under the mononym Miley, dropping the Cyrus surname from her artist branding.
What label released Bass Persuades?
Atlantic Records, marking Cyrus’s first album since leaving longtime label Columbia Records earlier in 2026.
Cyrus’s return to Los Angeles follows a busy year of homecomings across pop music — from Madonna and Taylor Swift’s dominant 2026 MTV VMA nominations to Charli XCX’s own Los Angeles pop-up celebration earlier this year.
