Miley Announces New Album “Bass Persuades” and Rare Hollywood Bowl Shows

Miley Bass Persuades new album has been confirmed for release on 18 September, with the pop star also announcing two rare headline performances at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles as she begins the next chapter of her career.

The record will be Miley’s tenth studio album and her first for Atlantic Records. Announced on 1 September, it follows 2025’s Something Beautiful and arrives unusually quickly by modern pop standards, giving fans only a little over two weeks between the announcement and release.

The new era also comes with a subtle change in presentation. The artist long known professionally as Miley Cyrus is now being billed simply as Miley. Pitchfork reported the change alongside the album announcement, while the campaign around Bass Persuades has already adopted the shortened name.

What Miley has said about Bass Persuades

In announcing the album, Miley described music as something capable of carrying people through contrasting emotions and experiences. Her own explanation of the title points towards a record concerned with vulnerability, strength, love and heartache rather than a single neatly defined mood.

That makes Bass Persuades an intriguing follow-up to Something Beautiful, a project that leaned into ambitious, visually driven pop and was itself presented as a complete artistic statement rather than simply a collection of prospective singles.

For now, the most important details are refreshingly concrete: the album is called Bass Persuades, it is due on 18 September and it will be released through Atlantic. Miley has also revealed the cover artwork and track listing as part of the announcement.

Two Hollywood Bowl performances confirmed

The album news is accompanied by something comparatively unusual for Miley in recent years: major live dates.

She will perform at the Hollywood Bowl on 16 and 18 October, with Model/Actriz appearing as special guests. The two concerts are being positioned as celebrations of the new record rather than the beginning of an extensive tour.

That distinction matters. Miley has previously spoken openly about not wanting to return to the traditional cycle of prolonged touring, despite still enjoying individual performances. NME noted that the Hollywood Bowl announcement therefore stands out precisely because large-scale Miley concerts have become relatively uncommon.

According to Billboard, Miley said she has attended the Hollywood Bowl many times as an audience member but has never previously taken its stage. She described Los Angeles as her heart while announcing the dates.

Tickets are set to move through several presale windows beginning on 8 September, ahead of the remaining tickets going on general sale on 10 September.

A fast-moving new pop era

The Miley Bass Persuades new album announcement arrives after several days of teasing around the singer’s next phase, including promotional material centred simply on the name “Miley”.

It also follows a particularly active period. Something Beautiful was released in May 2025, with an expanded edition subsequently adding collaborations with David Byrne and Lindsey Buckingham. Rather than allowing a long gap before the next studio project, Miley is now moving directly into album number ten.

There is another reason the timing carries emotional weight. The announcement comes shortly after the death of Miley’s godmother, Dolly Parton, on 25 August. Miley paid a deeply personal tribute to Parton following the news, recalling their bond while making clear that much of their relationship would remain private.

The album announcement itself should not be interpreted as a response to that loss: the campaign was already being teased beforehand. What can be said is that Miley enters this new chapter at an unusually significant moment in her personal and professional life.

What happens next

With a release date of 18 September, there is little waiting around. More of the album’s sound is likely to become clear as the campaign develops, but the confirmed information already makes Bass Persuades one of September’s most prominent mainstream pop releases.

The combination of a tenth studio album, a new record-label chapter, the simplified professional name and two carefully chosen live appearances suggests evolution rather than a conventional reinvention campaign.

For UK listeners, there are no British dates attached to the announcement and no wider tour has been confirmed. For now, the story is the record itself: Miley Bass Persuades new album arrives worldwide on 18 September.

 

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