Miley Cyrus releases new song ‘Nothing Breaks Like a Heart’

It’s been a minute since Miley Cyrus released new music, but much like Los Angeles, the drought is over.

Cyrus, in collaboration with British DJ and producer Mark Ronson, released Nothing Breaks Like a Heart on Thursday, the first single from Ronson’s upcoming album, his first solo effort since 2015.

It’s the first new music from Cyrus in more than a year.

Cyrus brings her huskiest growl to the tale of love gone wrong, singing, “This world can hurt you, it cuts you deep and leaves a scar / Things fall apart, but nothing breaks like a heart.”

The accompanying video features Cyrus in a low-speed chase with a bevy of cop cars, smashing through walls as if she were a wrecking ball.

In the world outside, cultural references play out in disconnected fashion, as football players kneel and children visit a gun range, all while Cyrus looks on. Also, she goes to a strip club, so watch the video at your own risk.

However, the video does end with a stunning sequence of a car wreck that features Cyrus still inside the vehicle singing, as gold and glass float through the air around her, in what appears to be an obvious homage to Julie Taymor’s gold dust bus crash in 2002’s Frida .— Los Angeles Times