Noah Cyrus was "stripped of [her] identity" as a child. The 22-year-old singer admitted growing up in the shadow of her famous older sister Miley Cyrus took a toll on her, but writing her latest album 'The Hardest Part' has finally helped her to "heal".
She told the i newspaper: “Something that really hurt me as a child was that I was stripped of my identity. “I had no name, at all.
But as I’ve grown as a musician, especially in the past three years, I would say that bothered me less and less. I might be doing things that other people in my family do, but I’m doing it in a way that is mine.
I think with this album I’ve healed a part of me. ” Referring to advice she was given by John Mayer, she added: “He told me to keep writing songs that will last for ever. “I’ve held on to everything he said to me.
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