Metro Station would have been “more successful” if his family weren’t famous.The 34-year-old is the brother of Miley Cyrus and the son of Billy Ray Cyrus.
While Miley was one of the most famous child actors, playing the main role in the Disney Channel hit show Hannah Montana, he started a band called Metro Station with Mason Russo.Their third single ‘Shake It’ became a global hit and charted in the Top 10 of 11 countries around the world.
Their singles from that era have clocked up hundreds of millions of streams online.They released their self-titled debut album in 2007, follow-up ‘Savior’ in 2015, and then a string of EPs and singles with dwindling success.Earlier this week, in an Instagram stories Q&A, Trace revealed that he believed Metro Station would have taken off more if he wasn’t part of the Cyrus musical dynasty.“I love my family so much, but I think I’d be much more successful if I wasn’t part of a famous family,” the 34-year-old said.He continued: “People immediately want to judge me and discredit all my hard work because of who I’m related to.
But that’s so far from the truth. I got a record deal without anyone from my label even knowing who I was related to ’til after they signed me.”Cyrus also mentioned that he “never put [his] last name online anywhere for the first years of [his] career until people started finding out.”Last week, Trace Cyrus ALSO penned a message to commemorate his mother’s recent marriage to actor Dominic Purcell (Prison Break).
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