Miley Cyrus’s god mother Dolly Parton got some serious issues with her 2023 hit song, Used to be Young.
The singer, 32, disclosed Parton’s candid reaction during her conversation with Harper’s Bazaar, in which she explained that her godmother thinks that these lyrics are not suitable for her.
“She goes, ‘I don’t know if I like that new ‘Used to Be Young’ song because it’s not fair that you’re singing about not being young when you’re young and beautiful.’ She said, ‘And here I am — I’m like 80 — and I’m like, That should have been my song!’” Cyrus recalled.
The Used to Be Young garnered huge praise and secured No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song depicts about the singer’s youth and how she has grown and matured since her partying days.
Looking back at the song’s release, the Flowers crooner said that the woman she is today may not have released the song at all.
“I actually listened to that song yesterday, and I was asking myself, ‘Did I really need to put this out?’ It was one of those things that maybe now that I’m a bit more private, I would’ve kept private, but I’m happy to have shared it,” she said about the track, which was released in August 2023 on Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation album.
“It just feels like a song that’s so personal that it’s hard for people to relate,” she added.