

Promotion Ĭyrus announced Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions), a special released on Disney+ on March 10, 2023, featuring live performances and discussion about the creative process behind the album. Red and clear vinyl copies of the album were made exclusive to Cyrus' website, and white vinyl copies were made exclusive to retailers including Target in the United States, HMV in the United Kingdom, and JB Hi-Fi in Australia. Įndless Summer Vacation was released on both digital and physical formats on March 10, 2023, through Columbia. On February 27, 2023, Cyrus revealed the album's tracklist. Limited quantities of postcards featuring the album cover were autographed by Cyrus and offered through her website later that month. The album trailer was released the same day, and "reflects the visual world that has built around this very personal body of work" with a monologue and visuals that reference Los Angeles sights. It was compared to a similar photograph of Madonna for her coffee table book Sex (1992).

The cover was photographed by Brianna Capozzi and "fully executed by without visual effects", and depicts a blonde Cyrus wearing a black one-piece swimsuit hanging from a helicopter ladder. Cyrus revealed the album title, cover, and release date on January 5, 2023. On December 16, 2022, posters with the caption "New Year, New Miley" were placed in major cities worldwide. AM represents "the morning time, where there's a buzz and energy and there's a potential of new possibilities", while PM represents the nighttime, which "feels like there's a slinky, seediness and kind of a grime but a glamour at the same time". Cyrus explained that the album is divided into two parts: AM and PM. Composition Įndless Summer Vacation is a pop and dance-pop record, incorporating rock, country and experimental songs. She worked with several producers including Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson, Greg Kurstin, and Mike Will Made It, the latter of whom contributed to Bangerz (2013), Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015), and She Is Coming (2019). Pollack said that Cyrus decided to focus on songcraft before tackling the production. They were conceived only with piano, then evolving into their final versions. Ĭyrus wrote several songs with Michael Pollack and Gregory "Aldae" Hein. The album was described as "her love letter to LA" that represents the physical and mental growth she experienced during production. In an article published in October 2021, Billboard confirmed that Cyrus was working on her next album. Her first releases with the label were a remix of the Kid Laroi's " Without You" and the live album Attention: Miley Live, released in April 2021 and April 2022 respectively. Cyrus' first performances for the album were pre-recorded for the Disney+ documentary concert special Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions), which was also released on March 10, 2023.Īfter ending her eight-year contract with RCA Records, Cyrus signed with Columbia Records in March 2021. Upon release, Endless Summer Vacation received positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its production, commercial appeal, and Cyrus's vocal performance. It was followed by the second single, " River" on March 13 and the third single, " Jaded" on April 17. It further topped the charts in 36 other countries. It set several streaming records and spent eight weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cyrus's second chart-topping song in the country.

The lead single " Flowers" was released on January 12, 2023. While working on the record, she released the live album Attention: Miley Live (2022).

Cyrus left RCA Records shortly after the release of her seventh studio album Plastic Hearts (2020), and began work on her follow-up studio effort after signing with Columbia in early 2021. Endless Summer Vacation is the eighth studio album by American singer Miley Cyrus, released on March 10, 2023, through Columbia Records.
