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The concert drew some criticism because Cyrus wasn’t singing every word of each song, including hits like “Party in the USA” and “Flowers.” At her second show on Sunday, Cyrus addressed that specific point while singing “Bass Persuades,” the lead single from her most recent album. “Oh, I forgot I’m supposed to sing every fucking line!” she said. Popular on Variety     Cyrus told the Sunday crowd that performing “does not not come as natural as it once did,” but the two Hollywood Bowl shows were “more to me than an experiment.”  “That is absolutely not what this is,” she added. “This is not an experiment of you. This is an experience for me. And you all make the experience possible.”  Cyrus ended her monologue by revealing that she nearly bailed on Sunday’s show, but decided to push through for her true fans.  “Before I came out for ‘Orbit,’ I already told myself I wasn’t going to come on stage, I was going to run away,” she said. “But never would I leave you all sitting in these seats, unfulfilled from a show. So I can take a lot, but one thing I will not stand is any question about where my heart is when I’m on the stage. I am fully present.”   Read More About: (https://variety.com/t/miley-cyrus/) Miley Cyrus     (index.html#article-comments) Jump to Comments      More from Variety   (https://variety.com/2026/artisans/news/ai-use-netflix-eyeline-studios-vfx-mohsen-mousavi-view-1236910043/) (Netflx Eyeline VP Mohsen Mousavi at View Conference  13.10.2026.)      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