-It's real, it's here right now.
The one and only, Miley Cyrus!
-Hello, Jimmy Fallon! -I love you.
I just felt like I was just talking to you seconds ago.
-We basically were talking two seconds ago.
You know, it's really funny to be like,
"Oh, yeah, I need ten minutes."
Like, "I'm just coming down from my show, you know?"
But doesn't hosting a show -- I mean, it's kind of crazy
because even though it is just this kind of Instagram Live,
everyone's been calling it a show.
Like, it is just an Instagram Live,
but people have been calling "Bright Minded" a show.
And I feel like I get more of a rush and, like, an adrenaline,
you know, kind of rush more than even if I would be performing.
Like, 'cause it's just, the back and forth
and all of a sudden, you know, you have your idea,
you have your planned questions, and all those things.
But it never goes in that direction because people say
something wonderful that's more interesting
than what you wanted to ask them.
-Yeah, you're right. But then also,
we were talking to D-Nice and talking about his DJ things.
And I go, "Aren't -- doesn't it feel weird
not doing it in front of an audience?"
And he was like, "It does in one way,
but in a different way, it was more exciting
because I was looking at hearts going up the screen."
-Right. -"People love this song.
And then people commenting about it."
"Oh, that was a great song."
"Whereas if you have a concert, no one is going to be like,
"Hey, can I say something?" -You know what --
-"I thought that was a great performance.
I want to hear the --" -I had that idea one time.
And I had, like, a little phone that I was giving fans
the numbers and telling them to text me
what songs they wanted to hear next.
So I could check in on the phone.
And then, you know, there's nothing worse than like,
I remember doing a concert.
Oh, my dog knows how to open the door.
This is real. He just opened the door.
-[ Laughs ] -He's literally, like,
14 weeks and he knows how to open the door, hold on.
-[ Laughs ] Good boy.
-It's crazy. He, like, comes in here and jumps on the show.
But -- so I gave some fans my number and was like,
"Oh, just text me what songs you want to hear."
But then all of a sudden I started just getting
bombarded by text messages.
And I couldn't keep up with it.
But what made me want to do that was I did "Boy Named Sue,"
one of my favorite Johnny Cash songs.
-Oh, my favorite.
-My fans don't give a [bleep].
They want to hear that.
They want to hear "Party in the USA"
and they want to go home. -Yeah.
-So I started playing "Boy Named Sue"
and it didn't go over very well, so I'm like, "All right, well,
what do you guys want to listen to?"
So you can just text me and let me know.
-People were saying too now in this quarantine time,
there's no real way to hang up on someone
because everyone knows you don't have to do anything.
-Well, yeah. What about when someone says,
"I'll get right back to you?"
Why? Why can't you tell me right now?
Don't you have, like -- -What are you doing?
We're all at home. -You could just tell me now.
"Yeah, I'll get back to you on that."
Yeah, that's bull [bleep].
-You have, like, over 100 million followers on Instagram.
And you've been doing this now almost three weeks.
What made you want to start a talk show?
What made you want to -- thank you for doing it, but why?
-So I wanted, you know, I am --
whether it's with my music --
I just want to connect with people.
Like, you know, like you said, kind of on your show,
I'll talk to pretty much anyone.
Like, I love to connect with people.
I love to get to know someone.
And it was very, like, abrupt, kind of all this happening.
Like, there wasn't very much -- it just seemed like
all of a sudden, we were on this lockdown.
And we are socially disconnected.
But it didn't seem like there was a lot of time to kind of
adjust to the new way that things were going to be.
So it was very, like, startling,
and it just caused me a lot of anxiety.
And I think a lot of people -- a lot of panic.
And you felt -- you know, it just --
I really just felt really alone and scared.
And so I guess by remembering I do have those 105--
you know, more than followers, it's, like, friends.
And I thought of my followers now as friends.
And how can I connect with them?
And then, you know, I think, you know,
one is the loneliest number.
And it's like, I wanted to connect again.
And even though -- you know me,
I can't sit at home and just like, do nothing.
I've got to entertain and connect in some way.
-So -- that's so interesting because I --
honestly I didn't even think about that.
But I think I felt the same way.
Where I was going, like --
maybe I was, like, feeling anxiety and feeling like --
I didn't want to just, you know, disappear and not --
I wanted to be here for anyone, for you, for anyone,
because they're always there for me.
I was like, I want to be here when you need me.
You know? -Yeah, you really --
you know, I'm sure, like, with your show
and with your family and with your kids and with your --
Like, there's a schedule and there's a routine
and there's a pattern that usually gives us
a lot of comfort, you know?
As someone that's kind of known for being like,
I'm wild and carefree, but with a calendar, you know?
Wild, carefree, calendar.
"Have fun" will be in my calendar.
You know? -Yeah, "just on Wednesday.
I'm having fun on Wednesday."
-On Wednesday, I'm going to have fun.
I like to be structured as well.
And this did not give us time to find a new normal.
-No. -All of a sudden and --
You know, and I think that's where
I think it's really important
we draw attention to the mental health issues
that will be surrounding this time,
not just the physical health, but mental health
because it's a really, you know, it's a trip.
And so I think that's also what really made me
want to do this show is I wanted to highlight things like not
just hearing about the infection and, like, the illness itself,
but the kind of mental stress this is going to cause.
-Sure. -It just made me feel
comforted to connect with people,
but not having a routine and not having structure,
for someone like me, that's when I do get into
trouble is when I don't have structure.
-Yeah. -So even with myself, you know,
it just gives you a lot of time to,
I guess I can't really make too bad of decisions,
not really anything I could do in the house, but...
-How'd you -- how did you come up
with the name "Bright Minded?"
-So "Bright Minded" is actually an exercise
that Dr. Amen taught me.
And Dr. Amen was my first guest on the show,
and he's been my therapist for ten years.
And at a time when I had just come off --
Actually, I had just come off "Hannah Montana."
I was 17.
And I never had not had the structure.
Every day since I was 11, I would go to set,
be there at 8:00 in the morning, you know, leave at 5:00 P.M.
I had a 9:00 to 5:00 by the time I was 12.
And I wasn't used to -- you know,
that's when I kind of started getting into trouble
and, like, experimenting and hanging
with the wrong people because all of a sudden
I didn't have that structure anymore,
and it was dangerous for me.
And so he taught me an exercise called "Bright Minds."
Like, M in mind stands for memory.
So, it's attaching yourself to when you're feeling anxiety
or depression, attaching to a great memory.
So, you know,
when you're struggling with anxiety or depression,
there's always an excuse why you can't do this.
So he said, you know, "Find something in your house
that reminds you of a time, like, you know, find a doll
that your grandma gave you and think about that memory."
And I'm like, "Well, I'm always traveling.
I'm in these unknown hotel rooms.
I can't do that."
And he's like, "Go to your suitcase
and, you know, find something in there
that you can attach to a memory.
So find a yellow sweatshirt."
And that reminds me of bananas.
And bananas remind me of my brother
'cause when I was little we didn't like the way
my parents were running the house.
So we decided we were going to move into our tree house.
-[ Laughs ] -But we only brought bananas,
so we got really over bananas within two hours.
So we, like, robbed my grandma of all her trail mix
because she used to make really yummy trail mix
with marshmallows in it, and then we --
-Breakfast, lunch, and dinner were bananas?
-Yeah. My breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Me and my brother were like, "we are out of here.
You guys aren't running things the way that it should be.
We don't like that we're not allowed to play
frickin' Nintendo after 6:00.
You guys suck. Bye. We're moving to the doll house."
And then all we brought was bananas.
So my yellow sweatshirt in my suitcase reminds me of bananas,
reminds me of my brother, reminds me how much I love him.
My brother was on your show, my little brother.
-He was fantastic, by the way.
-Yeah, and he's beautiful.
That's because he ate so many bananas.
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