-On Twitter, we asked your fans to send questions they had,
and in light of everything going on,
all these questions are from fans who are working
on the front lines and at essential businesses.
-Awesome. Awesome work... I love you.
-This first one from @sharna-95x.
They work for the NHS in the United Kingdom,
and they want to know, "What is your songwriting process?
Do you write the lyrics first then put it to a track
or vice versa?"
-Usually, I kind of just write, like, a diary entry.
That's kind of how it starts.
It's really more just about writing what I'm feeling,
and I don't really focus too much on, like, the structure
of what it's gonna be or melody.
I mean, sometimes, I'll have a melody in my head
that I'll just say, "Oh, it feels so good to sing these notes,
so I'm going to write something good,"
but usually it kind of starts with a diary entry.
-Wow. And which one -- Is it all your songs or, like...?
-Yeah, usually. -I don't know why.
I'm thinking of "Malibu" right now. I don't know why.
-I'm thinking about -- Like, actually,
when I wrote a song called "Malibu," when I wrote that,
I was in a back of a car going to "The Voice."
I was in, like, an Uber-type situation,
and I looked out at the beach,
and literally the thought that came into my head was,
"I never went to the beach or stood by the ocean."
Like, as a kid, I just was so used to
waking up and scooping horse [bleep]. Excuse me. Horse poop.
That I didn't ever really think about how great the ocean is,
'cause I was on this farm.
So I -- Really, that was just a thought,
and the it goes, "I never stood by the beach
or walked by the ocean. I never sat by the shore
under the sun with my feet in the sand,
but I'm glad you brought me here."
You know, it was just a stream of ideas.
It doesn't really rhyme, you see?
That's kind of the thing.
-Side note -- "Scooping Horse Poop"
is one of my other favorite one of your songs.
-Oh, thank you so much. -No problem.
This next one is from @inarainbowland,
and they're working at a walmart in Kentucky.
They want to know, "What keeps Miley positive
and bright-minded in times like this?"
-Connecting with other people.
You know, I think, like, a lot of the time, in my position --
Actually, in my position, a lot of the time,
I kind of feel disconnected because not a lot of people
kind of can relate to parts of my life,
but instead of writing all the ways that people can't relate to me,
I've started writing notes of the ways that people can,
the ways that I'm still just human like everybody else.
And I think, looking at my, you know --
Looking at what we have versus what we don't have.
And I think sometimes, I can go, "Oh, no one can relate to me."
That is absolutely not true.
I can relate to all human beings on this planet.
So I just think about relatability and connection
and other people and how we're all just the same,
just experiencing it through a different perspective.
All of us are living the same life
just from a different perspective.
-Yeah. Everyone's got a story. I learned that years ago.
I wished I learned it even further back, but I'm like,
"Every single human has a story."
-Yeah. -And so it's like --
You don't know what their day has been
or what their life is like or where they came from,
so treat everyone equally
because everyone's got some type of thing that went down.
And just respect for other humans, I guess.
-Yeah.
-This last one here is from...
They work as a nurse in Canada, and they want to know,
"What is Miley's favorite old song?
And do those songs still mean as much now
as they did when she was younger?"
-Um, well, I'm guessing they mean a song of my own,
so one of my old songs that I've written.
And I actually -- I was heading to Australia
when the kind of seriousness of COVID-19 --
they started kind of, you know,
shutting off international travel
and telling us it wasn't safe to fly,
but I was on my way to Australia
and I was about to do a show for bushfire relief,
and I don't have new music out,
so I really, like, dug into the archives.
I went back into the old stuff, and I started thinking, like,
"Seven Things" and "See You Again"
and "Who Owns My Heart" and "Can't Be Tamed."
And then I realized that, like, I think the idea
that I've changed, it's really far off.
I actually haven't changed at all.
I was totally warning people.
You know, my first song, "I Can't Be Tamed," is like,
"I want to fly, I want to drive, I want to go." You know?
And I think that I still really relate to songs like that.
It said, "I want to be a part of something that I don't know,
and if you try to hold me back, I'm bound to explode.
By now, you should know that I can't be tamed."
You know, and, like -- So I was already telling y'all
that I was -- you know, something was about to happen
and that I wasn't Hannah Montana, but --
So I still relate to those songs a lot,
so I really love that record that I made, "I Can't Be Tamed."
That's one of my favorite songs.
-How's it going for recording now
or new music or anything going forward?
-You know, um, it's definitely an interesting time because --
I've talked to other artists about this.
Like, my music is about, like,
dancing with each other and getting sweaty
and going out to the club and sharing drinks and cheersing
and sharing a J or whatever it is,
and when you can't do that anymore --
It feels like my music is a type of music
that you want to really connect with people,
so holding in until everyone
can safely go and party together again.
-Smart. I want to talk about happyhippies.org.
-Yeah. -This is your foundation.
What are we focusing on?
-I got a Happy Hippie tattoo. -Do you really?
-Yeah, there it is. Happy Hippie.
-Come on. -I got a tattoo of everything.
-Even your logo, by the way. You have a great set.
I don't even have a set.
-I know. I can't wait to make yours.
I've got that screenshot of your mouth, and it's gonna
be a little different 'cause it will be bearded.
-[ Laughs ] -But I will enjoy your tongue.
This is how you know someone's got
a lot of time on their hands.
-[ Laughs ]
-When they have to turn pom-poms into pillows.
-[ Laughs ] Good idea.
Happy Hippies. Can we talk?
-Yep. Happy Hippie, you know, right now,
it's really focusing on mental-health awareness,
making sure that we're highlighting other organizations
that are doing great work for mental health at this time
'cause this is a time that causes a lot of anxiety
for people.
You know, focusing on unemployment
and trying to protect the vulnerable.
And that's what Happy Hippie's always done.
It's putting also power into young people's hands
and having them, you know, make the changes
that they want to see -- themselves personally.
You can't wait for someone to do it for you.
You've got to do it yourself.
So really mobilizing and encouraging young people
to fight injustice for themselves,
and so right now that means,
you know, focusing on this pandemic,
but we kind of -- You know, we adjust, we're flexible.
That's what Happy Hippie's about, so we really focus
on LGBTQ youth, homelessness in Los Angeles,
but at this time, we're talking about women
also being put in really vulnerable positions.
When you're asked to isolate yourself
or you're asked to quarantine yourself
in a home with violence or abuse,
it's really important to protect women at this time
because women are gonna experience hardship
at this time in a very different way.
Also, if women's businesses get shut down,
it's a lot harder for them to get loans from the bank
to rebuild their brand afterwards.
So women will just experience this pandemic
in a different way, so focusing on that
and also focusing on LGBTQ folks
and how that this pandemic will compromise them in some ways.
So just fighting injustice.
-Go to happyhippies.org and donate whatever you can.
Miley, thank you for giving, giving, giving, giving.
-Thank you. -You are the best, buddy.
-You are. Thank you so much.