Miley Cyrus just released her original song from “The Last Showgirl” soundtrack called “Beautiful That Way”, and it is stunning.
Written by Miley Cyrus, Lykke Lee, and Andrew Wyatt, it is totally worthy of the Golden Globe that it just got nominated for:
Wowza.
Here’s the full lyrics:
“Just like a rose red in its glow
Watch her as she sways
Just like a rose she’ll cut you with thorns
She’s beautiful that way
Hold your cards close, know when to fold
Keep that poker face
Get back up, babe, when she knocks you down
She’s beautiful that way[Bridge]
I know it hurts
For what it’s worth
But you had to know
Summer would go
Oh[Verse 2]
Spin, baby, spin, the night always falls
At least you had your day
Now the light shines on some other girl
Who’s beautiful that way
She’s beautiful that way”
The song if off of the soundtrack to “The Last Showgirl” starring Pamela Anderson, which hits theaters this Friday, December 13th.
It’s the end of the year, so naturally, all the major publications have to put out their “Best Of” lists- some objecive, and some not so objective.
“Rolling Stone” -possibly the least objective of them all- has graced us with their list of “The 100 Best Songs of 2024”, and here’s the Top 10:
1. “Good Luck, Babe!”, Chappell Roan:
I’m actually totally down with this being #1. I love this song, and a lot of what Chappell Roan is putting out. An extremely talented and unique artist, and I’m not going to argue “Roling Stone” on this one.
2. “Not Like Us”, Kendrick Lamar:
This song was HUGE this Summer, and 21-year-old me would have been all about it. 41-year-old me could take it or leave it.
3. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”, Shaboozey:
This song was (and still is) EVERYWHERE in 2024. It’s catchy as hell. But, is it technically a good song? Nah. Just fun and one of those ear-worms that you can’t get out of your head. It’s also the biggest song of the year as far as chart performance goes, as it’s spent a whopping record-tying 19 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
My biggest complaint about this song is that it’s basically the Country version of J-Kwon’s “Tipsy” that was huge 20 years ago:
I’m also salty that this song is 20 years old.
Oooof.
4. “Espresso”, Sabrina Carpenter:
I flipping LOVE Sabrina Carpenter, and her songs are ridiculously fun and catchy, and I still crank this one up when I hear it on the radio. even though have heard it eight million times this year.
Kudos to Sabrina for killing it in 2024.
5. “Birds of a Feather”, Billie Eilish:
I’m honestly not a huge Billie Eilish fan- I think she’s incredibly talented artist, but she’s not my style.
That being said, this is my favorite of hers, and I love that she’s showing off her gorgeous vocals on this song.
Also, she is incredibly gorgeous without trying.
6. “Too Sweet”, Hozier:
Hozier had a massive hit on his hands with “Too Sweet” this year, and it was his first ever #1 hit.
Kudos to him.
7. “Nasty”, Tinashe:
It’s a NO from me, dawg.
Again, college me would have had it on repeat on my Napster-burned CD.
Today me, not so much.
8. “Pink Skies”, Zach Bryan:
I’m going to be completely honest here… I don’t get the Zach Bryan obsession.
Is a good artist and writer? Yes. Does he have a great jawline? Also, yes.
But for me, he’s just emo-Country, and I just don’t vibe with it.
He’s got a few songs I like, but again, just not my cup of bourbon.
9. “Girl, So Confusing (Remix)”, Charli XCX featuring Lorde:
Real talk: I never heard this song before.
But I don’t hate it.
10. “Right Back to It”, Waxahatchee featuring MJ Lenderman:
Ok, again, I’m clearly not cool enough to be aware of every single song on this list, but I do love that one now.
So, thank you “Rolling Stone” for alerting me to it.
She has been one of my favorite Country artists for years, and has one of the most pure Country voices as well as an incredible talent for songwriting. She’s definitely underrated as far as I’m concerned. And live? Unfreakingbelieveable.
Like, truly, flawless.
You’ll get to experience her flawlessness while she’s on the road with Cody Johnson for the next few months, and she just dropped a new single for you to enjoy called “Ain’t Enough Cowboy Songs” and it’s pretty dang flawless, too:
Dammmnnnn…
Yep, adding it to my playlist now!
No word on if Ashley is working on a new album, which is usually the case when an artist randomly releases a song. But my fingers are crossed for a follow up to “The Devil I Know” in the near future.
A couple of months ago, Shenandoah teamed up with Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean for an updated version of their classic #1 1989 hit “Sunday in the South”, and they just released the music video for the song, and it’s a solid recreation of the original- both the song and video:
Being a 90’s Country fan, I appreciated the heck out of that.
Also, I prefer Luke Bryan singing songs like this, instead of songs about beer and shaking your butt for a catfish, but that’s just me.
The video was filmed in Liepers Fork, TN, which is my home state, and reminds me of my hometown of Hnederson, TN, and I tell you, I could really go for some Bells Drive-n right know.
If ya know ya know.
Shenandoah is thankfully still going strong, and still on the road.
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