Kevin Mazur/Getty Miley Cyrus revealed she lied to godmother Dolly Parton about having written a song that didn't exist yet Cyrus told the country queen that she would send her the song "More to Lose" before she'd even written it She later did the same with the some "Every Girl You've Ever Loved," off her upcoming albumSomething Beautiful Sometimes a little white lie can actually be used for good — just askMiley Cyrus! The "Flowers" singer revealed in a new interview that she may have fibbed to her godmotherDolly Parton, but the lie ultimately was the catalyst behind creating two new songs off her upcoming albumSomething Beautiful. Cyrus, 32, said in an episode of Apple Music 1'sThe Zane Lowe Showthat she visited Parton, 79, two Christmases ago, and played her the song "Something Beautiful," which Cyrus eventually released in March. "She goes, 'Alright, I see what you're doing. Got any hits?'" she recalled in the episode, which premiered on Wednesday, May 21. "And I'm like, 'I do actually.' She goes, 'Oh really? What's it called?'" The Grammy winner quickly shared the name of a new song called "More to Lose." The only problem? She hadn't actually written it yet. "[I] had not written it yet. But I knew the title," she said. "I was like, 'I'll send it to you.' And she goes, 'Well, you got any more?' I was like, 'Well…'" After inadvertently establishing a new deadline for herself, Cyrus quickly called up her songwriting partner Michael Pollack with an urgent request to get into the studio. "I said, 'We got to write this song.' He goes, 'Well let's do it!'" she recalled. "He had a song that he had already started with another writer who I had never met [Autumn Rowe], and I had never heard any of it, but he goes, 'It's funny, I think some of this melody will work that I've been working on.' And so I was like, 'Well I don't know, but I told her I'll send it to her, so we've got to write this ASAP.'" By early January, the song was finally written, and Cyrus was able to share it with the "Jolene" singer. After she played "More to Lose" for Parton, though, she was hit with the same question as before: "Got any more?" And so the cycle began once more. The Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music 1 "I was like, 'I do actually, and I think you're really going to like the title.' And meanwhile I'm going, 'What titles do I have in my head?' And I'm like, 'I've got a song called 'Every Girl You've Ever Loved,' and you're going to love that," Cyrus said. "She goes, 'Damn.' She's like, 'I love that title, that should be your everything. You should have a makeup line, all these things.' I'm like, 'Oh yeah, no, I am, I'm working on it.' I hadn't even written the song yet, so all because of her did those two songs ever get created." Cyrus is set to releaseSomething Beautiful— which contains both "More to Lose" and "Every Girl You've Ever Loved" — on May 30, with an accompanying film. Fans will just have to wait and see if the record gets the seal of approval from Parton, who has known Cyrus since she was a baby thanks to her friendship with dadBilly Ray Cyrus. "I really love her song 'Flowers.' That was a big, big song this past year," Partontold PEOPLE in 2024. "She's my little sweetheart. You know? My little goddaughter, so I feel very close to her." Read the original article onPeople
