Miley Cyrus Dedicates New Song “Secrets” to Dad Billy Ray in Peace Offering Gesture
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Miley Cyrus Dedicates New Song “Secrets” to Dad Billy Ray in Peace Offering Gesture
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Arden Lambert
Arden Lambert
Arden is a Senior Country Music Journalist for Country Thang Daily, specializing in classic hits and contemporary chart-toppers.
Prior to joining Country Thang Daily, Arden wrote for Billboard and People magazine, covering country music legends and emerging artists.
Arden holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Tennessee, with a minor in Music Studies.
September 20, 2025 9:29 PM CST
Miley Cyrus just dropped a song that feels less like a chart play and more like a truce in a long and messy family standoff.
Her brand-new ballad, “Secrets,” arrives not as another notch on her pop belt but as an olive branch extended to her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, after years of strained silence between them. It is an intimate move, bold in its vulnerability, and one that turns the spotlight away from Grammy wins and streaming numbers toward something far more fragile and important, reconciliation.
Miley spelled it out herself when she introduced the track to fans on Instagram. “This song was written as a peace offering for someone I had lost for a time but always loved,” she wrote. Then she clarified the message so there was no guessing when she added, “This song is for my dad.” With that, the speculation ended, and the wounds of the Cyrus family saga suddenly had a soundtrack.
The song’s lyrics drive the point home. “Hero, can I be your hero? Call off all your forces, a white flag in the war.” That is not a pop anthem written for radio, it is a daughter asking her father to step down from the battlefield and meet her in the middle. On another verse, she sings, “Love is not a prison, I’m not a guard,” staking her claim that forgiveness is freedom. It is a raw kind of honesty that cuts deeper than most pop ballads ever dare.
The gesture comes after years of distance between Miley and Billy Ray, a rift that widened when he and Tish Cyrus divorced in 2022 after nearly three decades together. Reports swirled that Miley leaned closer to her mom during the split while her relationship with her dad cooled. The absence was clear earlier this year when she accepted her first Grammy for “Flowers” without so much as mentioning him in her speech. For fans who grew up watching Hannah Montana, where Billy Ray played her on-screen dad and seemed inseparable from his daughter off-screen, the silence spoke volumes.
But now comes “Secrets” and with it, a bridge being rebuilt. Billy Ray responded in kind, sharing on Instagram, “Thank you @mileycyrus for Secrets… a song straight from your heart to mine.” He called her success a source of pride and reminded the world that, beneath the headlines, there is still a father beaming at his daughter’s music.
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The collaboration itself adds weight to the olive branch. Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood, two titans of Fleetwood Mac, joined Miley on the track and layered decades of rock legacy onto a song rooted in personal healing. The choice is striking. Miley could have gone solo and kept it stripped down, but instead she surrounded her message with the kind of magic only legends can bring, almost as if to ensure this peace offering was wrapped in something timeless.
It is not the first time Miley has spoken with unflinching honesty about her dad. In past interviews, she described him as both a guide and a warning, someone who mapped out what to do and what not to do in the music business. She has even admitted to inheriting some of his flaws alongside his fire. That complicated love, part admiration and part rebellion, has been the undercurrent of their story for years.
Now at 32, Miley is choosing something different. She told fans, “In my experience, forgiveness and freedom are one and the same.” That is not just pop star wisdom, it is grown-woman truth forged in the heat of family chaos.
“Secrets” will live on as part of her deluxe album Something Beautiful, but make no mistake, this one is not just another track in a streaming playlist. It is a chapter marker in the Cyrus family history, the moment when a daughter traded old grudges for a chance at healing.
In a world where most celebrity feuds burn out in tabloid headlines, Miley chose to turn hers into music. That alone makes “Secrets” more than just a song. It is a white flag raised high enough for the whole world to see.
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