Miley Cyrus stole college girls’ hearts back when we were in elementary school and she graced our TVs as Hannah Montana. Miley was a down-to-earth Disney girl and the daughter of a country music icon. However, soon after Hannah Montana ended and Miley’s fame continued to grow, Miley began to develop into something much different than a young girl in a blonde wig singing “Life’s What You Make It.”
Miley Cyrus was now becoming known as the girl twerking on stage, riding naked on a wrecking ball, or smoking a bong. Miley’s good girl image was no more. Recently, however, with the release of “Malibu," Miley seems to have made it back home to her roots. Dawning a much simpler, country look and having a much more country sound, it seems that Miley’s crazy days are now gone. Personally, I can relate to Miley Cyrus much more than any celebrity because of this, and I think many other college girls would agree.
I can relate to Miley’s wild, wrecking ball days because my first couple years of college were much similar. Although I put on a social media presence that I was still the same, sweet, shy girl I was in high school, I was someone much different. I was going through my wild phase. This phase included many long nights out, an ever-changing and more revealing wardrobe, and a lot of memories I’d love to remember to forget.
While my high school self would have found herself living a life much similar to Hannah Montana – spending my Saturday nights in my room watching movies and gossiping about boys with my best friend, my college self could be found in basements dancing with strangers. I was completing my 180 from the girl I used to be, just like Miley did when she said goodbye to her squeaky-clean Disney image.
Many of my fellow college ladies can relate to this – when we came to college and received all this freedom, it was hard to avoid the party scene and stay squeaky-clean. Some of us knew we’d change while others never imagined it happening, but either way, we’ve all gone (or are still going through) our crazy phase.
When Miley came back to the surface a few weeks ago with “Malibu”, she encompassed a comeback. This is the same kind of comeback many of us college girls go through. Once we’ve realized there’s only so much fun you can find in going to parties, we begin to take a look back at the person we’ve become.
We know that we are nothing like we used to be. We soon find ourselves saying no thank you to Thirsty Thursdays, to crop top and skinny jeans, to full faces of makeup and vodka shots. We begin to see the real reason we came to college was not to party, rather, to get an education.
And while there is nothing wrong with going through a party phase (let’s face it – we all do it), coming back to our roots is crucial. Miley’s “Malibu” comeback shows us all that no matter how far off track we get, no matter how far from our roots life throws us, we can always and will always find our way back home.
