River

“River” is the second single and seventh track from Miley Cyrus’s eighth album “Endless Summer Vacation”, which was released on the 10th March 2023 through Columbia Records.

The dance-pop track sees Cyrus be upfront and confident in her physical relationship with a partner, using rain as a metaphor for sexual desire.

In her Disney+ documentary: “Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions)” that released alongside the album, Cyrus broke down her intended meaning of the track:

“It was a time in my life where I was going through just a lot in my life emotionally and personally. And I guess all my songs kind of evolve, they could start as something that was a trouble, like it just feels like it’s an April Shower, it never stops raining, and then it started raining down like love. “River,” sometimes we just need a dance floor banger […]” 

The official music video for the song was released on the 10th March 2023, and was directed by Jacob Bixenman. On the 16th March 2023, the video had a total of 11.5 million views on YouTube.

Read the lyrics to “River” here.

*All information accurate at the time of publishing.