Source: Luke Bryan & Miley Cyrus Duet Coming – UPDATED
Photo: Miley Cyrus / RCA – Luke Bryan / Capitol Nashville
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(6-18-2014 2:25 PM CDT): According to Luke Bryan, there is no Miley Cyrus duet coming. On Wednesday, Luke posted via Twitter, “Why is everyone asking if I’m doing a duet with miley. Not true.” As reported below, NASH’s America’s Morning Show co-host Chuck Wicks had reported Luke Bryan and Miley Cyrus were had a duet in the pipeline, and the rumor was later “confirmed” by radio personality Blair Garner (read confirmation tweet). Read more below.
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Pop country cash cow Luke Bryan and pop star progeny Miley Cyrus could have a collaboration in the works according to various sources, including country music artist and co-host of NASH’s America’s Morning Show Chuck Wicks. On Monday morning’s program, Wicks conveyed to listeners that Luke Bryan and Miley Cyrus have a duet coming, though he gave no specifics on how the collaboration may take shape. Then another host of the show, radio personality Blair Garner confirmed the information through another source. America’s Morning Show is Cumulus Media’s syndicated NASH flagship based out of New York City.
Neither the Luke Bryan or Miley Cyrus camps have announced or confirmed anything.
Luke Bryan is arguably the biggest crossover star in country music right now, and a Miley Cyrus is not that far down in stature in the pop world. Still, a collaboration seems like somewhat of a stretch for both artists. Miley has said numerous times that despite the country music lineage from her father Billy Ray Cyrus, she would rather avoid the country music world. She told Parade Magazine in 2010 of why she never dabbled in country, “It scares me, that’s why. It feels contrived on so many levels. Unless you’re wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots and singing and whining about your girlfriend or boyfriend leaving you it’s not going to sell. I think that’s why my dad finally got out of it. You have to wear those cowboy boots and be sweet as pie. It makes me nervous, the politics of it all.”
Still, according to Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley was born and bred around Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, and she does a pretty blistering version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” (Dolly is also Miley’s godmother). Of course it’s not likely this collaboration would be traditional country, and there’s also no promises it would be country at all. Certainly Luke Bryan and country music have moved so far towards pop where there may not be anything country about the duet at all.
Another interesting tidbit: At the ACM awards in April co-hosted by Luke Bryan, he made a playful dig at Miley in the opening monologue. “Jake [Owen] lost a finger in a go-cart accident,” Luke said. “You know where they found it? On Miley Cyrus’ tour bus. It was takin’ a selfie and smokin’ a doobie.”
For what it’s worth, here’s Luke Bryan covering Miley a few years ago.
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June 16, 2014 @ 7:11 pm
Ugh.
Gods of Country Music, why have you forsaken us?
June 16, 2014 @ 7:12 pm
Be honest. The source was Satan, right?
June 16, 2014 @ 7:15 pm
Hard to think even he’d be this cruel.
June 16, 2014 @ 7:14 pm
I also find Miley’s comments that are quoted hilariously hypocritical. Does she honestly think that what she does is above this, and that she isn’t equally disingenuous? C’mon now.
Perhaps she should also not speak for Dear Old Dad Billy. Her careless comments could be a bit embarrassing should he want to make a “comeback” at some point.
He would also do well to not bite the hand that fed his mullet-wearing, one-hit wonder ass.
Just sayin’.
June 16, 2014 @ 8:35 pm
it says 2010 though… she was only like 12 in 2010…
June 16, 2014 @ 7:36 pm
If country radio plays that if they do it any country artist with any integrity needs to immediately denounce country radio.
June 16, 2014 @ 7:36 pm
“Source: Luke Bryan & Miley Cyrus Duet Coming”
And so is the apocalypse.
June 16, 2014 @ 7:59 pm
You forgot the fake news tag…please tell me you forgot the fake news tag!
June 16, 2014 @ 9:20 pm
Just in case its not fake I will stopping eating solid food now. that way i will only suffer dry heaves versus actually blowing chunks
June 16, 2014 @ 8:46 pm
If this is true it will be Luke’s first duet and I was really hoping it would be with a country artist. He could have picked any great female country artist to cut a duet with and like Jason Aldean (Kelly Clarkson) he picked a pop star instead. So instead of supporting country music and women he’s going for the $$$ from Miley’s huge pop fan base. The twerking in the video will be spectacular though!
June 17, 2014 @ 9:41 am
This is worse than Kelly Clarkson. This makes Clarkson look like Alison Krauss.
June 16, 2014 @ 8:59 pm
Heaven forbid this is true, but if this is the case…………my bet is a pop remix of “Play It Again” is being serviced featuring Miley Cyrus.
“Play It Again” is tailor-made for massive airplay consumption. It’s absolutely transparent from the fact AM, FM and XM radio are specifically shouted out in the second verse. It was a committee-written ultimate radio song that, unsurprisingly, has become Bryan’s biggest hit to date…………and I suspect will also be his breakout crossover hit.
June 16, 2014 @ 9:00 pm
………….and you can bet if this happens, she’ll inevitably cite her twerking as one of the lyrics! -__-
June 16, 2014 @ 9:06 pm
It’s like he’s trying to make each new project worst than the last.
June 16, 2014 @ 9:23 pm
Well, conceiving the absolute worst case scenario is simple! 😉
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1) Pair Chase Rice with brokenCYDE, the Insane Clown Posse and 2 Chainz.
2) Include a sample of a Johnny Cash or George Jones song in it and credit either one as a featured artist too.
3) Include a blatant pun on country in the form of a certain four-letter word starting with the letter C! =X
4) It is produced by will.i.am.
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June 16, 2014 @ 9:45 pm
Stop giving music row any ideas
June 17, 2014 @ 6:34 am
I seen a clip of ICP from their show trashing today’s country music,so that duet would never happen.THEY even have standards!
June 16, 2014 @ 11:40 pm
a pop star like luke bryan singing with a country singer like miley could get him some backwoods credibility
June 17, 2014 @ 3:56 am
I am not even surprised at this anymore. At this point, I am beyond the hope that it will get better. I just stay in my zone and listen to real country music. I know that I am never going to get any Luke Bryan fan to take the red pill, so I worry about myself. It is a good way to keep my sanity.
June 17, 2014 @ 6:10 am
I have the feeling this is going to be more of a Miley Cyrus f/Luke Bryan than the other way around.
Mainly because I feel more pop fans will buy Luke Bryan albums than country fans would buy Miley Cyrus albums. It’s all about getting exposed to where the money is, and I’m sure there’s plenty of screaming teen girls who would love LB but have never given him a chance because he’s “country”.
I’d like to say no matter what, this song would not be something played on Country Radio, but I used to think that about a lot of songs that congeal over the airwaves.
June 17, 2014 @ 9:43 am
My Country station still plays Miley for some reason. Won’t play Kacey Musgraves but will play Miley.
June 17, 2014 @ 7:05 am
We have a respected drug store chain in Canada that sells groceries ,computers and lawn chairs.
We have several grocery chains here that dispense prescription drugs .
Luke and Miley duet ting is just another example of cross-marketing . In fact Luke and Miley duet-ting makes perfect sense to me. The drug store selling computers….not so much .
June 17, 2014 @ 7:06 am
BTW Trigger . Can I use the phrase ‘POP-COUNTRY CASH COW’ for my new band ?
June 17, 2014 @ 10:57 am
It’s all yours, with my papal blessing. 😉
June 17, 2014 @ 9:31 am
Saw your headline and thought, “Well of course they are.” It was either him or the dopes in Florida Georgia Line.
June 17, 2014 @ 12:18 pm
Luke please don’t
June 17, 2014 @ 4:08 pm
I don’t know why all the consternation over this. Their fan bases are practically identical.
Makes perfect sense to me.
June 17, 2014 @ 5:14 pm
I’m cool with this as long as there’s the stipulation that both are neutered.
June 18, 2014 @ 5:39 am
It’s funny you say that, because I’ve always thought that Miley looks like Justin Beiber in drag. And Justin looks like the the lesbian version of Miley.
June 17, 2014 @ 9:17 pm
The Dixie Chicks were thrown away for this trash?
Kacey Musgraves can’t even get airtime, but this trash does?
June 17, 2014 @ 11:55 pm
They are just doing their damndest to kill country music aren’t they? I don’t even really have the words for this…
June 18, 2014 @ 6:34 am
Wow, I saw a steel guitar in that video? I thought those were extinct on music row!!?
June 18, 2014 @ 7:12 am
I’m sure you all will be so upset in reality, but this isn’t actually going to happen.
June 18, 2014 @ 10:07 am
I’m going to go kill myself now
June 18, 2014 @ 10:10 am
Country music just isn’t the same anymore. I think this connects to Obama as our president. Our country is going down hill with all this stupidity.
June 20, 2014 @ 12:59 am
its official ive lost all faith in music and humanity. I give up