Cyrus shared a video of herself writing "Malibu" in her home studio, describing it as "a song about a place and person that at the time I loved very much."
"That love was reciprocated beyond what I could describe here with freedom & escapism," she wrote on Instagram. "I lost that home along with many others in 2018. Here is a video of me writing it in my home studio."
"What Liam and I went through together changed us," Cyrus told Vanity Fair. "I'm not sure without losing Malibu, we would've been ready to take this step or ever even gotten married, who can say? But the timing felt right and I go with my heart."
"I was playing house, which felt really good at the time," Cyrus later told Rolling Stone while reflecting on her short-lived marriage.
"A couple of years ago, it looked like I was living some fairy tale. It really wasn't," she continued. "There's an idea that during the 'Younger Now' era, I was pure. The media likes to have my hair or what I look like be the point of reference for my sanity. 'Hair's long and blond, she's sane right now.'"
She added: "Dude, I was way more off my path at that time than any of the times before where my sanity was being questioned."
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