Olivia Lang ’15 | News Editor

Former Disney star Miley Cyrus’ newly debuted fourth studio album “Bangerz” possesses everything from impressive jams to terrible excuses for music.

Having debuted shortly after the end to Cyrus’ four-year relationship with actor Liam Hemsworth, the album provokes strong feelings of utter heartbreak. Kicking off the album, the first of 16 songs is “Adore You,” a touching ballad sung in second person where Cyrus lovingly portrays her adoration towards the unnamed person. The song is written in a fashion that highlights the strong points of Cyrus’ voice and the heartfelt lyrics make any listener empathetic to Miley’s broken heart.

In the fifth song on the album, “My Darlin,” Cyrus makes a clear reference to picturing herself “walking down the aisle.” If it were not for its dreadful chorus, this song would be one of the best songs on the album. Unfortunately, Miley and featured rapper Future sing, “We gone make a movie, a movie. And it’s gone be in 3D, 3D” in the chorus which kills the potential of the song.

Continuing to focus on Miley’s brokenheartedness, “Drive” boasts both saddening slow points and spurts of rage. The tone of the song is for the most part violent, so herapparent anger towards Hemsworth can be captured and expressed phenomenally.

Putting a techno turn on traditional French sounding songs, “FU” features rapper French Montana and earns the esteemed position of best song on the album. Again, Miley conveys her rage that is assumed to be directed toward her ex-fiance as one might guess given the title of the song.

Generally speaking, the songs through which Miley conveys her emotions about Hemsworth are her best on the album. “Maybe You’re Right,” with subtle piano trills and a heavy drum beat, is one of the most well-crafted songs and showcases her voice admiringly.

Miley Cyrus paired up with Britney Spears in the title song “SMS (Bangerz)” and the duo prove to be an awful combination. The word “Bangerz” is repeated endlessly throughout the song, and by the second minute it begins to haunt the listener. In summation, this song is subpar in every category that makes a quality song.

As a head nod to her southern childhood, “4×4,” has its roots in country music which is then contrasted by Nelly’s rap verse, but the two elements complement one another. The product is a lively jam that has even the most reserved of people nodding their heads to the tune.

“Love Money Party” received the position of worst song on the album. Put simply, Miley Cyrus cannot rap and the repeated verse of the song has the listener pressing “skip” before they even finish it.

Listeners witness Miley’s poor attempt at rapping in “Do My Thang.” Despite the promising beginning of this song, it takes a turn for the worse about 45 seconds from its start when Miley takes a stab at rapping.

“#GETITRIGHT” redeems these disappointing songs. Its upbeat vibe accompanied by its catchy lyrics has everyone wanting to sing along and dance.

Miley gives herself some advice in “On My Own” where she highlights the importance of independence. This track, while not horrible, offers nothing to improve the album.

Also a self-motivating song, the album comes to a weak close with “Hands in the Air” which features Ludacris. The song is painfully average, and it bores the listener with the Rihanna-esque sounding chorus that everyone has been hearing for years.

As a whole, “Bangerz” encompasses the fact that Miley is growing up and that even in Hollywood no one is immune from heartbreak. The album had spectacularly high points, but also staggeringly low points that contrast the successes.

“Bangerz” earns a B+.