Ambition vs. Restraint: A Deep Dive into Miley Cyrus and Addison Rae

Evolution of a Snake: The Taylor Swift Podcast

The Snakes & Studio71

Society & Culture, Music, Music Commentary

4.8 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Miley’s a legacy act in flux. Addison’s a newcomer who might actually get it. In this episode, we break down two very different pop albums from two very different artists: Miley Cyrus’s "Something Beautiful" and Addison Rae’s debut "Addison." We dig into the critical response, the commercial fallout, the production choices, and the cultural weight (or lack thereof) of both records. Is Miley trying too hard to be taken seriously? Is Addison… kind of a genius? For bonus episodes, video content, and unfiltered takes, head to patreon.com/swiftologist. Use our code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/SNAKE10Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount https://bit.ly/evolutionofasnake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	With over 28 million downloads and 70,000 events listed on Seatgeek, it is the number one rated
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0:22.4	Seat Geek is my personal favorite app to use when I'm looking for tickets, and they make it
0:26.2	so easy to find reliable tickets at the best price.
0:28.9	There are so many amazing artists touring this summer and so many opportunities to see
0:34.0	incredible shows.
0:35.4	So use our code Snake 10 for 10% off your next set of tickets at
0:39.7	Seekkeek. That's 10% off tickets with promo code Snake 10 and make sure you click the link in the
0:44.6	description to download the app and have the code automatically added to your account so that you can
0:48.7	use it later. Thank you, Seekkeek for helping us get to see our favorite artists live. Welcome back to Evolution of a Snake. I'm
0:54.8	Zach. And I'm Madeline. And today we're doing something that we, I don't think have ever done on a
0:58.8	public episode before, but we do this plenty behind the paywall, Patreon.com, softsterectologist.
1:04.0	We are talking about two artists that are not Taylor Swift. We're talking about Addison Ray and
1:08.9	Miley Cyrus, who both put out albums while we were on tour.
1:12.0	And we thought that now would be a great time to Kiki with each other and catch up.
1:15.9	So if you like listening to us talk about other artists, let us know we're happy to do more of it.
1:20.3	And we do a lot of it behind the paywall already.
1:22.9	Like you can go find reactions that you can't see anywhere else. And regular weekly bonus episodes, Kiki lounges, phone a snake, where we discuss everything.
1:31.6	You wouldn't believe the things that get discussed on the page room.
1:33.8	We're talking about anything behind the paywall girls.
1:36.1	You name it, we're saying it.
1:37.9	Well, we're talking about it.
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