“I have this very large polyp on my vocal cord, which has given me a lot of the tone and the texture that has made me who I am, but it's extremely difficult to perform with”: Miley Cyrus on her distinctive voice and why it’s preventing her from touring

Miley Cyrus.

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While it’s often said that a lot of today’s pop music sounds the same, Miley Cyrus’s voice is undeniably distinctive. There’s a richness and raspiness to her tone that we’re guessing is the envy of many of her peers but, as she told Zane Lowe in an interview with Apple Music, it’s come at a price.