Miley Cyrus Writes Special Birthday Song for Dad Billy Ray Cyrus

Billy Ray Cyrus celebrated his birthday with a very special gift from his daughter Miley Cyrus — an unreleased song that includes some rock royalty.

Billy Ray turned 64 on Monday, Aug. 25 and marked the occasion by sharing a snippet of the song that Miley, 32, wrote for him, titled “Secrets.” The country star said Miley had even recruited members of Fleetwood Mac to play on the track.

“For my birthday, Miley gave me the gift of music and wrote me a song called Secrets and got my favorite musicians Fleetwood Mac to play on it! I love you Mile ❤️” Billy Ray wrote on Instagram.

In a video, Billy Ray roams a large grassy field while listening to the song on his phone. The song features ‘80s-inspired guitars, and lyrics like, “Secrets, I want to keep your secrets/Like sunlight in the shadows/Like footsteps in the grass/I won’t ever break my promise/Like a songbird in the silence/Like stones against the glass.”

Band members Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood play on the song, and both are credited on the track.

Miley previously teased the song in a June interview on Monica Lewinsky’s podcast, saying tension between her and her father that they’ve since resolved inspired the track, and it’s part of a new album she’s currently working on.

“I wrote this song about my dad,” she said, “because I wanted him to tell me even though there were secrets, even though I didn’t really want to know. I wanted to be the one he felt safe enough to tell me the things that were damning and damaging to the family. I wanted him to think that as a middle child, I’m old enough that I could take some of that.”

The “Flowers” singer said that she and her family members are currently on good terms after what she described as a “dark decade” that included the divorce of her parents Billy Ray and Tish in 2022.

“Half of us weren’t speaking to each other at one point, and we cleaned all that up. That was a really important part of my year this year, was all of my family putting those lines of communication back together. A lot because of, you know, I had a lot of loyalty to my mom, the way that families do when parents get divorced,” she said.

Miley went on to explain that she ultimately resolved the situation by embracing joy.

“I just kind of bust through the pile that’s stacked, and just go, ‘I’m here. You’re here. Let’s start by having a good time together,’” she said. “And then as we start bringing some happiness and joy into each other’s life, then we’ll just be in a better place to have these conversations. ‘Cause I’d rather get it balanced first.”

Billy Ray and girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley supported Miley in June at a London premiere event for her latest album Something Beautiful.

Hurley, 60, also weighed in on Miley’s new song for her dad in the comments section of Billy Ray’s birthday post, writing, “Happy Birthday and what a beautiful video to a beautiful song by your beautiful daughter ❤️❤️❤️.”