Miley Cyrus Says She's Super Blessed, Living Her Dream

Miley Cyrus is making that inevitable transition from girl to woman. With that territory have come a few public relations pitfalls including the now infamous Vanity Fair photos.

All in all, Cyrus’ brand continues strong and she seems to have a pretty good head on her shoulders. This week, Billboard reporter Courtney Harding caught up with the burgeoning pop princess to discuss her upcoming new album, Breakout, the new movie, the show and how she manages her demanding career.

You can definitely tell she is pushing for a more mature image, noting that the biggest difference on her new album from those previous is that it is grown up, and saying that her hypothetical memoir would be targeted at teens.

Cyrus also emphasized her passion for writing:

Not many people are aware that you’re a songwriter. Can you talk a little bit about your process?
Songwriting is what I really want to do with my life forever. No matter how long what I’m doing here lasts, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life. I love it and it’s my escape. I just hope this record showcases that—more than anything—I’m a writer.

I wrote my first song when I was probably 7—it was called “Pink.” That shows what kind of song it was about—it’s about the color pink. But you know what, darn it, I wrote it and I’ve been writing since I was my little sister’s age.

At this point, though, when I’m writing I like to not listen to music at all because I don’t want to ever be like, “Oh, this is cool,” and start to sound like anyone else. I try to just kind of focus on my music and just continue to write, just kind of block everything out. I don’t watch TV at night; I actually try to make sure my mind is focused.

Check out the full interview!

Her new album is in stores June 22nd. In the meantime here’s the video for her latest single “7 Things.”