Miley Cyrus is on fire in 2025! Smiley just can’t stop slaying us with her killer performances, and her smoldering cut of “More to Lose” on May 23 on Jimmy Kimmel Live was no exception. Watching Cyrus nowadays is watching a performer who’s gone full circle – from teen idol, to shock rocker and now to a powerful and mature artist who just keeps getting better year on year. “More to Lose” shows this off through an intense slow burn that has everything we love from Smiley.
The nostalgic heartbreak anthem is the perfect platform to show off Cyrus’s smoky and touching vocals. She’s really letting her heart bleed with this performance, which makes it a real tear-jerker. The laid-back rock groove over strings and ambient synths brings to mind the likes of The 1975’s “About You,” with an added retro cinematic touch, which just goes to show Cyrus can nail any style she puts her mind to. The Music Man is always down for a Cyrus sing-along, and she delivers the good stuff here yet again!
Cyrus appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform “More to Lose” exactly two weeks after she dropped it as a single on May 9, 2025. Fans were picking up what she was putting down and added comments such as “This is CLASSY. She’s never looked more confident, like you can tell that’s a legend on the stage! This is the best she’s ever sounded too” and “Live performance sounds so much better than the studio version. This is Miley!”
Smiley always brings the fire when she drops in for television appearances. One of The Music Man’s favorite Cyrus performances is when she delivered “The Climb” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The song dates back to 2009, when she contributed the track to Hannah Montana: The Movie. However, the 13 million view performance from The Tonight Show dates to 2017. Cyrus rearranged the song into a touching country ballad and brought a more mature and classy vibe with her late career take on it.
Cyrus released “More to Lose” as a single from her ninth studio album Something Beautiful. The Tennessee hitmaker co-wrote the song with Michael Pollack and Autumn Rowe, and she also contributed to the production team. “More to Lose” mourns the end of a love affair, and Cosmopolitan linked the lyrics to her 2020 divorce from Liam Hemsworth. However, Cyrus is yet to confirm exactly what inspired the heartbreak anthem’s lyrics.