“I didn’t want to do this modern approach to Hannah,” the 33-year-old explained to Variety. “I wanted to keep it preserved. But also, now Hannah wears Gucci.”
Because she was a teen when she shot to megastardom playing the dual roles of normal teenager Miley Stewart and the eponymous musician from 2006 to 2011. And by the time Hannah Montana: The Movie dropped in 2009, the IRL pop star had far eclipsed country singer dad Billy Ray Cyrus‘ fame. (Though the “Achy Breaky Heart” musician also played Miley’s father onscreen.)
The most popular of the beloved Disney Channel offerings, it boasts a series of impressive stats: The soundtrack from the first season was the first to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 and the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert documentary was the highest-grossing concert film at the time of its 2008 release.
As Miley put it to Variety, “There were times where Hannah Montana felt like the Beatles or something.”
Of course she’s continued to collect her flowers since, nabbing the first of three Grammy awards in 2024 for her ubiquitous single “Flowers.”
