Miley Cyrus Returns to Country Roots With Twangy Version of ‘Party in the U.S.A.’

As rumors circulate that Miley Cyrus is going country, the singer added even more fuel to the fire in a recent segment with BBC Radio 1 with a country-fied set featuring twangy arrangements of some of her pop hits.

Clad in a vintage oversized Elvis t-shirt and teal cowboy boots, Cyrus put on a front porch country concert outside of her own Rainbow Land recording studio with the help of a backing band that would fit in perfectly on the Grand Ole Opry stage.

Her performance of “Party in the U.S.A.” actually was a Nashville party as a steel guitar rang out the song’s opening riff. An upright bass and a rhythm guitar kept the beat as Cyrus belted the chorus in three-part harmony with backup singers who looked like they were pulled right out of a country music video.

With a dad like “Achy Breaky Heart” singer Billy Ray Cyrus and a Godmother—Dolly Parton—who is the queen of country, it would seem that Cyrus was destined for a life in country music. She grew up around the influence of country greats like Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, but as she rose to fame, she ended up following the pop princess route.

Cyrus is currently gearing up for the release of new music later this month, and many of the aesthetics of her new album era look quite country inspired. From rhinestones and fringe to horseshoes and cowboy boots, it looks like Cyrus could finally be making the transition back to her southern roots.