Noah Cyrus is opening up about a big part of her life that she’s struggled with – being Miley Cyrus’ younger sister.
On Saturday (May 16), she went on Instagram Live to discuss her new EP, The End Of Everything, with fans. When it came to talking one particular song, she got pretty emotional.
The song in question? The recently-dropped track “Young & Sad,” which includes the lyrics: “My sister’s like sunshine, bringing good light wherever she’ll go/ and I was born to rain clouds, blessed in her shadows.”
“I think just the message in the second verse, being born in the family I was in, everyone gave me such a hard time for having a hard time being Miley’s little sister,” Noah explained through tears. “But you know, I always felt like I was that person that no one gave a s–t about due to what people said to me online.”
“It was absolutely unbearable. And that’s why I write, ‘My sister’s like sunshine, bringing good light wherever she’ll go/and I was born to rain clouds, blessed in her shadows.’ Because, that’s why everybody always says to me, that no matter what, I was going to be in that shadow,” Noah continued.
Noah admitted that she “always believed” that thought, and had a very hard time overcoming it.
“That was something I heard my whole life, every single day, my whole life. It was either that or that I wasn’t enough in some way, whether it was the way I look or the way I am. Like I said the other day, sometimes I feel like I don’t even breathe right sometimes,” Noah explained.
“Basically, that is what the song is about, and I just wanted to open up about that once and for all, because that’s been a big part of my life, and I probably won’t talk about it anymore. I just wanted to put it out,” Noah continued.
“Everybody always says, ‘You’re giving the people power by seeing it,’ but I can’t control seeing it,” Noah tearfully added. “You guys are young, you know the internet. It’s been really tough on me, so that song is just pretty tough to get through.”
