A lot has changed for Miley Cyrus over the last year. This time last year the singer was still undergoing her transition from a beloved Disney star to an edgy and provocative pop princess. She was also engaged and living with her ex Liam Hemsworth.
Now, after two smash hits and a cheeky MTV VMA performance that still has the Internet buzzing, the 20-year-old singer is rolling with the punches and enjoying her newfound fame as the twerking Queen without Hemsworth in her life.
In a candid interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, set to air on Oct. 11, the "We Can't Stop" singer opened up about her breakup.
"So the last time you were here [in November 2012], I threw you an engagement party," host Ellen DeGeneres said in Friday's show.
An easy-going Cyrus replied, "Do you want your money back?"
"I want my money back," DeGeneres joked. "I sent you, like, [strippers]. You enjoyed it."
The "Wrecking Ball" singer laughed and replied, "I should of kept one of those dudes' numbers." In all seriousness, Cyrus said it's "not awkward" talking about her breakup "because I'm living it."
"I think people spend more time actually thinking about it than I really do. I just believe when a chapter is done you have to close it and start that new one. That's kind of where I am right now," she explained. "I felt like I have so much to be thankful for at this time that my energy hasn't really been focused on that."
The former child star of the Disney hit series "Hannah Montana" continued: "I've been kind of impressed with people and how much they've actually shown more respect. I don't really look up anything, so maybe they haven't been showing respect, but from what I have seen, I felt like people have really focused on my music right now when I've needed them and have actually been really good about that. Because that's the only thing I worried about-I didn't want it to make me to sacrifice what I've been working for, for just the attention to be on that."
She also admitted that her new album, "Bangerz," is a reflection on her relationship with Hemsworth, whom she began dating in 2009 and got engaged to in June 2012.
"I think it says that with starting with 'Adore You' and ending with 'Someone Else,'" she said. "I feel like you can really find like this arch of, like, growth."
Cyrus said she didn't realize how personal the album was "until I really listened to it now that it's done and I have like my physical copy and I put it in my car. I'm like, 'This is really like telling a story.' I think I knew more intuitively where my life was going then I actually thought I did at the time."