day 253

miley goes mainstream

with only one season of hannah montana left to film, miley cyrus and her team are looking for ways to make her fame last more than 15 minutes. the tween queen is almost done filming the nicholas sparks vehicle the last song and already has a contract to appear in a twilight-style franchise for disney based on the new teen series wings, about a girl who learns she's really a fairy. and, now, miley is taking another shot at the whole music thing. the hannah montana season 3 soundtrack recently appeared on store shelves and a third solo disc from the multi-hyphenate cyrus is expected later this year. the rumored first single off the new cd, "party in the usa" as leaked online earlier today (and you can listen to it above). the song is very different from anything cyrus has released previously, and sounds a lot more grown up. it's the first mainstream radio-friendly track from cyrus that might catch on with the teen and up crowd at the same time as the tweens. the song talks about making it in la, which...i guess, can appeal to half of the people in california...but, overall, its a stick-in-your head kind of tune. i don't know if it will be a huge success, but it might be the biggest single for cyrus beyond "the climb." and, if it bombs, then she can stick to "the climb" type stuff. country music is always a fall back.