An unlikely duo they may be, Miley Cyrus and Kanye West have become friends over the past year, the 20-year-old "We Can't Stop" singer having ditched the after-parties after her infamous VMAs performance on Aug. 25 in favor of joining the rapper in the studio for a special collaboration.
The night of the 2013 VMAs, West offered Cyrus his support and encouragement before she went on-stage, having rightly predicted that her risque performance would make her a media sensation for weeks afterward.
"You're going to do something kind of insane tonight. It's going to be memorable and awesome," Cyrus recalled to Ryan Seacrest what West told her before she went to perform "We Can't Stop" and a duet with Robin Thicke, Hollywood Life reports. "I had wanted to go out after [the show], but we had decided to go into the studio and we started working and my whole thing is no matter what I do, I just want to be around people that really believe in me. And that's why him and I started working together."
While previous reports claimed that Cyrus and West were working on a remix of his song "Black Skinhead," new sources claim that the two have created on a brand new and previously unheard song song for an upcoming Kanye West EP.
And while the combination of Miley Cyrus and Kanye West may surprise many, the two do have a lot in common, including their affinities for creating media scandals and intense dislike of the paparazzi (Cyrus often cursed and yelled at them during her Disney days), and both are keen on staying true to their artistic visions no matter how the public responds.
"The support of other artists is important because there are not many people who can relate to what I'm going through right now. Kanye West is one of those people, and even Katy Perry has been so cool," Cyrus recently told Cosmopolitan. "It's easy for Kanye to support me because we're in totally separate lanes of competition, but for Katy to say that she appreciates what I'm really doing for the pop industry, that keeps you going. And I mean, who cares what the media buzz is if Kanye West is telling you that you're the s***?"
