{
  "id": 5338378,
  "title": "Miley Cyrus Drops Last Name, Prompting Dad Billy Ray to Publicly Defend the Change: ‘Family Means More than Ever Now’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/miley-cyrus-drops-last-name-prompting-dad-billy-ray-to-publicly",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T13:30:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/miley-cyrus-drops-last-name-bill-ray-defends-change-1236850399/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Miley Cyrus has dropped her last name in the lead up to her tenth studio album, “Bass Persuades,” prompting her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, to speak out on X in defense of the decision. Miley’s announcement fueled the rumor mill about alleged ongoing tensions between the pop star and her father (see The Daily Beast […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}