Miley Cyrus offered up her new song 'Prelude' as the first taste of her new album 'Something Beautiful.' Listen and watch the music video here.

Over her nearly two-decade career, Miley Cyrus has prepared her fans to expect the unexpected. And with her ninth studio album Something Beautiful - a self-described "one-of-a-kind pop opera" - Cyrus might be taking her most ambitious swing yet.

Miley Cyrus has released the first two songs from her upcoming album “Something Beautiful,” sharing a pair of music videos for “Prelude” and the title track. “Prelude” is mostly spoken-word, with support from an electronic instrumental that builds as Cyrus contemplates the duality of beauty: “Like when following an image from a train,

Miley Cyrus released "Prelude," the first track from her upcoming album, "Something Beautiful," which arrives May 30.

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about a pair of tracks from Cyrus' ninth studio album: "Prelude" & the title track.

If you expected delicate, pretty music from Miley Cyrus’s new album, Something Beautiful, think again. The only thing “pretty” about the title track and its music video is that it’s pretty explosive.