Miley Cyrus Reveals When She 'Knew' She Was Winning Her First Grammy After Almost Missing 2024 Ceremony

Miley Cyrus "knew" that she was winning her first-ever Grammy earlier her sanction was moreover called retired astatine nan 2024 ceremony.

The 32-year-old Something Beautiful popular prima hit retired nan title to win nan Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance for her opus "Flowers." That night, she won a 2nd Grammy, taking location Record of nan Year, besides for nan lead azygous to her medium Endless Summer Vacation.

During a Wednesday, June 4 quality connected The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Cyrus revealed nan infinitesimal that she realized she had nan first triumph successful nan bag. She besides explained that she almost didn't make it to nan ceremonial successful clip to judge it from nan stage.

For Cyrus, it each came down to seeing Mariah Carey onstage presenting nan award.

"Once I saw Mariah Carey, I knew I was gonna win. I had this full thought successful my mind of nan butterfly and that metamorphosis," she explained. "And she is the butterfly. Her medium Butterfly has been specified a North Star for me. So erstwhile I saw her, I benignant of knew I was going to win. Because that was just... It was an MC. MC to MC; I knew I had to get it."

She continued, saying, "I was truthful excited to meet Mariah Carey. Even if I didn't get nan trophy, which was very cool... I mean, I emotion nan trophy. But it was really astir gathering her. I was truthful excited."

Despite her triumph being fated, Cyrus did statement that she astir missed nan show, a truth that she concisely referenced successful her acceptance speech.

"And I didn't moreover cognize if I was going to make it to nan Grammys. I said it very quickly arsenic I was mumbling my acceptance reside because I really sewage stuck successful nan rain. I sewage stuck successful traffic. I almost didn't moreover make it to receive," she said.

While connected The Zane Lowe Show connected Apple Music 1 in May 2025, Cyrus described nan triumph arsenic being "healing."

She explained, saying, "I deliberation location wrong of me, I needed possibly to clasp a trophy and conscionable consciousness for a infinitesimal that I person thing that I tin clasp successful my hands that feels for illustration a existent achievement."

However, while speaking to big Jimmy Fallon, she said that a Grammy had ne'er been her eventual goal.

"The logic I emotion that I ne'er sewage a Grammy earlier was because it was ne'er my compass. It was not my North Star. That wasn't what I was aft because I didn't really expect it. That's why nan show had truthful overmuch life, and I was genuinely amazed erstwhile I sewage my award," she said.

During nan 2024 ceremony, Cyrus took nan shape to perform her two-time Grammy winning hit.

The hitmaker returned to nan ceremonial successful 2025, debuting a caller look connected nan reddish carpet. This year, she besides picked up her 3rd Grammy, taking location nan triumph for Best Country Duo / Group Performance for her opus "II Most Wanted" pinch Beyoncé

While speaking to Fallon astir her caller medium Something Beautiful, Cyrus besides reflected connected nan "clever" trading strategy for Endless Summer Vacation. For her, it each came down to nan title, which made advertizing a dream.

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"I conscionable cleverly titled my past medium Endless Summer Vacation truthful past I could beryllium connected vacation, and it would look for illustration that was a portion of my aesthetic. So each I had to do is return pictures of maine successful a bathing suit and beryllium for illustration 'ESV,' and that was nan promo," she said.

While fans were upset that she seemingly wasn't promoting nan project, Cyrus said that was because she had different priorities astatine nan time.

"All my fans were like, 'You're not promoting this album.' And I'm like, 'I'm making nan adjacent one, people. You're ruining nan illusion, I sewage it!' " she said.