<body><div><p> On Dec. 31, 2022, Miley Cyrus and <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/dolly-parton/" rel="nofollow"> Dolly Parton </a> co-hosted the holiday special <em> Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party </em> on NBC. The event included appearances and performances by multiple celebrities including Fletcher, Paris Hilton, and Sia. During <em><a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/miley-cyrus-dolly-parton-co-host-mileys-new-years-eve-party-how-to-watch.html/" rel="nofollow"> Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party </a></em> , Parton and Cyrus performed Cyrus’ song “Wrecking Ball” together. </p><figure class="wp-block-image size-custom-image-1200"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=01mDG2_0k1WaWIV00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=01mDG2_0k1WaWIV00" width="1200" height="800" ><figcaption>(L-R) Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus | Vijat Mohindra/NBC via Getty Images </figcaption></figure><h2 id="h-dolly-parton-and-miley-cyrus-performed-wrecking-ball"> Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus performed ‘Wrecking Ball’ </h2><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> On Dec. 31, 2022, <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/miley-cyrus-the-moment-from-wrecking-ball-shell-never-live-down.html/" rel="nofollow"> “Wrecking Ball” </a> became a duet. During <em> Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party </em> , Cyrus and Parton stood on stage together to perform the song. </p><p> The two singers took turns with the song’s verses while opting to sing the chorus together. As they performed, audience members were shown singing along. </p><p> While the song is generally considered a heartbreak anthem, Cyrus and Parton performing it gave it a different feel. </p><p> Toward the end of the performance, Parton sang “Don’t you ever say I just walked away/ I will always love you.” </p><p> After a brief pause, Parton then launched into her song <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/whitney-houston-why-dolly-parton-never-performed-i-will-always-love-you-singer.html/" rel="nofollow"> “I Will Always Love You,” </a> belting out, “And I, I will always love you, ooh, I/ Will always love you.” </p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" scrolling="no" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SEdAFDl_2g4?feature=oembed" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div></figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><h2 id="h-fans-loved-the-mashup-of-wrecking-ball-and-i-will-always-love-you"> Fans loved the mashup of ‘Wrecking Ball’ and ‘I Will Always Love You’ </h2><p> After <em> Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party </em> , fans shared their opinion about the holiday special on social media. One of the highlights of the night was Parton and Cyrus’ mashup of “Wrecking Ball” and “I Will Always Love You.” </p><p> One fan wrote on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/100d6db/miley_cyrus_dolly_parton_sing_wrecking_ball_i/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Reddit </a> , “Wrecking Ball worked so well for Dolly too. Like the pre chorus really could have been something she wrote??” </p><p> “This performance had me gagged and almost had me in tears,” another fan wrote on Reddit. </p><p> A Reddit user wrote, “It is always crazy to see how well the two of them play off of each other.” </p><p> “The transition into I Will Always Love You?!? That was f***ing insane!! One of Miley’s best performances. She is the performer of our generation,” a fan wrote on Reddit. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/DollyParton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> @dollyparton </a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MileyCyrus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> @mileycyrus </a> know how to get the party started. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MileysNewYearsEveParty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> #MileysNewYearsEveParty </a><a href="https://t.co/0wRpteopvt" rel="nofollow"> pic.twitter.com/0wRpteopvt </a></p> — NBC Entertainment (@nbc) <a href="https://twitter.com/nbc/status/1609409800617754625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> January 1, 2023 </a></blockquote></figure> Related <p class="related-article__title"><a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/hannah-montana-dolly-parton-brought-doughnuts-dolly-merch-everyone-says-miley-cyrus.html/" rel="nofollow"> ‘Hannah Montana’: Dolly Parton ‘Brought Doughnuts and Dolly Merch for Everyone,’ Says Miley Cyrus </a></p><h2 id="h-miley-cyrus-has-shared-she-has-mixed-feelings-about-wrecking-ball"> Miley Cyrus has shared she has mixed feelings about ‘Wrecking Ball’ </h2><p> Cyrus originally released “Wrecking Ball” in 2013. The single marked a transformation for Cyrus in terms of her image in pop culture. Over the years, the singer has admitted she has mixed feelings about the song. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> “Lyrically, I’m less impressed with that song right now,” Cyrus told <em><a href="http://www.nme.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> NME </a></em> in 2017 according to <a href="https://www.etonline.com/miley-cyrus-says-shes-less-impressed-wrecking-ball-now-im-deeper-songwriting-place-88267" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> Entertainment Tonight </a> . “I feel like it doesn’t reflect who I am now, but that’s fine because it’s not supposed to.” </p><p> She continued, “I should be grateful every f***ing day for that song, and I am… I think people look at things that they’ve done and there is this sense of shame, or ‘I wish I wouldn’t have done that’ — not because I’m naked, by the way. It’s because I feel like I’m in a deeper songwriting place.” </p><p> In 2021, Cyrus <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball-wasnt-about-liam-hemsworth-tied-to-him.html/" rel="nofollow"> cried while performing “Wrecking Ball” </a> during her Super Bowl Pregame Show performance. During the performance, she told the audience “It never gets easier.” </p><p> Despite Cyrus’ conflicting feelings about “Wrecking Ball” over the years, performing it with Parton seemed to take some of the raw heartbreak away from the song’s meaning. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div></body>

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During 'Miley's New Year's Eve Party,' Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton performed 'Wrecking Ball' together.