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[♪ upbeat pop music playing, Hannah Montana "Rock Star"]
♪ Yeah ♪
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But there is Hannah Montana mania...
[reporter 1] Arrived here this morning...
-[reporter 2] Teenager... -[reporter 3] Hannah Montana.
[reporter 4] Role model to millions of...
Hannah Montana phenomenon. It's taking over the world.
-[reporter 6] At just 14... -[reporter 7] Overnight star...
-[reporter 8] Billboard pop chart... -[reporters overlapping]
♪ I'm unusual, not so typical ♪
♪ Way too smart to be waiting around ♪
[narrator] She's an ordinary schoolgirl by day.
[narrator 2] And if you put on a blonde wig,
you suddenly become...
Hannah Montana! Whoo!
[Dolly] She was so perfect in that spot.
Four words Treasury Secretary Hannah Montana.
Gotta go! [beeps]
♪ I'm telling you that we are meant to be ♪
♪ That wouldn't it be nice if you could see ♪
♪ That I really am a rockstar ♪
♪ Yeah-yeah! Whoo! ♪
[sighs] Good to be home.
[♪ energetic pop music playing, Hannah Montana "The Best of Both Worlds"]
[crowd chanting] Hannah! Hannah! Hannah!
Hannah! Hannah! Hannah!
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ You get the limo out front ♪
♪ Oh-whoa ♪
♪ Hottest styles Every shoe, every color ♪
♪ Yeah, when you're famous it can be kind of fun ♪
♪ It's really you but no one ever discovers ♪
♪ In some ways, you're just like all your friends ♪
♪ But on stage, you're a star ♪
♪ You get the best of both worlds ♪
♪ Chill it out, take it slow ♪
♪ Then you rock out the show ♪
♪ You get the best of both worlds ♪
♪ Mix it all together ♪
♪ And you know that it's the best of both worlds ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ The best of both worlds, yeah ♪
♪ You go to movie premiers ♪
♪ Is that Orlando Bloom? ♪
♪ Hear your songs on the radio ♪
♪ Oh-whoa ♪
♪ Living two lives is a little weird ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ But school's cool because nobody knows ♪
♪ Yeah, you get to be a small town girl ♪
♪ But big time when you play your guitar ♪
♪ You get the best of both worlds ♪
♪ Chill it out, take it slow ♪
♪ Then you rock out the show ♪
♪ You get the best of both worlds ♪
♪ Mix it all together ♪
♪ And you know that it's the best of both ♪
♪ You get the best of both worlds ♪
♪ Pictures and autographs ♪
♪ You get your face in all the magazines ♪
♪ The best part is that you get to be ♪
♪ Whoever you want to be ♪
♪ Best, best, yeah The best of both ♪
♪ Best, best You got the best of both ♪
♪ Best, best, come on The best of both ♪
♪ Who would have thought that a girl like me ♪
♪ Would double as a superstar? ♪
♪ Whoo! You get the best of both worlds ♪
♪ Chill it out, take it slow ♪
♪ Then you rock out the show ♪
♪ You get the best of both worlds ♪
♪ Mix it all together ♪
♪ And you know that it's the best ♪
♪ You get the best of both worlds ♪
♪ Without the shades and the hair ♪
♪ You can go anywhere ♪
♪ You get the best of both girls ♪
♪ Mix it all together, oh yeah ♪
♪ It's so much better ♪
♪ Because you know you got the best of both worlds ♪
[crowd cheering]
Happy 20th anniversary.
[crowd cheering]
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
[♪ sentimental country music playing]
Already getting emotional.
That's me. All right.
I mean, come on, how could it have been 20 years?
[exhales] Let's do this.
Wow. Look at this.
It's exactly how it was when I left it.
Home sweet home, even the legs table.
I think I had these leggings.
Hannah definitely had these leggings.
Oh. [chuckles]
I guess these are what sweet niblets are.
I never asked what a sweet niblet was.
Don't even try it.
That's a season one joke.
This is so surreal.
It is incredible to be here.
But I think I need to bring out
the one person who might remember
more about Hannah Montana than me.
Alex!
Oh, my God, I've always wanted to do that.
-Look at this. -[Alex] You don't even know.
This is insane. As a fan being here,
this is really a trip, seeing you in this room.
And it's exactly how I remember it.
Like, it feels like home again.
I feel like I'm going to pass out right now,
so I can only imagine people watching this,
seeing you with your blonde hair as Hannah Montana, the scarf.
-Oh, it's all about the scarf. -It is so major.
A capri.
There's just a lot we got to talk about.
-I'm excited. -Are you ready?
-Yeah. I'm ready. -Let's go.
Wow.
-Girl. -Ooh.
Modern.
We're a long way away from all that lizard iguana-core.
Did you ever notice how many lizards
there are in the Stewart kitchen?
It is so many.
But if you knew my dad,
you would know if he got his way in decorating a living room,
it would have that many lizards.
Miley, this is incredible.
It has been two decades since Hannah Montana premiered
and became a cultural phenomenon.
This show defined an entire generation,
and it is so special to be here with you
celebrating the 20th anniversary.
Why did you decide this was the right way
to return to Hannah?
What I loved most about the TV show and being Hannah
was that every everybody could watch this.
Everybody could have me in their living room.
And, you know, if I do a show or a concert,
it's exclusive to those who can make it.
And this, to me, was the way
that I could really invite everybody
into this celebration.
But it's really for the fans that grew up with me,
our kind of moment of just looking at each other
of how much growth,
how much evolution, and how much they've really supported
and followed me, you know,
from going from Hannah to Miley.
It wasn't always easy.
It was, you know,
a bit of a turbulent transition at times.
And this just feels like a moment of not only reflection
of the show itself,
but more just the longevity and the loyalty
between me and everyone that I've grown up with.
How did you even come up with the idea for a special?
Okay, well, I learned a lot from Dolly.
And one thing she taught me,
which I love, is promote something
before it's happening, because then they can't say no.
So I just started saying
there was a Hannahversary special.
There was none.
Any Hannah Montana anniversary plans coming along?
Absolutely. We're working hard on them.
What are you gonna do? Just tease us?
-I can't tell you. -Just tell me one little tease.
You see the bangs.
Are you going to do something for the fans?
There's like a big birthday party I'm imagining.
So I am on it.
And then my team kept calling me, being like,
"What is this Hannahversary?"
Well, it doesn't exist, but I want it to.
And I feel like if I can get the fans behind me,
as they always are, and show how much this is wanted.
And so I just started talking about a Hannahversary
before Hannahversary even existed.
I love that so much. Okay, let's go back
to the very beginning of how you even got here, right?
What do you think, from that initial audition,
made you stand out to Disney?
Well, the charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent, okay?
[crew member] B mark.
[giggles] I'm Miley Cyrus and I'm auditioning
for the role of Hannah Montana.
Yes, it's your red sweater, but you gotta admit,
it looks way better on me than you, and--
[woman] That's in two months.
And if you think my sweater looks way better on you,
why did you give it to me for Christmas?
Because you're always borrowing my clothes
and I feel bad because I never borrow yours
because you have nothing I like.
So I got this for you so you have something I like
and I can borrow it and it'll make you feel better.
What made me stand out I think in my audition
was both my weakness and my strength.
I had no previous experience in acting.
I literally was just coming from Nashville, Tennessee.
I was a little cheerleader.
I was just like honestly trying to get back home
so nobody like stole my spot on the cheer team.
And so I think I stood out
because everything that I was doing was so authentic.
It was so just who I am.
No one ever taught me how to be that way.
I had no reason to come out to LA and be confident,
like, I can do this.
Literally no ground to stand on.
But I was just like, I sing, I dance, I'll wear a blonde wig.
And I...
I didn't want it that bad.
Like I really kind of want them--
There was a boy I had a crush on in the sixth grade,
so I was just trying to get back to him, make him my boo.
I was not like, if I go home, Mom,
this is gonna break my heart.
I was like, I'd love to get it, but if I don't,
at least I still get to date Jeff.
Um, so...
Wherever Jeff is in the world right now--
I know where he is because I look
at his Facebook every now and then.
He knows the Jeff I'm talking about.
There's two Jeffs in my school.
I got both of them.
-[Miley] Tish. -[Tish chuckles]
-Don't mind me. -[Miley] Mom.
Just a little play date over here.
-Oh. -Okay.
-Look how good. -This I live for still.
I die. I just have been in here reminiscing.
Okay.
-Girl. -No, I know.
This was before Hannah.
I love my little cheerleader and the cowboy.
I mean, Mile, look how little.
-That is so cute. -I mean, this was our life.
[Miley] That is everything.
It means so much, like, thinking back now,
because we loved cheering so much.
-Uh-huh. -And you really, like,
I mean, you had to make a big decision.
Like, cheerleading was your life.
I loved it.
And then you had to decide whether you had
to keep auditioning or stay behind.
And you said, I'm going for it.
-Look how good. -I mean, how good is it?
Little Miley.
-You spilled something. -You.
-No, you. Okay. -I was thinking you.
-[Tish] I feel like this... -[Miley] I feel like...
-What? -Oh, Miley!
Good ol' Gary.
I mean, I called him personally.
And I'm going to let him tell the story.
[Gary] It's a great story.
We had this little Hannah Montana script,
right, about an everyday girl who wants to be,
has a secret identity as a pop superstar.
And I had this nutty ambition
that we could turn a fictional pop star
into a real-life superstar.
And I thought, that's a pretty high bar.
And that's why we cast for 11 months.
We were down to the last two people.
And you were this 12-year-old pistol,
and raw and real and fresh out of Tennessee.
And you both left.
There was ten people in the room.
And we took a vote.
Was it a landslide?
That's what I want to know.
I feel like it was like one and one.
It wasn't a landslide.
I didn't think it would be, which I like that better.
It was not a landslide.
And people put forth their arguments.
-Their real opinions. -And I had made a decision,
and I wrote an email to the team.
I'm going to read you the email that I wrote.
And it said, "We pride ourselves not just on creating
great television, but on creating stars.
I am ready to pull the trigger on Miley.
Is she a risk?
Unquestionably."
-True. More than you knew. -"Is she a potential star?
Absolutely.
And whatever comes of this decision,
I'm thrilled that all of us will be able to sit down
over a drink in a few years and remember this moment
when we decided to forsake the safe route
for the riskier one and the greater reward."
That's what you did. You brought that out of them.
That's what you brought to the table.
That's why this was successful.
-Thank you, Gary. -Miley.
-Thank you. Thank you so much. -Thank you.
-You've changed a lot of lives. -You have.
-Mine. -More than just yours.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
[♪ Hannah Montana theme playing]
[Alex] So you crushed the audition.
Your whole family moved from Tennessee.
You guys get to Los Angeles
for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Was there any culture shock at all?
Girl, I got here in a miniskirt
and flip-flops and never looked back.
Like, not even once.
I mean, my mom can tell you.
There was never one minute where I got to LA
and was, like, homesick.
Who was the first person you met from the cast?
I think the first person I ever met
was Lilly and Oliver, Mitchel and Emily.
And they were experienced actors.
So I was just figuring out how I was going
to kind of like fit into a cast
that they knew exactly what they were doing.
My friends, aren't they something?
I thought Mitchell Musso was really cute.
So I was like, okay.
Bye, Jeff. It's all about Mitchel now.
So that, I was like, great.
Crush. I'm good. Now I'm set up.
And then with Emily, I had what felt like a teammate,
because I didn't know exactly what I was doing.
So it was just like, come here.
And I knew that we were going to have each other's backs
when it came to our timing, to our scenes, to rehearsing.
Did you guys do anything in those early days to bond?
Like, did you go to Disneyland?
We went to Panda Express.
-[Alex] Oh. [chuckles] -[chuckles]
That was my favorite.
I did something really gnarly.
My favorite thing to get at Panda Express
was the white rice and pour Diet Coke on top.
-What? -[Miley] Instead of soy sauce,
I used Diet Coke. It's a whole thing.
But I was like, Emily!
No wonder she was like,
"Uh, who is this bumpkin that they cast?"
Miley?
No, I am from the South,
in a way that it's really hard to describe.
But I just described it perfectly.
Hello, New York!
[cow mooing]
Looks like your limo's here.
Yeah.
Can we please talk about your wig in episode one?
What was going on there?
Okay, girl, we had a pilot budget.
We were like, we didn't know
if we were ever gonna make it to air,
so they could only invest in Hannah Montana so much.
When you looked in the mirror for the first time
and put that wig on, what did you feel?
I was Hannah Montana immediately, and...
I... It just felt normal.
It felt natural.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
[Lilly] Hey, it's me, landing in 20 seconds.
Great!
Lilly alert in 18 seconds.
She's your best friend, Miley.
Sooner or later, you're gonna have to tell her
-you're Hannah Montana. -I pick later.
I asked the fans
what some of their favorite moments
from the show were.
So many people wrote in and said
that the Jake and Jesse love triangle with you
was truly some of their favorite storylines.
And so today, I wanted to play you a little scene.
-Okay. -[Alex] Are you ready?
-Yeah. -Okay, let's roll it.
Oh, mud crunkies.
Hi, I can't get to the phone right now,
but I really, really, really want to hear
what you have to say, so please leave me a message.
Um, and I don't care what length,
because I really, really, really want to hear
what you have to say. All right, beep!
Hey, it's me.
-I just wanted to say that-- -I feel kind of bad
-about putting you... -On such a spot like that.
-The bottom line is... -No matter what you decide...
[both] I just want you to be happy.
-[beeps] -[groans]
Are you aware of how much the world was in love
-with that duo back then? -Yes.
[Alex] Okay, so now, 20 years later, Miley.
Yes. Who would I pick?
-Jake or Jessie. -I think...
I can't, because they're both, like, out there in the world.
-[whispers] Jake. -[muffled laugh]
Because you know what?
He's always out there saying really nice things about me
in the press, and I pay attention.
And Jesse, I haven't heard a peep.
-So I'm going with Jake. -Let's go, Jesse.
No, I always, I don't know.
I just love the Jake Ryan fantasy.
-That is such a good answer. -[Miley] Yeah.
I can't even tell you how many times I have watched
the Hannah Montana movie.
What was your reaction
when the "Hoedown Throwdown" dance was pitched to you?
Oh, I was all in.
I'm, like, always down. I'm the hoedown.
That's what's good about me, is if they'll write it in,
I'm like, oh, cool.
We're poppin', lockin', polka dottin', let's go.
Would you still remember it to this day?
Yes. I just did it with Jamal Sims,
and it came back like it's riding a bike.
-Roll the clip. -Roll that clip.
[♪ energetic pop music playing, Hannah Montana "The Best of Both Worlds"]
[Jamal] Great, great, great, great, great, great.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
You got the best of both worlds right here.
-Oh, my gosh. Mi familia! -Put me in, coach.
[Jamal] Come on! Wow!
I'm ready. It's bike.
-Bicycle. -Boom.
-Let's rock. -Here we go.
Five, six, seven.
♪ Pop it, lock it, polka dot it Countrify, then hip-hop it ♪
♪ Put your hawk in the sky Move side to side ♪
♪ Jump to the left Stick it, glide ♪
♪ Zig zag across the floor Shuffle in diagonal ♪
♪ When the drum hits Hands on your hips ♪
♪ One-footed 180 twist And then a zig zag ♪
♪ Step, slide Lean it left, clap three times ♪
♪ Shake it out, head to toe ♪
♪ Throw it all together That's how we roll ♪
Ho!
-[chuckles] -Uh-huh. So we got it.
Done. Donezo.
We cannot talk about Hannah Montana
without talking about the fashion.
Every girl wanted to be her, dress like her,
and everyone's dream was to have that closet.
Yes.
My closet.
[♪ heavenly music playing]
[Miley] When I saw the closet, I was like,
I'm going to need one of those.
Like, I told Tish, get in here and get the measurements,
get my racks on wheels.
Like, I'm going to need this button where you push it
and everything, like, comes forward, all the bags,
all the shoes, the rotating where,
like, you might miss something if it's in the back.
Let's talk a little bit more about your mom.
I think what people may not fully know is how
she was so involved in everything.
So much.
But especially, as you just mentioned, really when it came
to the fashion, she had a vision.
Yes.
My mom really had a vision for Miley even more so than Hannah.
Like, we could walk into a store,
and we would just know the difference.
Like, that's very Hannah, that's very Miley.
[♪ mellow pop music playing, Hannah Montana "Ordinary Girl"]
Here we go.
You remember Hannah's closet.
We modeled my closet after it.
I do, but I don't remember ever actually,
like, kind of being on the set of the closet.
-Really? -No.
-Okay, well, look at this. -Okay.
-You're gonna be obsessed. -[Tish] I am gonna be obsessed.
Go. It's been a while.
Wow. This is so sick.
-First of all... -I stole that.
You stole this out of my real closet.
I did.
This was not to go into the archives yet.
-Okay. -And this is one of my favorite.
-Rico. -It's kind of chic.
-[Tish] I love it. -Right?
-So good. -It's good.
I'm seeing what else I recognize.
-Oh. -What else you got?
No bedazzler was safe in our hands.
At all.
Like, if we could get some glue on it,
we would stick a stone to it, okay?
-I was wondering about these. -Those are original.
-They're original? -Yeah, those are original.
-[Tish] They're so good. -[Miley] You know what?
I think I didn't want to wear them.
-I remember. -[Miley] Right?
-Yes, you have. -They were...
They weren't for me.
Oh, don't tell Christopher Lawrence.
This is original.
Just came out from the catwalk.
-By the way, this is still good. -Okay, wait, there was a thing.
I could wear this now. Look how cute.
Honestly, so good.
-Do you remember this? -[Miley] Ooh, yes.
Look at you. You look gorgeous.
-This is from the pilot. -That's from the pilot, yes.
The most iconic episode where it's the pie
in the face where Lilly finds out that her best friend,
Miley Stewart, is Hannah Montana.
Ta-da!
I just never loved these jeans.
Hannah wore these so many times.
-She really did. -With the zebra...
-Here, this. -Totally.
-Trauma. -And the...
I never... Ew. I hated the look.
I know. And the combat boot. The Docs.
-This was not for me. -No.
-Look. -Tish.
When Disney shopped, when Tish shopped.
That's right.
This I loved.
I don't remember.
This is the opening of the Hannah movie.
-Oh, my gosh. You're right. -This is the, yeah.
Yes, yes, yes. This.
This, like, come on.
-It's insane. -It's perfect.
-I'm obsessed. -I'd wear it right now.
Okay, by the way, we both need this in our closet.
-Bad. -Watch this.
-Oop. -It's old.
-It's 20 years. -Give her a break.
-We do need this. -That's what I'm saying,
because it's like, you would've forgotten about this dress.
But when it rotates, you're like, oh, yeah, that.
Okay, that one's not mine. Actually, that one is mine.
-Is it? -Yes.
-I don't like this. -I don't remember that one.
I don't like the bohemian Hannah.
I do feel like this one's iconic.
That little skirt that's from that movie.
This is where I break Lucas Till's heart.
[Tish] I love this one.
Oh. Love!
This is when I get hit in the head
with the volleyball in the Hannah movie.
Hannah's style had an evolution
as she became more successful.
It definitely got a little higher-end.
It got higher-end.
That's a very classy way to put it.
Okay, there's three wigs in this room.
One of yours, one of mine, and one of Dolly's.
-I love it. -[Miley] Let's go.
Okay, this was...
Later season, when Hannah got a bit of a shorter haircut.
-This is when they lost me. -Honestly.
-We literally quit. -I know.
It's when, like, we do not take our inches as a joke.
-These are more us. -Yes.
By the way, it's so sick that we say us.
We want to talk about the difference
in season one and season four.
-[Tish] The wig. -[Miley] Uh-huh.
-[Tish] Absolutely. -[Miley] Literally, like, I feel
like I should have made merch that said, "will tour for wigs."
Like, the better the tour went, the better the wig got.
Oh, another one of your memory books.
Which one? I know. This is what I was going to show you.
Tish loves a memory book.
-That dress is major. -I love it.
-That's what I'm saying. -I was thinking that.
Look, these are cute of me and Emily and Mitchel.
[Tish] Love.
-That is so cute. -You all were so cute.
[Miley] Love a headshot.
[Tish] Honestly?
No, we need to bring back headshots.
We do. I started doing yours when you were two.
Oh, I know.
-So cute. -Original.
-Oh, the Dolly. -The Dolly fax I love.
I know how to read it just like her, too.
"Hey, Miley." That's what she always says.
"Hey, Miley.
When I got those beautiful flowers,
I didn't realize it was the 15th anniversary
of Hannah Montana."
That's what she always says. "I'm so proud of you.
Just know I'm always proud to be your Aunt Dolly,
whether it's on Hannah Montana or at Thompson Station."
-Hilarious. -I love you, Aunt Dolly.
So good.
Sitting here is so crazy for me, because you were, like,
eleven when we did the pilot.
-I know. -[Tish] Eleven.
-I know. -It was just, like, so crazy
to think about really picking up our lives and moving.
-Yeah. -But looking back on it,
it honestly was just the most magical thing ever.
Well, Tish, you really, it'll make me so emotional
because I feel like every time people, they meet me
and they see who I am and they see that,
like, I know what's important to me in this life.
And I love being Hannah, I love being Miley Cyrus,
I love my personas, but what I'm most proud
of is who I am as a person.
You've just always really taught me to kind of,
like, be in the moment,
be authentic to who you are, and you've never...
You never tried to keep me Hannah.
You wanted Miley to express herself,
even if that meant losing all of this.
-Yeah. -You know, so it was always,
you really taught me how to be who I am.
And that's because of my mommy.
I love you so much.
[♪ Hannah Montana theme playing]
That era of Disney Channel was really so formative
for so many of us.
-We had Raven-Symoné. -Yes.
-We had the Sprouse twins. -[Miley] Yes.
We had Selena Gomez. We had Demi Lovato.
We had the cast of High School Musical.
Yes.
What was it like for you to be at the center of that moment?
[indistinct chatter]
She has the name. The-- New Jersey,
-Nebraska, Arizona-- -Montana!
[overlapping shouting]
[screams]
Okay, so one of my favorite memories is we all went
to New York to do promotion.
And it was right as High School Musical came out.
So Vanessa and Zac were like, so famous.
And they were the coolest kids ever.
High School Musical was so big.
And they were boyfriend, girlfriend.
And they were everything.
And they loved me because I was mature for my age.
So then they were like, hey, like when we're doing press,
we could like pick you up if you want. I was like, yeah.
So then they picked me up and I got to go in like a black car
with Vanessa and Zac and roll up to the upfronts.
And that was like a prime time of like Disney and those shows.
They were so beyond kids.
Like everyone knew like Vanessa
and Zac and High School Musical.
Like Disney wasn't just for kids right then.
What Disney boy
did you have the biggest crush on at the time?
-Hmm. -[Alex chuckles]
The Disney boy that I had the biggest crush on.
My crush for Zac grew.
High School Musical Zac is not the one I want.
I like ripped, a little older.
I secretly, okay, Dylan Sprouse was my boyfriend.
I think he was the cutest.
[Alex] Wait, you actually dated him?
[Miley] Yeah, that was my boyfriend.
-[Alex] Did we know? -[Miley] I don't know.
I think maybe it was rumored, but it's true.
Confirmed.
[Alex] Thank you for confirming that for us.
[Miley] Dylan was my crush.
Their dad would take us to sushi.
I was into the whole culture.
And it was a two for one. Like, bring the brother.
Hello.
Obviously, being Disney royalty,
I have to ask, what was the coolest perk you got
to experience at that time?
Ooh, the coolest perk.
I'm a Disney legend now, and I have Disney legend parking,
and it says "Disney legend" when I park.
That is clutch.
You roll up, you're like, hello.
It says Disney legend, and I pull in.
Do you smile every time?
I take the pic, and I send it to everyone I know, like,
don't forget, don't forget. [chuckles]
Don't forget who you're talking to.
Like, anyone tries to tell me anything,
it's just, like, Disney legend parking.
It doesn't matter where I am, like, any restaurant,
but excuse me, where's your Disney legend parking?
They're like, babe, this is not the-- [laughs]
Like, yeah, relax.
You're at the Beverly Hilton, just chill.
I know, but where's the legends-only parking?
Oh, my God, that is...
I love the Disney legend parking.
-I can tell. -I love...
-That's my favorite part. -That's incredible.
Can you explain to me,
how did Taylor Swift end up in the Hannah Montana movie?
Okay, so for that scene...
Get the tea kettle.
That scene, they were looking for... [chuckles]
My girl's like that one.
-[chuckles] -[chuckles]
Tish just back there with the lawyer.
Okay, so the way that Taylor Swift ended up
in the Hannah Montana movie was because this was kind
of the beginning of her career, and they were looking
for someone that would authentically, no shade,
I guess, be performing in a barn.
We both performed in the barn.
And so she came into the performance,
and she had written a song
for Hannah Montana, maybe even two.
But she actually wrote the finale song,
"You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home."
Credit where credit's due.
-That song. -Banger.
-[Alex] Whoa. -Stands the test of time.
-♪ You can change your hair ♪ -She ate with that one.
-[Alex] Down. -She ate down.
♪ You can change your hair ♪
♪ And you can change your clothes ♪
♪ You can change your mind That's just the way it goes ♪
♪ You can say "goodbye" and you can say "hello" ♪
♪ But you’ll always find Your way back home ♪
♪ You can change your style You can change your jeans ♪
♪ You can learn to fly and you can chase your dreams ♪
♪ You can laugh and cry, but everybody knows ♪
♪ Everybody knows ♪
♪ You’ll always find your way back home ♪
[indistinct chatter]
-Wait. -[Selena] Hi!
-Wait, what the hell? -[Miley] Mikayla red.
This is so crazy.
-No, everything is identical. -[Selena] Do you feel weird?
-Hopefully, me, too. -How do you feel?
-[Miley] Excited that you're here. -[Selena] Oh, my God.
-Come in. -[Selena] 20 years.
You would have never been in this living room, right?
Well, I went on set, twice.
Just only on the set, not for actual scenes.
No.
Because you were more of like a Hannah's life.
I was a Hannah's life.
Honestly, I thought that this would overwhelm me more,
and that I would feel super emotional and not be able
to control the tears. But it's actually just been really fun.
-That's so cool. -[Miley] I know.
-I weirdly, miss it. -[Selena] This is so wild.
What do you remember about filming?
Because there's so much of it that was a blur.
I remember being in that blue, weird makeup.
-Where we were like aliens? -Yes.
Johnny?
-Wait, he's not out here. -Huh. Too bad.
-See you, sucker. -[laughs]
I remember feeling ugly in that.
Oh, definitely.
Because we're like, 15, and I want to feel pretty,
and I'm like, ugh.
When I watch it back, like, they were vicious.
It's pretty mean.
-Has been. -Never was.
-Bottle blonde. -Lip-syncer.
Bra-stuffer.
[exclaims]
-I hate you. -Like I care.
I don't think they would get away with saying half of that stuff.
-Absolutely not. -I was so mean. I'm sorry.
-We can make amends now. -Yes.
Do you want to see something
that I think you're going to love?
-Yeah. Okay. -Okay. Come over here.
I got you, this is a gift,
and it actually works great with your red sweater.
You came Mikayla red.
-[Selena laughing] -Yes!
Wait, it's my bun that's in the way.
-Look at me. I'm back. -It looks very cute.
Miss Chanel, it's very that.
You know what? I'm not mad at it.
-It's perfect. That's for you. -This is so amazing.
-I love you, girl. -Thanks for coming, Selena.
-Thank you. -You're the best.
You are. [groans]
And you're killing it. You look great.
Thank you. And I have a performance after this.
I'm doing "This is the Life" and "The Climb."
"This is the Life" was the first song I ever did
-as Hannah Montana. -[Selena] Really?
♪ This is the life ♪
[Miley] Now to perform it with everybody knowing
and singing along is really sweet.
That's really cute.
I had the whole Meet Miley album was like, my life.
-You created culture, babe. -You too.
-All right, kill it. [chuckles] -Let's go, Mikayla.
-Very cute. -[Selena] Thanks, girl.
[Miley] It's really sweet to know somebody for like, 20 years.
That means I've known you almost 20 years.
-[Selena] That's weird. -[Miley] That is really weird.
[audience cheering]
[♪ upbeat pop music playing, Hannah Montana "This is the Life"]
♪ Take the world, shake and stir and that's what I got going on ♪
♪ I throw my cares up in the air ♪
♪ And I don't think they're coming down ♪
♪ Yeah, I love how it feels right now ♪
♪ This is the life ♪
♪ Hold on tight ♪
♪ And this is the dream ♪
♪ It's all I need ♪
♪ You never know where you'll find it ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my time, yeah ♪
♪ I'm still getting it right ♪
♪ This is the life ♪
♪ I'm gonna follow my own lead, yeah ♪
♪ Kick back and feel the breeze ♪
♪ Nothing but the blue sky ♪
♪ As far as I can see ♪
I wanna hear you singing it.
♪ This is the life Hold on tight ♪
♪ And this is the dream It's all I need ♪
♪ Yeah, this is the life ♪
♪ Hold on tight ♪
♪ Hold on ♪
♪ This is the dream ♪
♪ It's all I need ♪
♪ You never know where you'll find it ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my time, yeah ♪
♪ I'm still getting it right ♪
♪ This is the life ♪
[audience applauding]
[♪ sentimental music playing, Miley Cyrus "The Climb" playing]
♪ I can almost see it that dream I'm dreaming ♪
♪ But there's a voice inside my head saying ♪
♪ You'll never reach it ♪
♪ Every step I'm taking ♪
♪ Every move I make feels ♪
♪ Lost with no direction ♪
♪ Yeah, my faith is shaking ♪
♪ I, I gotta keep trying ♪
♪ I gotta keep my head held high ♪
♪ There's always gonna be another mountain ♪
♪ Always gonna wanna make it move ♪
♪ Always gonna be an uphill battle ♪
♪ Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose ♪
♪ Ain't about how fast I get there ♪
♪ Ain't about what's waiting on the other side ♪
♪ Yeah, oh yeah ♪
♪ It's the climb ♪
♪ The struggles I'm facing The chances I'm taking ♪
♪ Sometimes might knock me down, but ♪
♪ No, I'm not breaking ♪
♪ And I may not know it ♪
♪ But these are the moments that ♪
♪ I'm gonna remember most, yeah ♪
♪ Just gotta keep going ♪
♪ And I, I gotta be strong ♪
♪ And just keep pushing on ♪
♪ 'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain ♪
♪ Always gonna wanna make it move ♪
♪ Always gonna be an uphill battle ♪
♪ Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose ♪
♪ Ain't about how fast I get there ♪
♪ Ain't about what's waiting on the other side ♪
♪ Yeah, oh, yeah ♪
♪ It's the climb ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
[audience cheering]
♪ Oh ♪
♪ There's always gonna be another mountain ♪
♪ I'm always gonna wanna make it move ♪
♪ There's always gonna be an uphill battle ♪
♪ Sometimes you're gonna have to lose ♪
♪ It ain't about how fast I get there ♪
♪ It ain't about what's waiting on the other side ♪
♪ Yeah, oh, yeah ♪
♪ It's the climb ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Keep on moving keep climbing ♪
♪ Keep the faith, baby ♪
♪ It's all about It's all about the climb ♪
♪ Keep your faith Keep your faith ♪
[vocalizing]
[audience cheering]
Thank you guys for being here so much.
You know, I thought a lot about
the 20th anniversary, the "Hannahversary."
I get so mad when people call it an anniversary.
It's not just any anniversary.
But it's just so much fun to celebrate and not only
to look back, but also be in the present moment, look out
and see that everybody else has grown up too.
We all look fabulous.
And I also love that so many new faces,
so many young people that are just discovering the show
for the first time, now, it's just such an amazing
celebration of truly what Hannah always did, which was,
bring people together.
And now, what I love is that I used to think of Hannah
as something separate of myself.
I would think of, as a character, even though it was me,
I always would think what would be best for Hannah.
And I didn't always think about that as if we were integrated.
And what I'm loving about this special
is that it's my kind of reclaiming
of merging Hannah and Miley together.
[audience cheers]
I like some of what Hannah's got going,
but I also, you know, I like a lot of Miley.
So, I want to put them together.
[♪ Hannah Montana theme playing]
-[footsteps approaching] -[gasps]
I hear heels, and they're not mine.
[squeals]
-Hi. -Hi, O-M-G.
You're more Hannah than me.
[Chappell] Look! We match.
We do match.
[both squeal]
It's so good to hug you.
Okay, I have to show you something really sickening
-[Chappell] Show me. -Okay.
[♪ Miley vocalizing]
Well, it melted my heart, made me so excited to know
that you grew up watching Hannah.
You literally walked so I could run.
Like, what I do on stage,
where I can, like, go on a red carpet and just be...
Oh, I was gagged for that.
But that's because, like,
you took a lot of the heat for that in 2012, 2013, like...
-That means a lot to me. -Like, I don't have to deal
with that as much, because, like, you really...
Like, the world took it out on you.
Like, to see you be the artist you are,
to be able to do this, it just shows,
like, your heart and, like, your appreciation
for your younger self and, like, what got you here.
That's what really this whole moment, this celebration is about is,
loving on our younger self, knowing that, like,
my younger me worked so hard
so, I could have the life that I have now and...
For me, it was always really fun.
And that's why the outfits, the stage, like,
I mean, literally, the reason that the Jonas Brothers were on tour
with me, was because, Nick was my boyfriend,
and I wanted to not leave my boyfriend.
So I'd be like, okay, I'll go on tour if my boyfriend can come.
And they were like, cute, have your boyfriend open for the show.
-Boom. -[chuckles]
Like, I was always just like,
well, it'll be more fun if Nick is there.
It'll be more fun, Nick, name drop, like, first name basis.
And so we always put me...
My mom, like, really advocated for me to always be around other kids.
That's so good. It's so hard.
-It was so fun. -How does it feel like...
to put back on the wig?
Is there any type of, like...
It's just little clip-ins.
-This is all me. -That's you?
-Yes! -What?
I just have in a little piece.
-Wait, what? -Yeah, I went Hannah.
-With the bang and everything. -The bang. This is me.
I'm so grateful that I get to be a part of this.
I mean, I grew up watching Hannah
at my grandparents' house, like...
And it just means so much. I'm so grateful for you.
Thank you so much. You're everything.
Thank you.
Don't take any other clothes. They gotta go back to the archives.
-Don't you worry. -I feel like
you're gonna walk out in that tutu in a second.
I may take that bolero.
That's what I was thinking. The bolero's very you.
[♪ Hannah Montana theme music playing]
[Alex] How do you think Hannah Montana
shaped your family's life as a whole?
I don't know if our reality would be the same without the show,
um, for better or for worse.
No family really gets to experience what we had.
Yeah, there is obviously so much history
from working on set with your dad
for so many years, and he's here today.
With a fresh hairdo thanks to... [smacks lips] ...moi.
How are you feeling?
I'm really excited for him to be here,
because I know how much our relationship means
to everyone that watched this show.
I think when me and my dad are good, people, they feel better.
It just feels good when the Cyruses are getting along.
He is so cute.
Honey, at your age, there's only two things that are cute.
That's squirrels and little puppy dogs.
So, uh, any idea how you're gonna get yourself out of this one?
Daddy, that's your job.
You're a dad. That's what you do.
Thank you so much, Daddy.
I love you, Mile.
I love you, too.
[♪ sentimental music playing]
-Hey. -Hey.
I thought you changed the locks.
-Hi, Dad. [chuckling] -How's it going?
-[Billy Ray] Welcome home. -Look at this.
This is amazing.
You'll never believe I said the exact same thing
-when I walked in here. -Really?
I walked into this living room and said, "Home sweet home."
[Billy Ray] Home sweet home.
You're never going to believe every detail is as it was,
except you and me.
[♪ emotional music playing]
-[Billy Ray] Welcome home. -[Miley] Right?
So what do you feel being back in the set?
I mean, I felt immediately like it was just...
we could start calling "action" on another episode and it would be normal.
Is it too late for me to learn my lines
from my previous?
This show wasn't written for us,
even though in some way it feels like it was.
It was just so perfect.
But what do you remember from auditioning together?
[both] ♪ I want my mullet back ♪
[Billy] The guy that was auditioning
for the dad before me was doing his thing,
and I'm sitting there going, "That guy's great.
That guy's great." I'm going, "Man, that's the dad. That's the dad."
So, when he left the room, I walked into the room and said,
"Guys, that's the dad that just walked out."
Me and mom were both like, "Shut up. Shut up."
You were always the guy trying to give the other guy the job.
Well, I'm glad you were the dad.
Couldn't change it if I tried to.
This was meant for us. We went and did our handshake.
-We sang together. -The ha...
-Can you still do the handshake? -I only remember this part.
-Do you remember? -We got to be standing, right?
Well, I can't remember after this.
Let's try it. I can't either. It's something like...
[grunting]
-Uh-oh. [grunts] -And then... [grunts]
Dad, I don't remember.
And then... [grunting]
-[laughs] -[grunts]
And then something like this.
And then like...
National champions!
Dad, this was rough.
-But it's pretty close. -[Miley] It's pretty close.
We did the handshake, we did our songs,
and we ran some scenes.
I never thought about the show,
like, whether it was successful or not.
That was never a conversation. I get asked that a lot,
if you and I knew how successful the show was.
It wasn't why we did it.
Yeah, it just kind of seemed like our lives, didn't it?
It was art imitating life, imitating art.
and you were always Miley to me,
and it was that realism of you being both
that I think was the connection to the world.
It was one of the funnest things in my life,
being part of this show.
Me too.
All right, Dad, what would you think about doing a read-through,
running our lines together one time?
Let me think about it.
No, I'm just kidding. Let's go.
Let's do it. Come on.
-All right. -All right.
This is like the table where all the Stewarts had to talk.
Honestly, it feels like
we should have a couple bowls of cereal.
That's it. All right.
Let's look at our scripts.
-Oh, God. -"I'll Always Remember You."
I don't remember it at all.
Oh, I do.
[breathes deeply]
You've had yourself quite a day, haven't you?
I seem to be having more and more of them lately.
Look at me.
Being two people seemed like such a great idea back then.
That's because...
It was a great idea.
It gave you a chance to kind of...
I know.
Live a normal life.
It doesn't seem to be doing a bang-up job of that anymore.
Darling, nothing works forever.
It's like my mullet.
A thing of beauty in its day, but...
Tell you what, sooner or later,
even the party in the back has to end.
[canned laughter]
Are you telling me it's time to give up Hannah?
Oh, I would never say that.
And neither would Lilly or Jesse.
The only one who can tell you that is...
Oh, no.
Please don't say, "Listen to my heart."
[canned laughter]
[sighs] Darling, it's just...
Or my kidney, or my spleen...
Or any other vital organ.
-Yeah, that's my favorite line. -That was kind of good.
What do you want me to tell you?
I want you to tell me that if I give up the secret,
everything's going to be all right.
Oh, I can't do that.
But here's what I can tell you.
You'll be able to go to that school with Lilly.
You'll be able to go out with Jesse
without half the world hating him.
You will have to give up your privacy.
No matter where you go,
people are always going to recognize you.
And, they're going to treat you different.
Is it worth it?
Only you can decide that.
I should have listened to my spleen.
I love that line, too, by the way.
Sweet niblet.
If the scene is running dry,
you throw in a sweet niblet and everyone was gonna laugh.
-Every time. -[Miley] I thought that was fun.
-That was great. -Thanks for being here, Dad.
Anytime, bud.
-Love you. -Love you.
[♪ emotional music playing]
It's the best of both worlds.
Let's go. [chuckles]
-Get out. -When should I follow?
-Get out. -This way?
-[Miley] Yes. -[Billy Ray] Okay.
[Miley] Look, we can use the old patio door.
Come on, let's go. One last time.
Oh, there's Jason out there having a puff.
-[Miley] Speaking of bud. -There he is.
[♪ sentimental music playing]
Oh, we forgot to close the door.
Mosquitoes are coming in.
We're celebrating today, and it's emotional, right?
Because we're sitting here, and it's...
kind of closing a chapter in a way.
What would you want to go back and say to younger Miley?
For younger Miley,
I think what I would want to say is I'm proud of myself.
I really did have a vision for my life.
It was about...
how my spirit felt when I was making people laugh.
Even, like, these silly things that we used to do on the set,
like, fall down the stairs
or look ridiculous in front of a boy. Like,
I love looking out and seeing people laugh at me.
Howdy, cuz.
[crowd booing]
Look, I'm a cup fly.
Daddy, who put my face on that zit?
[audience laughing]
[screaming]
Neck is cramping, and this wig is really heavy!
I just want to tell all the kids out there
that Hannah Montana thinks carrots are great!
Hey, Miley. Do you know what this thing does?
I think I got a pretty good idea.
[playing guitar loudly]
[spaghetti squashing]
I'm just gonna... Bam!
[audience laughs]
Hi, everybody.
[audience laughs]
Right, this is getting ridiculous.
And so, I think that my younger self, if I could say anything,
is that I'm proud that that's always stayed true,
that what I've done has always come from a heart first.
It's always been about making the world a better place
from what I can offer.
And...
You know, whether that's being laughed at,
whether that's having someone sing along to a song I've written,
I just am proud
that I make people feel less alone
by sharing and kind of...
being brave enough to wear my heart on my sleeve and let people in.
Last question. What would you say to your fans
who have been by your side for the past 20 years?
Something I would say to the fans,
which is not just because it's the 20th anniversary of Hannah Montana,
it's the deepest thank you,
because my life is so beautiful,
and it hurts and pains me to know that
not every pop star's experience is the one that I get to have.
But there is a piece of my life that is very...
It's really unique to me, and sometimes I...
Sometimes I can feel lonely in this experience
because not everybody...
There's no one I can really sit with that I can say,
"This is what my life is like."
But that's where...
[♪ emotional music playing]
That's where, like...
And I think the reason I'm so emotional is
because as I get older, my dad gets older,
my mom, she gets older.
So many of the people that have paved the path for me
to feel like I have a safety in this lifestyle.
Um...
I've been extremely blessed to have so much love
within my family.
And now...
finding love in a different way, finding love...
to where I feel like, I'm taking the next step into my womanhood
of like creating a life with someone.
I think that's, I mean everybody has I think a fantasy
of wanting to feel loved and I've always felt it
from these different places. Especially,
from the millions of people that, you know,
they hold up "I love you" signs at concerts
or write it in the comments. But, to experience it now
and imagining what my next 20 years might look like,
is going to be so different than it did on a TV show.
But again, so much of it will hopefully be the same.
The jokes, the wisdom, the quality time in the kitchen,
the ending the day by sitting on a couch and writing a song.
But the only difference is that, you know, it'll be mine.
It'll be just for me.
It won't be broadcasted across the world.
You have something special for the fans, planned,
to close out this chapter.
So, I will let you take it from here.
Let's do it.
-Thank you. -This is so emotional.
-I love you. -Get ready to really cry.
-[Alex] I love you. -I love you.
-Let's go. -[Miley] Let's go.
Felt great and fun.
-[Alex] It's fun. -[Miley] Yeah.
[Alex] I think people, if you will let some of this stay in.
[Miley] Let's go.
[footsteps approaching]
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
[sighs]
[♪ rhythmic acoustic guitar music playing]
♪ Hey you ♪
♪ It's younger you ♪
♪ I'm just checking in to see if you still remember me ♪
♪ Hey you ♪
♪ It's younger you ♪
♪ Do you still pray before bed? ♪
♪ Or are you worrying instead? ♪
♪ Somewhere along the way we lost touch ♪
♪ We used to be so happy just because ♪
♪ I know you had to go eventually ♪
♪ But don't forget about me ♪
♪ Yeah, don't forget about me ♪
♪ Hey, you ♪
♪ It's younger you ♪
♪ I know you're busy with your job ♪
♪ But don't forget to call your mom and dad too ♪
♪ He misses you ♪
♪ He may tell you that he's fine ♪
♪ But you're always on his mind ♪
♪ Yeah, somewhere along the way we lost touch ♪
♪ We used to be so happy just because ♪
♪ I know you had to go eventually ♪
♪ But don't forget about me ♪
♪ Yeah, don't forget about me, no ♪
It's been an honor to celebrate 20 years of Hannah Montana.
And I've looked back at every memory with a heart full of love.
Hannah, she gave me my start, but my fans gave me this life.
♪ Hey you ♪
♪ It's younger you ♪
♪ I know your story isn't done ♪
♪ But do you love who you've become? ♪
♪ Hey you, it's younger you ♪
♪ When you're standing on the stars ♪
♪ Just don't forget who you are ♪
[♪ sentimental music playing, Hannah Montana "Wherever I Go"]
There's the purity ring.
-♪ Happy birthday, Hannah ♪ -[Miley] Oh, my God!
-Work! -[Tish] Oh, my God.
-♪ Happy birthday, Hannah ♪ -Noah!
Thank you.
We were talking earlier about how, like,
whenever there needed to be a little girl in the scene,
we would just always sacrifice Noah.
We were like, "Noah's available."
Oh, my God. I was always around 'cause I loved the set so much.
-[Miley] Yeah. -[Noah] Like, I had so much fun on set.
I played so many little girls
-with so many different moms. -[Miley] I know, right?
[Noah] Like, it was insane.
Well, happy 20th anniversary, Miss Montana.
[Miley] Thank you, Noey.
-It was a lot of fun. -I love you.
[Miley] Thank you, thank you. You're the best.
-I love you so much. -I love you girls.
-I love you. -Love you, Mom, I'm literally so proud.
I loved being Hannah then...
-I'm so living for it now. -[crowd cheering]
This is Miley.
This is Hannah.
-[stylist] This is Hannah. -That's a combo.
In Nashville, we don't say "birth-day."
We say, "burdday" Like, "It's my burdday"
This is my purse for today.
-I... Okay, well... -It can't go in the archives
until I'm done using it.
I was literally pie-ing for my life at that moment.
I was like, "Girl, you gotta slam that pie good!
You wanna get renewed!"
Can I wear the wig?
I was thinking you might want to wear the wig.
And they're like, "Tish was right."
Tish was right. Tish is always right.
-She is. -She's gonna love that.