While collaborating with The Flaming Lips on their remake of the Beatles ' '' Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band '' , Cyrus began working with Wayne Coyne on her fifth studio album . She claimed that she was taking her time to focus on the music , and that the album would not be released until she felt it was ready . Coyne compared his collaborative material with Cyrus to the catalogs of Pink Floyd and Portishead , and described their sound as being " a slightly wiser , sadder , more true version " of Cyrus ' pop music output . Cyrus also worked on the films '' The Night Before '' ( 2015 ) and '' A Very Murray Christmas '' ( 2015 ) during this period ; both roles were cameos . Reports began to surface in 2015 that Cyrus was working on two albums simultaneously , one of which she hoped to release at no charge . This was confirmed by her manager who claimed she was willing to end her contract with RCA Records if they refused to let her release a free album . Cyrus was the host of the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards , making her the first openly pansexual host of those awards , and gave a surprise performance of a new song " Dooo It ! " ( 2015 ) during the show 's finale . Immediately following the performance , Cyrus announced that her fifth studio album , '' Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz '' ( 2015 ) , was available for free streaming on SoundCloud . The album was written and produced primarily by Cyrus , and has been called experimental and psychedelic , with elements of psychedelic pop , psychedelic rock , and alternative pop
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
Miley Cyrus