Keith Urban Says Miley Cyrus Sounds Like an 'Ashtray' in Unusual Compliment: 'I Love That Voice'

Mar. 15, 2025

Keith Urban and Miley Cyrus.Photo:Bob Levey/Getty; Neilson Barnard/Getty

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Keith Urbanis sharing his thoughts onMiley Cyrus’ singing.

Speaking in a recent episode of Nova 96.9’sFitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchiein Sydney, Australia the singer-songwriter, 56, revealed that he has “always loved Miley” but added a very unusual compliment.

“I love that voice, man, that voice,” said Urban. “She sounds like an ashtray. And I mean that as a compliment. She sounds like the carpet at the RSL!”

“It’s a funny thing because you still need the support of the system in Nashville and if you go about it the right way, likePostdid, you’ll see the love,” Urban said.

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Miley Cyrus performs during the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Festival in Los Angeles in February 2022.Kevin Winter/Getty

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Speaking in April after announcinghis latest Las Vegas residency run, the “Blue Ain’t Your Color” artist revealedhis love for the stars.

“I mean, God, Taylor’s songwriting, it’s so extraordinary. There’s really no adjectives for it,” Urban said at the time. “She’s such a great, great writer. So this new album is just more proof of that in really great ways,” he added in reference to herThe Tortured Poets Departmentalbum.

Keith Urban performs at Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls in June 2024.Mathew Tsang/Getty

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Urban also revealed that he’s a fan of Grande’s March 2024 song  “We Can’t Be Friends.”

“I don’t know what is going on with that song, but I cannot stop playing it. It’s like audible heroin. Literally, I have to have another hit,” he said. “I play that thing over and over and over.”

Not only did the guitarist watch Grande perform “We Can’t Be Friends" atthe Met Galawith his wifeNicole Kidmanon May 6, he also performed a cover of the song during a concert,shared in an Instagram videoon May 14.

source: people.com