Jaded

Album

Endless Summer Vacation

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

Dance-pop

Entered Chart

Mar 25, 2023

Peak Date

Mar 25, 2023

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

The word "jaded" is used to describe a feeling of being tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, often because of having had too much of something. This could refer to a person, activity, or situation. For example, someone who has been hurt multiple times in a romance might become jaded about love and relationships. On this breakup song, Miley Cyrus expresses regret and apologizes to an ex who is feeling "jaded" and lonely. She acknowledges her role in not guiding her former beau towards more positive experiences and is sorry about his present emotional state. In the second verse, Miley calls out her former lover for not owning up to his role in their fractured relationship. Rather than addressing these issues, the ex-partner chose to escape by drinking excessively. Cyrus recorded "Jaded" for Endless Summer Vacation. It's the second track on the album and follows "Flowers," which many fans believe is about her former husband, Liam Hemsworth. While "Flowers" is about Cyrus' need for self-love after their breakup, "Jaded" places more of an emphasis on her ex's feelings. However, there's no apparent evidence that Cyrus is addressing Hemsworth on this song. Miley Cyrus co-wrote "Jaded" with the song's producer Greg Kurstin and songwriter Sarah Aarons. She recorded it at Kurstin's Expectations Studios in LA. Greg Kurstin has an impressive resumé that includes hits for Kelly Clarkson ("What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)"), Sia ("Cheap Thrills"), and Adele ("Hello," "Easy On Me"). This is his first collaboration with Cyrus. Sarah Aarons has previously contributed to hits for the likes of Zedd ("Stay") and Maren Morris ("Girl"). Again, this was her first time working with Miley Cyrus, though she did co-pen "Mad at You" for her sister Noah Cyrus' 2018 debut EP, Good Cry.

I don't wanna call and talk too long
I know it was wrong but never said I was sorry
Now I've had time to think it over
We're much older and the bone's too big to bury

Oh, isn't it a shame that it ended like that?
Said goodbye forever but you never unpacked
We went to hell but we never came back

I'm sorry that you're jaded
I could've taken you places
You're lonely now and I hate it
I'm sorry that you're jaded

You're not even willing to look at your part
You just jump in your car and head down to the bar till you're blurry
Don't know when to stop, so you take it too far
I don't know where you are and I'm left in the dark till I'm worried
Oh, and it hurts me

And it's a fucking shame that it ended like that
You broke your own heart but you'd never say that
We went to hell but we never came back

I'm sorry that you're jaded (jaded)
I could've taken you places (places)
You're lonely now and I hate it
I'm sorry that you're jaded

I won't lie, it won't be easy
When somebody new's on your body
I'll change my number but keep your t-shirt
I don't mind it's torn up and faded

I'm sorry that you're jaded (jaded)
I could've taken you places (places)
You're lonely now and I hate it
I'm sorry that you're jaded

I'm sorry that you're jaded