<p id=”par-1_65″>Miley Cyrus and her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, are back on better terms with a little help <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/fleetwood-mac-relationships-affairs-nearly-broke-band.html/”>from Fleetwood Mac</a>. Cyrus admitted that after <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/notable-people/tish-cyrus-divorce-billy-ray-cyrus.html/”>her parents divorced</a>, she and her father were not on good terms. They’re in a better place now, but Cyrus said it took work to get there. She said she wrote the song “Secret” as a peace offering to her father.</p>
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<p id=”par-2_26″>After Cyrus’ parents, Tish and Billy Ray, divorced, Cyrus said she <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/tish-cyrus-billy-ray-cyrus-almost-divorced-twice-2022.html/”>sided with her mother</a>. This put her at odds with her father for a time.</p>
<p id=”par-3_77″>“Half of us weren’t speaking to each other at one point, and we cleaned all that up,” Cyrus said on the podcast <em>Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky </em>(via <a target=”_blank” href=”https://people.com/miley-cyrus-reveals-how-she-ended-family-drama-11751791″ rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a>). “That was a really important part of my year this year, was all of my family putting those lines of communication back together. A lot because of, you know, I had a lot of loyalty to my mom [Tish Cyrus], the way that families do when parents get divorced.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_13″>After a <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/miley-cyrus-brother-trace-pleads-dad-billy-ray-cyrus-get-help.html/”>period of estrangement</a>, Cyrus wrote the song “Secrets” for her father.</p>
<p id=”par-5_36″>“This song was written as a peace offering for someone I had lost for a time but always loved,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “In my experience, forgiveness and freedom are one and the same.”</p>
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<p id=”par-6_13″>She collaborated with Fleetwood Mac’s <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/mick-fleetwood-reveals-lindsey-buckingham-reacted-affair-stevie-nicks-suffered-terribly.html/”>Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham</a> on the song.</p>
<p id=”par-7_22″>“Thank you to Lindsey Buckingham & Mick Fleetwood for bringing magic to the music,” she wrote. “This song is for my dad.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_14″>Billy Ray received the song warmly. Fleetwood Mac is one of his favorite bands.</p>
<p id=”par-9_36″>“For my birthday, Miley gave me the gift of music and wrote me a song called Secrets and got my favorite musicians Fleetwood Mac to play on it!” he wrote on Instagram. “I love you Mile.”</p>