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"Aftermath" của Miley Cyrus chính thức ra mắt vào ngày 18/09/2026, nằm ở vị trí thứ 5 trong album phòng thu thứ 10 "Bass Persuades". Khác với những bản nhạc Ballad u buồn thông thường, ca khúc chọn dòng nhạc Dance Pop pha Techno sôi động để khắc họa tâm trạng bối rối lẫn nỗi đau đọng lại sau một cuộc tình tan vỡ.
Mượn hình ảnh hầm trú ẩn (bunker) cùng viễn cảnh tương lai sụp đổ, bài hát phản chiếu nỗi giằng xé nội tâm giữa ảo tưởng đối phương từng là của mình và thực tế phũ phàng rằng họ chưa từng một lần gắn kết. Qua những câu từ dằn vặt, Miley Cyrus lột tả trọn vẹn sự tiếc nuối, nỗi cô đơn cùng hành trình đi tìm câu trả lời từ người cũ.
I built a bunker in the back of my mind
The walls were a dream, the roof was lucite
There was art in the halls that was never ours
The scaffolds fell, the comet fired
Does it all come closer or just the sound?
I'm sick of poets and being profound
You bathe in the sweat, your mouth like a straw
You're callous, but soft, you trace every flaw
You were mine
You were mine
You were mine
You were never mine
You were mine, oh (Do you ever think of me now and then)
You were mine, woah (Do you ever fall into pieces)
You were mine, woah (Do you ever think of me now and then)
You were never mine (Don't avoid the question)
I miss the future like a face I forgot
Like worms miss the Earth in the bottom of a pot
Yeah, I miss the future, it's mirrors and smoke
It's mirrors and more mirrors and you're in on the joke
Does it all come closer or just the sound?
I'm sick of poets and being profound (Yeah)
You bathe in the sweat, your mouth like a straw
You're callous, but soft, you trace every flaw
You were mine, oh
You were mine, oh
You were mine, oh
You were never mine (You were mine)
Do you ever think of me now and then?
Do you ever fall into pieces? (You were never mine)
Do you ever think of me now and then? (You were never mine)
Don't avoid the question (You were mine)
Do you ever think of me now and then?
Do you ever fall into pieces? (You were mine, woah)
Do you ever think of me now and then? (You were mine)
Don't avoid the question (You were never mine)
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Does it all come closer?
