Pitchfork writer Jillian Mapes was more critical of the song, calling the song ``sedated'', ``wholly inoffensive'', and ``a shrug of a song'', while saying that ``(Malibu is) so breezy, it makes Sheryl Crow seem edgy, or Lady Gaga's Joanne resemble a legit rock'n'roll reinvention.'' Variety writer Chris Willman had a mixed opinion on the track, calling it ``sweet'' and ``deeply felt'', praising Cyrus's ``guilelessness'' and Oren Yoel's production skills while also comparing her sound on the song to that of Seals and Crofts, but adding that the track itself has ``any number of clunker lines'' and non-sequiturs.
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