Miley Cyrus videography had developed through "Hannah Montana", she released music videos for the singles "Can't Be Tamed" and "Who Owns My Heart" from her third studio album "Can't Be Tamed". Both the videos were directed by Robert Hales. She went on to cover the song "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" for the tribute album "Chimes of Freedom" and released a music video with Johnzo West. In 2013, Cyrus released the music videos "We Can't Stop", "Wrecking Ball", and "Adore You" from her fourth studio album "Bangerz". The music video for "Wrecking Ball" won the 2014 MTV Video Music Award
Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz Music Awards, Cyrus said that "Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz" (untitled at the time) "might take me five years" to finish: "I'll just work on it until I'm done". According to the singer, the album is "about music [and is] not about twerking". In January 2015 Cyrus expressed her intention "to get this stuff out ASAP", adding that she was working on the album nearly every day. Although "Bangerz" cost "a couple million" dollars to produce, "Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz" cost about $50,000; she said that RCA Records, her label, did not hear the final product until