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Feature: "Bangerz Unseen — The Lost Tracks of Miley Cyrus"

4. "Slab of Butter (Scorpio)"

Perhaps the strangest survivor of the cutting room floor. "Slab of Butter" is a country-trap hybrid (a genre Miley would perfect later on Younger Now). The song features a banjo loop over an 808 beat. Lyrically, it’s about being a sexual, chaotic Scorpio (Miley’s sign). The chorus is absurdly catchy: "I need a slab of butter for this biscuit."

This track was actually released for a hot minute—but only on the Bangerz limited-edition USB drive shaped like a foam finger, which is now a collector’s item fetching over $500 on eBay. It was never made available for streaming, effectively making it unreleased.

The Context: Why Bangerz Spawned So Many Leaks

To understand the volume of unreleased material, you have to understand the recording process of Bangerz. Coming off the subdued, psychedelic folk of Can’t Be Tamed (2010) and her brief, quasi-punk period, Miley moved to Los Angeles with one goal: to make a "ratchet" hip-hop infused pop record. miley cyrus bangerz unreleased

She assembled a dream team of chaos: Mike WiLL Made-It (the streetwise architect of Atlanta trap), Pharrell Williams (the funk savant), and will.i.am. The sessions were marathon-like, fueled by late nights, legal amounts of weed (and allegedly harder partying), and a total rejection of Nashville-friendly structures.

According to session musicians who spoke to The Recording Academy, Miley cut over 50 tracks for Bangerz. Only 13 made the standard cut. The rest? They were left on the cutting room floor, shelved due to sample clearance issues, lyrical risks, or simply because they were "too weird." Feature: "Bangerz Unseen — The Lost Tracks of

The "Holy Wood" Sessions: The Album That Never Was

The confusion around Bangerz unreleased music is compounded by the "Holy Wood" sessions. Prior to committing to the name Bangerz, Miley floated the idea of an album titled Holy Wood—a pun on Hollywood’s hypocrisy and the crucifixion of child stars.

Songs like "Bad Way" and "Nightmare" were originally intended for Holy Wood. The concept was darker, more rock-influenced, and lyrically vicious. When she pivoted to the colorful, twerk-heavy aesthetic of Bangerz, several Holy Wood tracks were abandoned entirely. "Rumors" (Prod

One such casualty is "Shivering" —a stark piano ballad where Miley details an anxiety attack on stage. It’s heartbreaking and raw, suggesting a vulnerability that didn't fit the "party in the USA (on molly)" vibe of the final album.

The Public Domain Oddities

No discussion of Bangerz sessions is complete without mentioning the song famously known as "Miley's Intro" (or sometimes "It's My Party"). Based on a sample from the public domain song "That's All Right," this track was often used as an interlude. While snippets exist, a full studio master remains a holy grail for collectors.

The List: Other Notable Bangerz Era Leaks

For the completionists, here is a rapid-fire checklist of other confirmed Bangerz outtakes:

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An investigative, narrative feature exploring the story behind unreleased tracks from Miley Cyrus’s 2013 Bangerz era: why some songs never made the album, how they reflect her artistic transition, and what they reveal about creative control, label decisions, and fandom archaeology.