"Legends in Laws:" Miley Cyrus Shares Her "Avatar: Fire and Ash" Song Was Sparked at the 2024 Disney Legends Ceremony

As Jimmy Kimmel shared during the interview: “Miley Cyrus, which rhymes with papyrus.”

In a recent interview on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! Miley Cyrus shared that her shared Disney Legend status with James Cameron helped lead to their collaboration on Avatar: Fire and Ash

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  • Disney Legend Miley Cyrus recently made an appearance on the hit late-night show Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!
  • Cyrus joined Kimmel for an interview, speaking about her engagement, her phobia of paper, and how her song for Avatar: Fire and Ash came to be. 
  • While Cyrus spent a good chunk of the interview joking about her hatred for paper products, what really sparked the Avatar conversation was a friendly jab at James Cameron not having a song for the upcoming film.
  • The now Disney Legend received her honors at the 2024 D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan event alongside James Cameron. 
  • While at the ceremony, Miley was on her networking game, sharing she let Cameron know that if he ever needed anything to let her know. 
  • Cyrus shared that while Cameron has been working on the Avatar films for decades, he completely forgot about an anthemic song to close out the film.
  • Referring to Cyrus as a “Legend in Law,” Cameron took Cyrus up on the offer leading to the new track “Dream as One.”
  • The scaled back track was written to capture the heart of the film, with Cyrus taking inspiration from her house burning down to capture the emotion of the film. 
  • Cyrus also shared that she and Cameron would talk on the phone for hours, which she used as inspiration to capture the heart in Cameron’s newest epic. 
  • Cyrus also took the time to tease Kimmel about the recent and controversial hiatus and her own backlash from the House of Mouse after losing a Walmart deal during her Hannah Montana days. 
  • You can check out the full interview below:

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Maxon Faber
Based in Los Angeles, California, Maxon is roller coaster and musical theatre nerd. His favorite dinosaur is the parasaurolophus, specifically the one in Jurassic World: The Ride.