As Capital FM notes, Miley Cyrus hasn't explicitly stated what the inspiration for the song was. Plastic Hearts had been in the works for a while, so it's possible "High" is about one of her other relationships. However, lyrics such as "And I think about eventually you're holding me / And dancing to the record like a movie scene" have fans wondering whether she's talking about Hemsworth, since they famously met on the set of teen weepie The Last Song. Cyrus wrote the song with super-producer Mark Ronson, explaining during her Backyard Session with Apple Music that she reached out to him during a particularly turbulent time.
The Tennessee native recalled, "I called Mark and I said 'If I don't call you, I'm gonna call someone that I shouldn't, can you be in the studio in an hour?' and I need to put my focus, my obsessiveness on this person into art rather than into action." Ronson, meanwhile, gushed that "High" boasts "one of the most beautiful vocals/melodies I've ever recorded." As E! News notes, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth split in 2019 after less than a year of marriage, but were involved for years prior to tying the knot. The Disney alum appears to be dealing with the breakdown of the relationship throughout Plastic Hearts, expressing hope and fury in equal measure.
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