Miley Cyrus is opening up about her music career after leaving Hannah Montana behind. In a recent interview on The Ringer podcast, the 32-year-old pop star and actress revealed that following the end of the hit Disney Channel series in 2011,

Miley Cyrus had to leave “Hannah Montana” behind after exiting the Disney Channel. In a recent conversation on Spotify’s “The Ringer” podcast, Cyrus said she “wasn’t allowed” to sing any of the original songs from her hit TV series “Hannah Montana” after the show ended in 2011.

Following her run on the Disney Channel as the star of Hannah Montana, Cyrus looked to reinvent her image and caused uproar in a series of performances and public appearances. In 2013, she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she twerked on Robin Thicke during the performance of “Blurred Lines.”