The two teamed up on the MusiCares stage accompanied by Mark Ronson for a duet of “Islands in the Stream,” Parton’s 1983 hit with Kenny Rogers.
Miley Cyrus didn’t call her agents or managers or even some friends to help get her in touch with Shawn Mendes.
Instead, she just looked him up on Instagram.
“I actually sent him a DM and said I don’t know what you’re trying to do next because I’ve actually been in his position in his career too before where you’re someone who I think is trying to fit into pop music and you want to be played on pop music but you don’t want to be conformist and you want to do your own thing,” Cyrus told Variety on Friday’s MusiCares gala honoring Dolly Parton as Person of the Year.
