Miley Cyrus Compares Beyoncé’s Level of Live Performance to Prince and Michael Jackson: ‘Best of the Best’

Miley Cyrus thinks highly of Beyoncé.

After popping up alongside Queen Bey, 43, at the Cowboy Carter Tour in Paris to perform their “II Most Wanted” duet last month, Cyrus, 32, spoke to Chris Olsen about her love for the 35-time Grammy winner in a new interview on SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio.

Cyrus explained she sees Beyoncé as a “top tier” artist. “And getting to see her show live, it feels like a moment of where, you know, you talk to someone about getting to see, you know, Prince or someone that’s the best of the best, Michael Jackson,” she said.

“I mean, she really is exactly what you’d wanna see on and off the stage,” continued the “Flowers” singer, noting that Beyoncé has lots of “grace” and “confidence.”

“I think that she deserves to kind of have this queen essence surrounding her constantly, just because I do think it’s so fluid between both of her worlds and between the persona and personally, it’s always been really well integrated,” added Cyrus.

“It feels like who she is on stage is an elevated, kind of eccentric version of who she is day to day,” she said.

Cyrus also spoke about her early introduction to Beyoncé’s music — during the superstar’s time in Destiny’s Child.

“My granddad got me a karaoke machine when I was in like late elementary school. And it came with ‘Survivor.’ It had like 10 songs built into the machine and that was one of them. I would do that,” she recalled. “And honestly, my life really has been such a manifestation.”

The Hannah Montana alum explained the karaoke machine also featured “The Tide Is High” by Blondie. “I feel like it knew the girl that I was. It was like, ‘We’re gonna give you Destiny’s Child, but we’re also gonna give you Debbie Harry.’ And then somehow this has become who I am,” she said.

On Thursday, June 19, Cyrus surprised the crowd at Paris’ Stade de France during Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour stop to perform “II Most Wanted.” Afterward, she shared a sweet tribute to the “Texas Hold ‘Em” musician on Instagram.

“@beyonce to be beside such a humble, gracious, legendary DIVA was a dream come true,” she wrote at the time. “Thank you for the opportunity to perform in Paris together & sing our song about friendship.”

She continued: “To have learned from you & loved you my whole life, & then be standing together in matching gold looks is more than I could’ve imagined. As the finale to this trip supporting Something Beautiful, to close on something as beautiful as a stadium full of people singing “II Most Wanted” with us was the ultimate firework.”

“Thank you B. I’ll be your shotgun rider for life. Big gratitude to the Cowboy Carter tour crew, you all were incredible for making this happen. Forever and always,” Cyrus concluded.