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20 November 2020
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"Prisoner" is a song by American singer Miley Cyrus featuring English singer Dua Lipa. It was released on November 19, 2020 through RCA Records as the second single from Cyrus' seventh studio album Plastic Hearts (2020).
The music video for "Prisoner" was filmed over two days on September 30–October 1, 2020 in Brooklyn. The video was co-directed by Cyrus and Alana O'Herlihy. On November 18, 2020 Cyrus teased the music video release on her social media with a 20-second clip where the two artists are seen, covered in blood, partying it up and eating cherries. On November 19, the next day, the video premiered on YouTube alongside the song's release and it was described by Liam Hess of Vogue as "packed with grunge-inspired fashion and enough black eyeliner to make Jett herself jealous".
The lyrics to "Prisoner" relate to angst inspired by isolation feelings and were described by critics as a "heartache anthem" and a "glam declaration of independence". In an article about the song's lyrics for Elle, Alyssa Bailey described the track as "a dark song that captures what it's like to be trapped in an unhealthy, manipulative relationship where their partner keeps pulling them back". Some parallels can be drawn between the lyrics to "Prisoner" and Cyrus' old songs. The verse: "I try to replace it with the city lights" is an allusion to Cyrus' 2019 song "Slide Away", about her split from then husband Liam Hemsworth, where she sings: "So won't you slide away?/Back to the ocean, I'll go back to the city lights". Another allusion to a Cyrus' old song can be seen in the pre-chorus where she sings: "You keep making it harder to stay", in which is a contrast to the lyrics to her 2010 song "Stay" that contains the lyric "And if you ask me, I will stay".
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