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Miley Cyrus attributes her uniquely raspy voice to a medical condition that makes it "extremely difficult" for her to perform.
The "Flowers" songstress opened up about life with Reinke’s edema (a "very large polyp growth on her vocal cords" per US Weekly) in a recent interview, revealing that she has no desire to fix it.
"[It’s] given me a lot of the tone and texture that has made me who I am, but it’s extremely difficult to perform with because it’s like running a marathon with ankle weights on."
Cyrus referred to the condition as the "ultimate vocal fry" and admitted that years of smoking, drinking, and partying made it worse. The "Malibu" star has the option to surgically remove the polyp but is afraid she will not "sound like herself" without Reinke’s edema.
Just last week, Cyrus detailed another medical condition that occurred as a result of "rolling around" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her "Walk of Fame" music video.
"My leg began to disintegrate ... around the kneecap area. And then the doctor goes, 'Do you have any idea why you would have such a brutal infection on your kneecap?' And I just saw myself [filming the video], and I had to tell him. To have a surgeon look at you and say, 'Yuck...' They open up cadavers. They see inside the guts of humans, and they're looking at me, telling me I'm disgusting," she explained on the May 22 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Aside from vocal cord conditions and disintegrating kneecaps, the "7 Things" icon is gearing up for the release of her ninth studio album, Something Beautiful, out May 30.