Something Beautiful” may be the pop star’s first record to fully take advantage of the unusual array of sonic colors she is able to draw upon.

Miley Cyrus’ raspy voice is no accident. The Grammy winner, 32, revealed that her signature music sound is actually the result of having a vocal cord disorder called Reinke’s edema. In her May 21 interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Cyrus described the disorder as “abuse of the vocal cords.”

Miley Cyrus has opened up about her experience with Reinke's edema, a vocal cord disorder that she says causes her signature sound.During a recent interview on Apple Music's "The Zane Lowe Show," the singer,