Miley Cyrus crossing paths with ex Patrick Schwarzenegger at the 2025 Met Gala was a reminder that she's packed a lot of love into her life—with boyfriends, girlfriends and her own independence.

Miley Cyrus has packed a lot of life into her 32 years.

She's spent some of it single, her comfort being on her own admittedly hard-fought.

Following her 2015 breakup with Patrick Schwarzenegger—which still triggered a massive wave of nostalgia when the exes crossed paths at the Met Gala on May 5—she told TIME she was "finally OK with being alone."

Yet Miley doesn't mind companionship either, and dating both men and women has given her a lot of opportunities over the years for love. And having experienced all sorts of relationships of varying lengths and levels of seriousness—including an on-and-off romance with Liam Hemsworth that spanned a decade—she can better appreciate where she is now.

“I guess, for me, when my house burned down, a lot of my relationships also burned down," Miley told fans May 6 at a Spotify-hosted preview of her new album, Something Beautiful, referring to the 2018 fire that hastened her brief marriage to Liam, "and that again just led me to such magic and to have so much gratitude.”

Miley noted that she wished she could tell her younger self "to appreciate those darker times because, like I said, they are only leading you into the light."

And when there's light, the flowers bloom.

For several years now, the Grammy winner has been sharing something beautiful with musician Maxx Morando, calling the 26-year-old Liily drummer "very similar" to herself.

"We just don't take life too seriously," she told Harper's Bazaar last fall. But while she described herself as "specifically unspecific" and "very inconsistent," she does have a pattern of working "with the people that I love. And Maxx just inspires me so much."

Having experienced so many highs and lows in love, Miley is consistent about wanting to be in situations that make her happy. And she figured out a long time ago that staying true to herself is key.

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by Natalie Finn

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