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Miley Cyrus is speaking up about the undisclosed medical ailment that causes her characteristic voice.
In a May 21 interview with The Zane Lowe Show for Apple Music, the Grammy-winning singer disclosed that she had Reinke's edema, a disorder that causes swelling in the vocal chords.
"It's a part of my unique anatomy," Cyrus, 32, said, describing a "very large polyp" on her voice chord.
"[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."
Though her raspy voice became her signature, the singer confessed that her wild partying days exacerbated the problem. But they were not the reason.
"My voice has always sounded like this," she explained, adding that her mother frequently tells her she sounds like she's "talking through a radio."
Cyrus also discussed her other health issues, such as an ovarian cyst rupture and a knee injury during a music video shoot.
"My voice has always sounded like this," she explained, adding that her mother frequently tells her she sounds like she's "talking through a radio."
Cyrus also discussed her other health issues, such as an ovarian cyst rupture and a knee injury during a music video shoot.
