Updated: 2 Dec 2025Author:
David Frederickson

Miley Cyrus is engaged to Maxx Morando – and she soft-launched it on a sci-fi red carpet

  1. Miley Cyrus is engaged to drummer and producer Maxx Morando, with multiple outlets confirming the news after she debuted a diamond ring on a chunky gold band at the Hollywood premiere of *Avatar: Fire and Ash*.
  2. The couple have been together for about four years after meeting on a blind date and keeping their romance mostly low-key, turning up side by side at the Grammys, the Oscars and SNL’s 50th anniversary.
  3. Morando has quietly become one of Miley’s closest collaborators, working on tracks for *Endless Summer Vacation* and co-creating her 2025 visual album *Something Beautiful*.
  4. Fans see the engagement as a new chapter after her high-profile marriage and divorce from Liam Hemsworth, with this relationship framed as calmer, more grown and still very chaotic in the best creative way.
  5. For UK and global fans, it’s the perfect intersection of music, fashion and celebrity romance: a pop superstar in her imperial phase, an indie drummer fiancé and a ring reveal timed with blockbuster promo.

The *Avatar: Fire and Ash* premiere that doubled as an engagement reveal

A diamond sparkler on a thick gold band

Miley’s engagement went public in the most Miley way possible: not with a caption, but with a pose. On the *Avatar: Fire and Ash* red carpet she rested her left hand on Maxx’s chest, giving photographers a clear view of a chunky yellow-gold band topped with a serious diamond that screamed “this is not a loaner.”

Within hours, sources were confirming the news and ring designers were being name-checked, while Miley happily let the pictures do the talking. It is the kind of soft launch that looks casual but has publicists quietly high-fiving in the background.

Red carpet date night upgraded to milestone moment

The pair treated the premiere like any other date night, laughing on the carpet and matching each other’s energy instead of trying to stage some grand cinematic tableau. Still, red-carpet regulars clocked how much more intimate this appearance felt, with body language firmly in the “we’re building a life together” category.

For a couple who have favoured low-key outings and selective events, choosing a huge sci-fi premiere for the unofficial reveal was a neat bit of synergy. Miley gets to plug a blockbuster, wear a killer dress and accidentally-on-purpose confirm she is engaged, all in the same 30 seconds of flashbulbs.

Four years of low-key dating that led to “yes”

From blind date to very serious plus-ones

Miley and Maxx first met on a blind date arranged by mutual friends, which sounds risky for most people and like a warm-up exercise for a former Disney star who has survived the 2010s. The chemistry clearly landed, because by late 2021 they were being spotted together in LA and quietly turning up on each other’s social feeds.

They eased into public life as a couple, moving from background sightings to coordinated appearances at the Grammys, Oscars and SNL’s 50th anniversary bash. It felt like a relationship deliberately built at a normal-human pace, just with better outfits and occasional arena-level applause.

Living together, working together, still not sick of each other

Reports over the last couple of years have described them as settled, happy and sharing a home, with friends and family apparently all in on the match. Miley has talked about surrounding herself with people she genuinely trusts, and Maxx has quietly slotted into that inner circle without ever trying to steal the spotlight.

It is a far cry from the whiplash headlines of her twenties, with this relationship evolving through shared projects, dog walks and studio sessions rather than grand gestures every fortnight. The engagement feels like a natural next step rather than a stunt designed to dominate news cycles.

Who exactly is Maxx Morando – and why is he everywhere in Miley’s music?

The Liily drummer with serious studio credentials

Maxx Morando is best known publicly as the drummer for indie band Liily, but his CV runs much deeper than “guy at the back with sticks.” He is a multi-instrumentalist and producer who has become one of Miley’s key creative partners, contributing drums, synths and programming across her recent work.

On her album *Something Beautiful*, he is all over the credits, playing everything from live drums and bass to analog synths and experimental drum machines. If a track on that record sounds like it was built by someone who loves both noise and melody in equal measure, there is a good chance Maxx is in the liner notes.

From the kit to the credits to the co-star role

Their creative link isn’t just in audio form either. Maxx appears in the *Something Beautiful* visual album, from performance sequences to intimate, cinematic moments where the line between acting and real-life affection pretty much dissolves.

He is part of the sonic architecture and the visual storytelling, which means Miley’s engagement isn’t just to a partner but to a long-term collaborator. It is a musician’s version of marrying the co-writer who knows all your best and worst ideas and still shows up to the next session.

*Something Beautiful*, Grammys and a very public victory lap

The album that quietly mapped their relationship

*Something Beautiful* arrived in May 2025 as a visual pop opera about healing, chaos and finding light in strange places. Woven through it are nods to the stability Miley has found, with lyrics about feeling safe in someone’s hands and finally belonging somewhere other than a tour bus or a memory.

Maxx’s fingerprints are all over the production, from drums and bass to synth textures that shift between dreamy and unsettling. For fans, the engagement news retrofits the album into something close to a love letter with bonus existential dread, which is very on brand for a star who processes life events through chart-friendly catharsis.

Grammys, awards season and “my love” on stage

The couple’s presence at the 2025 Grammys and other big ceremonies gave the public a front-row seat to their dynamic. Miley has openly thanked Maxx in speeches and interviews, referring to him as “my love” and crediting him as part of the support system behind her late-career renaissance.

With a new ring in the picture, those moments take on extra resonance. The woman who once turned breakups into blockbusters is now collecting trophies while thanking the same person who helped build the songs, which is the kind of narrative even award-show producers secretly dream about.

How this engagement rewrites Miley’s relationship story

From highly televised heartbreak to quietly grown-up love

Miley’s romantic history has been well documented, from her long, on-off relationship and short-lived marriage to Liam Hemsworth through to briefer flings that fed tabloid columns and moody playlists. Those chapters were loud, public and sometimes painfully raw.

By contrast, her four-year run with Maxx has been understated and consistent, unfolding alongside therapy, sobriety, artistic reinvention and a more measured relationship with fame. The engagement feels like the culmination of a long reset rather than a dramatic plot twist jammed into a busy schedule.

Why fans are surprisingly calm instead of chaotic

In the past, any Miley relationship update meant instant fandom meltdowns and social media essays about what it all meant for her art. This time, the mood is different: more relief, less panic, and a lot of “she looks genuinely happy, let’s not jinx it” energy.

Her fanbase has grown up alongside her, and many see this engagement as proof that you can go through extremely public mess and still land somewhere stable. It is aspirational, but in a scars-on-display way rather than the usual Instagram fantasy.

Why UK fans are especially invested in this chapter

The album that hit the UK charts and the fans who never left

*Something Beautiful* landed in the UK top three, reinforcing her long-standing connection with British listeners who have stuck around since the *Hannah Montana* and *Bangerz* days. For many of them, Miley has become the patron saint of rebuilding your life after chaos, preferably with great hair and a better therapist.

UK radio and festivals have embraced her latest era, treating her less like a former child star and more like a legacy pop act in her prime. News of her engagement slots into that narrative neatly, painting a picture of an artist who has stabilised both creatively and personally.

Late-night scrolling, group chats and wedding tour dreams

On this side of the Atlantic, the engagement has already sparked the usual group-chat speculation about rings, venues and whether she will bring a stripped-back tour of *Something Beautiful* to arenas from London to Glasgow. British fans have form when it comes to turning American pop weddings into shared cultural events.

There is also mild, entirely healthy curiosity about whether Maxx’s band Liily might get a boost on UK playlists as a side effect of this engagement. If your fiancé is one of the world’s biggest pop stars, you might as well let the algorithm do you a small favour.

What comes next for Miley and Maxx

Wedding plans, visual aesthetics and potential chaos

The couple have not said a word about wedding details yet, which is either supreme discipline or a sign that the Pinterest boards are currently classified. Still, it is hard not to picture a ceremony that blends rock-concert energy with high fashion and at least one deeply symbolic art piece.

Given Miley’s flair for visuals, a simple registry office snap feels unlikely. Fans are betting on something between desert ceremony and gothic theatre, with Maxx somewhere behind the drum kit at the after-party, playing until the neighbours complain.

Music, marriage and a joint creative franchise

Professionally, nothing about this engagement suggests Miley is slowing down. If anything, she now has a built-in collaborator for whatever ambitious concept album, tour or visual project comes next, and Maxx has front-row access to one of the most inventive pop minds of her generation.

Their relationship has already blurred the line between muse and co-writer, and marriage is only likely to deepen that. For better or worse, every future track about love, hope or sheer bewilderment will have listeners wondering which kitchen conversation or late-night studio joke inspired it.

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