Miley Cyrus is Ready to Break Free from Disney Channel Roots

Miley Cyrus is somewhere between her squeaky-clean Disney Channel roots and her sexy new pop star act. To prove that she�s growing up, Cyrus�s final season of Hannah Montana entitled Hannah Montana Forever will premier tonight at 7 p.m. on the Disney Channel. After this season, Hannah Montana and Miley Stewart will be no longer, but Cyrus says her fans need some closure.

Off camera, Cyrus is maturing �full-steamy-ahead.� Her new album is titled Can�t Be Tamed, and she sings anti-Disney lyrics like, �Stop telling me I�m part of a big machine / I�m breaking free, can�t you see.�

Cyrus, 17, says she knows who she is. �I�ve never really said that that was who I am, someone that�s always trying to be perfect... And so I think it�s been easier for me to grow up, because I�ve never, you know, faked it ... I�m going to grow up at some point. And I�ve always been honest about that ... I�m happy to just be me for a little while.�

Despite her need to grow up and be her own person, Cyrus is still a �daddy�s girl.� Her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, who also plays her onscreen father, says, �She knows my door is always open if she needs to talk... You know, I�m always there as a friend and a father or as a professional actor, singer, songwriter, entertainer, accountant � whatever.�

Disney might have to work some of its legendary magic to convince audiences that Cyrus is still the innocent Hannah Montana. She has become a star of tabloids and gossip magazines from �mocking Asians, giving her 'Last Song' producer a lapdance, [to] quitting Twitter.� Jason Earles, who plays her brother, Jackson, jokes that he told Cyrus, �Don�t get pregnant.�