Michaels and Cyrus have traded guest appearances for each other's next albums; she sings on his new single "Nothing to Lose," while Michaels guests on a cover of the hit Poison ballad "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" that's slated for Cyrus' next album.
"Miley got hold of me and wanted to re-cut 'Every Rose...,'" Michaels tells Billboard.com.
"When we were in the studio, I said, 'Do you want to hear some of my new tracks?' She said 'I'd love to,' and I played her 'Nothing to Lose' and she fell in love with it and said she'd love to sing on the song. I was like, 'That'd be killer!'" Michaels says that Cyrus — who saw Poison perform in Nashville when she was very young - had a different kind of approach in mind for his song.
"One of her heroes is Stevie Nicks," he says. "I produced and recorded Stevie before, so I said, 'OK, let's take that approach. (Nicks) is kind of freestyle; you've just gotta go at it and sing what you want.' She did, and she ended up having a great time doing it."
