The surprise appearance in Paris marked the live premiere of the ‘Cowboy Carter’ duet
Miley Cyrus joined Beyoncé onstage at the Stade de France in Paris on Thursday night for the live premiere of “II Most Wanted.” The two friends, both dressed in shimmering gold outfits, held hands as they belted the duet to throngs of screaming fans. Though this marks the first guest on the Cowboy Carter tour, the appearance wasn’t entirely a surprise — Cyrus, who was in France for Spotify’s Billions Club Live — had been seen at soundcheck before the show.
The duet originally appeared on Cowboy Carter, and this performance was the first time Beyoncé had performed it on the tour, which launched in Los Angeles in April and is set to run through July 26.
The track, co-written by the two artists, ended up on Beyoncé’s country album after the “Crazy in Love” singer hit Cyrus up to see if she might want to contribute. “I wrote that song, like, two and a half years ago,” Cyrus told W magazine last year. “My mom would always go, ‘I love that song so much.’ So when Beyoncé reached out to me about music, I thought of it right away because it really encompasses our relationship. I told her, ‘We don’t have to get country; we are country. We’ve been country.’ I said, ‘You know, between you being from Texas and me being from Tennessee, so much of us is going to be in this song.’ Getting to write a song, not just sing, for Beyoncé was a dream come true.’”
