She may be young, but Miley Cyrus loves what she does, fearlessly embracing new creative directions every chance she gets.  That's the meta-message in "Breakout", her brilliant new Hollywood Records album.  "Breakout" is nothing less than Miley's declaration of artistic independence.  Unlike the previous CD, half of which featured her performing as Hannah Montana, the new one is 100% Miley.  She co-wrote eight of the album's 13 songs and put her stamp on every aspect of production.  Starting with the debut single, "7 Things", Miley establishes she is first and foremost a rocker.  Co-written with Antonina Armato and Tim James, the song is pounding rebuke of faithless love, seen through the eyes of an angst ridden teen.  Yet the video, directed with restrained simplicity by Brett Ratner ("Rush Hour"), brings out the vulnerability below the surface...But as "Breakout" shows, Miley takes singing and songwriting as seriously as any other aspect of her career.  And while she certainly has the momentum to carry this and every other project to success, it all starts with the creative spark that burns brightly within her.  As she sings so movingly in the song "Full Circle", which she co-wrote, "There's miles to go but we both know/That we'll make it/I know why."  Now everyone knows why.

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