Miley Cyrus has disclosed the inspiration behind her upcoming song River and said the song was made during a time when she was going through a phase of emotional and personal struggles.

The singer shared a video from her upcoming Disney+ special Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions) on Wednesday, in which she talked about the inspiration behind her new track.

She said: "It was a time in my life where I was going through just a lot emotionally and personally."

"All of my songs evolve. They can start as something that was a trouble, like, it just feels like it’s an April shower, it never stops raining and then it started raining down love," she continued.

The 30-year-old singer added: saying "River, sometimes we just need a dance floor banger a.k.a. they don’t want me to talk about the fact the song is about [bleep]. It’s expletive nasty."