"Younger Now" is a song recorded by American singer Miley Cyrus for her sixth studio album of the same name (2017). It was released on August 18, 2017, by RCA Records as a second single from the record. The song was written by Cyrus and Oren Yoel, and produced by Yoel. An accompanying music video was released on the same day.

After Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015), Cyrus spent the time reclaiming her once wholesome image in the run up to her new material, Younger Now. Prior to the album's release on September 29, 2017, Cyrus released "Malibu" as the lead single and "Inspired" a promotional single, before unveiling the album's title track as the second single on August 18, 2017, along with its music video. It is a twangy pop song, that features a grade school portrait as the cover artwork.

The song is performed in the key of A major, with a moderately fast tempo of 122 beats per minute in common time. Cyrus vocals span from E₃ to B₄. Lyrically, the track is a soaring reclamation of the changes Cyrus has experienced over the last several years, ending with a declaration that she now is the best version of herself. "I'm not afraid of who I used to be / No one stays the same," she proclaims. "Change is a thing you can count on / I feel so much younger now".

USA Today's Maeve McDermott claimed that "the song is infinitely more listenable than most of the music from her Dead Petz phase", but criticized Cyrus for "not offering much in the way of meaningful self-reflection on the song".

The Remixes EP

Cyrus first performed "Younger Now" at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards on August 27, featuring old women and men as dancers and kids riding mini-motorcycles. On September 7, Cyrus performed the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She also performed "Younger Now" live for the third time in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, accompanied with other songs like "Malibu", "See You Again", "Party in the U.S.A." and a cover of Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", the following week.

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