Surprise Surprise: Miley Cyrus Is A Musician In New Black Mirror Trailer

Black Mirror is Netflix's most mysterious series. It tells the stories of worlds touched by technology in the worst way, giving us a bleak look at what our own world could look like if we continue to attach ourselves to technical cords. Yet each episode begins, there's literally no way to predict what could happen. So trailers for the show are hard to describe and make determining what characters are going to do in these digital worlds although there's one thing to note in Netflix's new trailer for the fifth season of Black Mirror that released today: Miley Cyrus will be a performing artist of sorts, mirroring her own career thus far.


Beyond that, though, it's hard to tell what's going on. The nearly two-minute trailer is a masterful tease, showing us glimpses of three stories that will play out: there's a gentleman with a gun, in a standoff with police, then there's another man with a tech imprint of sorts in his eyes, looking at a cute woman. Lastly, there's Miley, in the midst of performing on stage with backup dancers, looking oddly close to real life. Yet these glimpses of stories are warped, showcasing shouting matches, still bodies in beds, and video game-like fighting matches. At a certain point, Miley isn't visible anymore. There's no telling what she'll be doing. There's certainly more to it than her just being a star musician.


Black Mirror's new season, additionally to Miley, will star Anthony Mackie, Topher Grace, Andrew Scott, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Damson Idris, and more. The hype for the forthcoming season is especially high right after its interactive film Bandersnatch released in December.


Watch Miley Cyrus perform in the trailer up above.