She wore an understated all-black outfit and sunglasses.
A small lavalier microphone was clipped to her shirt, immediately prompting speculation that she could have been recording or filming something inside.
Fans also scrutinized Miley’s appearance.
Some believed she looked visibly emotional beneath her sunglasses, though photographs alone cannot establish what someone was feeling privately at that moment.
Others began focusing on a marking visible on her arm.
Some wondered whether it might depict Dolly.
“Is that a tat of Dolly on her arm?” one person asked.
Another simply wrote, “Is it Dolly on her arm?”
There has been no confirmation that the marking is actually a portrait of Dolly, but the speculation showed how closely fans now connect almost every detail surrounding Miley with the godmother she just lost.
Only days later came the red-and-black Instagram image.
Then the website.
Then that single word.
“MILEY.”
It may prove to be nothing more than album-era branding.
