00:00 >> This is fun, ain't it?
00:01 >> Mm-hmm.
00:01 >> Yeah.
00:02 >> Pretty fun.
00:03 >> We were with an adorable
00:05 4-year-old Miley back in 1997
00:07 and witnessed one of her first
00:09 musical collaborations with dad,
00:11 Billy Ray.
00:12 >> Daddy?
00:13 Daddy?
00:14 >> What?
00:14 >> Talk about little red
00:16 caboose chug-chug.
00:17 >> You can sing that song.
00:19 ♪ Little red caboose chug-chug-
00:21 chug ♪
00:21 ♪ Little red caboose chug-chug-
00:23 chug ♪
00:24 ♪ Smoke's that gun, back,
00:25 back, back ♪
00:26 ♪ Coming down, chug-chug-chug ♪
00:28 >> And the train kept on rolling
00:30 in 2005 when Miley and her dad
00:32 auditioned for Disney's
00:33 "Hannah Montana" and nailed it.
00:35 >> ♪ I want my mullet back ♪
00:38 ♪♪
00:41 >> In 2006, Billy Ray told us
00:43 his 14-year-old daughter always
00:45 had the makings of a star.
00:47 >> To me, she is a mixture
00:49 between Lucille Ball and
00:51 Dolly Parton.
00:52 >> ♪ Barely getting by
00:54 ♪ With all taking and no
00:56 giving ♪
00:57 >> And back then, we put Miley
00:59 and her dad to the test with a
01:01 round of "Father/daughter
01:02 uncensored."
01:03 >> Okay, daddy, what was the
01:04 deal with your mullet?
01:05 >> Oh, baby doll.
01:07 That's called a Kentucky
01:08 waterfall.
01:09 >> This is called "Scary daddy."
01:11 >> Do you know the words to
01:12 "Achy breaking heart"?
01:13 >> Don't tell my heart.
01:15 My achy breaking heart, that's
01:17 it.
01:18 >> In 2007, we were on set of
01:20 "Hannah Montana" with an excited
01:22 Miley, who had just learned of
01:24 the show's first Emmy
01:25 nomination.
01:26 >> I got an email this morning
01:27 when I woke up, I was like,
01:28 congratulations, you're
01:29 nominated.
01:30 And I was like, oh, my gosh.
01:31 I called all my friends, I was
01:32 like, guess what?
01:33 >> Run!
01:34 >> Miley was a full-on
01:36 phenomenon by 2008.
01:37 We were behind the scenes for
01:39 her music video "Fly on the
01:40 wall."
01:41 >> I wrote it for the media,
01:42 always feeling like they need to
01:43 be in my life.
01:44 >> Miley had just celebrated her
01:46 sweet 16, opening up about
01:48 maintaining her self-esteem in
01:49 Hollywood.
01:50 >> I'm sure some people would
01:52 think I would look better
01:53 thinner or I would look better.
01:55 I feel healthy and as long as I
01:57 fit into my jeans, I'm happy.
01:59 >> You're never obsessed with
02:00 --
02:01 >> I do.
02:02 It's like all girls do and
02:03 there will be times I wish I
02:04 could look like that, but I'm
02:05 like, you know, that's not what
02:07 you're meant to be.
02:08 >> I'm like, you know, that's
02:09 not what you're meant to be.
02:12 >> You're never obsessed with
02:13 being a woman.
02:14 >> You're never obsessed with
02:15 being a woman.
02:17 >> You're never obsessed with
02:18 being a woman.
02:19 (upbeat music)
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