United Kingdom, Dec. 10 -- Miley Cyrus says touring is a "pretty isolating" and draining experience for artists.

The 33-year-old star - who has previously said she grew up on tour buses with her country singer dad Billy Ray Cyrus - admitted while it "felt like second nature" as a child, those feelings changed when it became her own day-to-day existence.

She told The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast: "When I was little it was kinda like a playground and then later it started feeling more like a battleground.

"Because you see really how much it puts the physical body through -mentally, emotionally, it's one of probably for me... it's pretty isolating.

"You know, you're seeing thousands and thousands of people but then you're ...