United Kingdom, June 11 -- Miley Cyrus wanted to bring "happiness and joy" back to Billy Ray Cyrus' life before they sorted out their rift.

The End of The World singer went through a "dark decade" when relationships within her family were fractured and it took some time to start repairing the bonds, particularly with her estranged dad.

Speaking to Monica Lewinsky on her Reclaiming podcast, she said: "What did you call your decade? Dark decade? Yeah, we had one of those.

"Half of us weren't speaking to each other at one point and we cleaned all that up."

Miley explained she felt "a lot of loyalty" to mom Tish after her parents divorced, leaving her relationship with the Achy Breaky Heart singer in a "mess".

She said: "In that situatio...