Miley Cyrus confirmed her engagement to Maxx Morando in a gushing interview this week, noting her personal and professional lives have become “perfectly aligned.”

Appearing on “Good Morning America” Tuesday, Cyrus happily showed off her engagement ring, and said her new fiancé surprised her by popping the question during a recent trip to Japan.

“I am not easy to surprise because I love to control every situation, and I had completely surrendered,” she said. “I actually had never gone to Japan, which I did that purposefully. I wanted one place in the world that could be my special place that I saved for me.”

She went on to note: “Me and Maxx have been together for four years, and it’s very obvious the drastic amount of growth that I’ve had in those four years. You just want to dream the biggest you can, and you want to have someone by your side that always tells you, ‘You can do it.’”

The three-time Grammy winner’s “GMA” appearance comes days after she and Morando, a drummer for the rock band Liily, sparked engagement rumors when they walked the red carpet at the premiere of “Avatar: Fire and Ash” in Los Angeles.