Miley Cyrus: ‘Wrecking Ball’ video is so deep, much more than nudity

Miley Cyrus

These are photos of Miley Cyrus’ various outfits during her latest stay in London. This black tanktop and pants combo is rather nice until one realizes that one side is sheer. Miley is showing off her booty yet again, and it seems so unhygienic to sit on public surfaces with no protection. Yuck.

Yesterday, we talked about how Miley’s “Wrecking Ball” video (directed by the revolting Terry Richardson) broke the VEVO record with 19 million views in the first 24 hours. I am now shaking my head in disbelief because the video has now climbed to 59 million views. Of course people are watching because she’s naked. I had to laugh this morning at Shirley Manson’s subtle callout on Facebook: “If as a young woman you want to rebel and you want to be free, try doing what it is the system that you are imprisoned by, doesn’t want you to do. It is not remotely clever, subversive, outrageous or even that interesting to be naked. I do it all the time. What else you got?” Well Miley sat down with the Elvis Duran radio show to say the video is so much more than nudity:

Miley Cyrus

“Wrecking Ball” vid is about vulnerability: “I think the video is much more [than that]. If people get past the point I make, and you actually look at me, you can tell I look more broken than even the song sounds. The song is a pop ballad that everyone can relate to; everyone has felt that feeling at some point. If people can take their minds off the obvious and go into their imagination and see what the video really means, it is so vulnerable. If you look at my eyes, I look more sad than actually my voice sounds on the record. It was a lot harder to do the video than it was to record the song. It was much more of an emotional experience.”

Oh, the pressure: “I was actually panicking last night because I felt like for me, with ‘We Can’t Stop,’ there was all this anticipation and all this time to build up this one single. I have been so busy right now with ‘We Can’t Stop’ still doing what it’s doing…so I feel like I have so much going on.”

Is she the queen of twerking? “For me, anything I do becomes it becomes such a big deal. I’m just having fun. Whatever people label it as it doesn’t really matter. I always want to switch it up.”

[From Elvis Duran & the Morning Show]

Miley’s about 10 degrees away from claiming to be an “artist” like Gaga, right? At least Gaga writes her own songs. Miley is a puppet who thinks she’s expressing herself. Other outlets are finally starting to ask whether Larry Rudolph is masterminding Miley’s abrupt transformation. I don’t think that Larry is pulling all the strings. These attention-grabs are 100% desired by Miley, but Larry is an expert at timing.

Oh here’s some Liam Hemsworth “news”: The latest issue of Us Weekly (via Radar Online) claims Liam is still sexting with January Jones. He’s texting clever things such as “I want to f— you.” Further, “Liam and Miley haven’t officially split, but it’s over. It’s just that neither wants to pull the trigger.

One more bit of disturbing Miley news, courtesy of Billy Ray:

Miley Cyrus

Miley ushered in a 1990s vibe with this jean jacket. She loves these Louboutin boots.

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN

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  1. Sarah says:

    Um…..that’s not a tank top. That is a bra.

  2. Ann says:

    Haven’t watched the video since I am not an admirer of the “work” of serial harasser and misogynist Richardson. Can’t get worked up over Cyrus, she’ll be gone in a few years.

  3. Atlantapug says:

    STOP. Just stop. It was humorous to watch her be “different”, then a little scary to watch her try “ghetto”, now it’s ventured into sad and pathetic.

  4. Virgilia Coriolanus says:

    Those boots remind me of Rihanna–is that what she’s going for? She ain’t pullin’ it off–she looks like she’s copying someone.

    And I thought it was Steven Huvane who worked with Jennifer Aniston? Kevin is his brother, right? There are three of them….or something like that.

  5. doofus says:

    I think that is the UGLIEST jean jacket I’ve every seen.

    (I actually wrote “jacked” and corrected it, but I should have left it a la Michael K because it’s apt.)

    • LadyMTL says:

      Never mind that those awful shorts are soooo short, I can pretty much see Miley’s Cyrus. Ew.

      • Nicolette says:

        Was just going to say the same thing. Something’s hanging out between her legs and it’s just plain nasty. Does being an ‘artist’ mean that class goes right out of the window? I get it already, she wants to distance herself as far as possible from Hannah Montana, but please does it mean you have to turn mega-skank to do it?

      • Meaghan says:

        I did a double take because I thought you could see her vag!

    • Amelia says:

      Speaking of jacked, has Miley been at the botox? That shine on her face looks an awful lot like ‘tox shine, although I could be wrong.
      How sad would it be if she felt the need to use botox at 20?

    • Willa says:

      The jacket SHOULD say Beverly Hillbilly

    • Jenny says:

      Awww…it hurts my heart that you would say that because I had the same jean jacket (except It was Barbie instead of Beverly Hills) in the 90’s when I was about 7 and I LOVED that thing.

  6. Pastyousayyouneverknew says:

    You know what, I don’t completely disagree with her..? Yeah, it’s a good song and yes the nudity could be symbolic but how does she explain licking all the props in the video lol? This whole “look at me, I’m so sexy” hasn’t gotten really old, really fast.

    • Rachel says:

      Well, she said in her interview that people should look at her eyes and see the vulnerability… if she wants people to look in her eyes, maybe she should keep her clothes on.

    • Nina W says:

      It was old even before Miley recycled it for her dog and pony show.

  7. ds says:

    I don’t have problem with nudity; what I find over the top is licking the mallet. That’s just so Uncle Terry yuck…

    • annabelle says:

      Exactly this.

      Naked, close up images, her tears, etc. Those things conveyed vulnerability. Did she HAVE to be nude? No. But sex sells, so whatever.

      But the licking of nasty inanimate objects is purely for the pervs and is not artistic expression in any way that I can comprehend.

      • amurph says:

        Agreed – the parts with just her face, the white walls, empty rooms, etc. were actually quite nice but once it cut to her rolling around rubble (while staring sexily at the camera), rubbing against the wrecking ball (it looked like she was having sex with it), licking everything, and randomly being naked, the whole video changed. It went from potentially interesting to “oh look, she’s back to being a wrecking ball in your face about how edgy she is”. It reminded me of the mechanical characters in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream who didn’t realize you can allude to something without pointing it out – here’s the moon, the moon, hey did you see the moon? Moon?

    • Lindy79 says:

      THIS.
      From the Glee shoot where he had all the girls licking lollipops in their underwear while posing beside the fully clothed guys, to the Lena Dunham toothpaste dripping shots he is disgusting. How anyone can call him a good photographer is beyond me.

    • blue marie says:

      exactly, he is so gross..

    • Andrew says:

      Normally I wouldn’t have a prob with nudity, but it’s the purpose. Call it what you want, but she’s doing it for attention, not for ‘vulnerability’. I saw nothing vulnerable about it…and the close ups were so forced its almost laughable

      • Diana says:

        THIS! She was so bad on the close-ups! Like a robot trying to cry. And that song is just hideous, she’s just screaming there. I can’t even concentrate on the lyrics cuz of all the howlling.

    • Dannielle says:

      +1,000,000 YES.

      I loved almost every part of the video. But the licking of the hammer, frankly, made no sense. It completely broke up the congruity of the video. The tears, the nudity, the close-ups: all fine when conveying vulnerability. But vulnerable people (who are so due to heartbreak) typically don’t shift gears into blank seduction like that. It threw the whole thing off.

      Aside from that? I love the video. The parts where she’s literally striking herself in the face out of anger, out of regret…I felt it. I get it. But of course Pervy Terry would ruin the whole concept by throwing some random ill-fitting hammer licking in there. Bummer.

  8. neelyo says:

    Is she trying to rise and fall this quickly? She’s still nothing more than a product, only now a lot cheaper and even more disposable. I’d feel sorry for her if she’d shut up for a minute.

    She looks like an Edie Sedgwick clown doll.

  9. andrea says:

    STOP JACKING RIHANNAS STYLE, MILEY. Rihanna never comes off so try hard.

    • Hannah says:

      Rihanna totally comes off as trying too hard… Anybody who has to say how bad they are all the time isn’t that bad.

  10. ViktoryGin says:

    Naked body = naked emotions………*slow clap*

    You put greater artists to shame with your artistic gravitas, Miley.

    nd what exactly is the simulated fellatio supposed to represent?

    • Amory says:

      I’m with you on the slow clap. A twenty year old from a sheltered existence, and she’s just so much deeper than the rest of us. She’s manufactured, and frankly, not that good. I find her voice lacks clarity and that she can’t hold a note. She sounded out of shape (vocally) on that song – she should cut down on the smoking. The low standards we are willing to accept is always so amazing.

      • Dommy Dearest says:

        She has a better voice than Rihanna, I’ll give her that.

        Something nice for the day. And I’m over it.

        But she still has no backside. Until she gets Kim’s surgeons number or starts squatting I feel the need to point out her lack of booty every post that’s put up about her. I’m sure she reads sites like these.

  11. AB says:

    I think I see her ladybits popping out of those shorts

  12. MoxyLady007 says:

    It makes me feel old but I find teen fashion right now so repellant. High waisted mom jean shorts?!? The F? Wear something flattering. Not just ugly for uglies sake.

    So damn dumb.

  13. Sandy says:

    Billy Ray is a disgusting excuse for a father.

    • Lemony says:

      His tweet is absolutely vile. What the hell is he doing? He’s constantly tweeting sexual references to Miley’s sexualized Hannah Montana-shedding “history making” antics.

      • Mika says:

        Here’s what I think. It’s either a) Miley herself is controlling her dad’s Twitter account or b) Billy Ray Cyrus is a just a creep who enjoys seeing his daughter blossoming into a full grown “white trash”. I just cant.

      • jaye says:

        I took his tweet as tossing a little shade at his daughter’s recent antics.

    • NeNe says:

      What a dirt bag sleeze he is!! Someone hurry up and give him the Father of the Year award…. NOT!!!!!

    • ncmagnolia says:

      THANK you! I was wondering why any reference to the creepy, inappropriate Achey-Breaky Dad had yet to show up.

      WTF is wrong with this guy? OK, call me naive, but are most Hollywood parents this skeevy re: their child celebrity’s grotesque behavior?

  14. eliza says:

    Please quit summoning this demon.

  15. Frida_K says:

    Is that her hooch falling out of her shorts in the fifth picture? Her butt cheek? What is that fleshy wad?

    Maybe you should put a black bar over that, CB.

    Whatever it is, it’s vile.

  16. Elodie says:

    This has Rihanna wardrobe copy written all over it; not that Rihanna created the original look but from a copying point so far, Miley does.

    The half sheer jumpsuit looks good but she doesn’t pull it off sorry… I know that had Rihanna (whom I can’t stand either) put it on, it’d have been something else.

  17. Mika says:

    And what makes this whole hammer-licking situation worse is that there are still some of her Smilers (Miley’s fans) who supported and defended her up to this day. They kept on leaving comments explaining the “true” meaning behind the hammer-licking and her bare coochie on the wrecking ball and how we “haters” are just jealous of her success. I mean, really?
    Can people be really that blind?

  18. Bianca says:

    I want her to look me in the face and tell me exactly HOW suggestively licking a sledgehammer conveys vulnerability.

  19. kelly says:

    I think her jacket is DOPE!! I saw the video…the close ups make me uncomfortable but i think she has a sick body and looked awesome on the wrecking ball. I’m sort of liking her more and more.

  20. Mia 4S says:

    So very young and so very stupid. Try doing what the system doesn’t want you to do? Oh honey, get serious, what man told you that? Yeah get naked girl, you’re rebelling, so strong! All the while they are enjoying the free show. Don’t be an idiot little girl, you’re as much a slave of the system as you were before.

  21. OriginallyBlue says:

    Those shorts!!

  22. Wif says:

    She can say all she wants about the vulnerability, but the last shot is of her lying on the rubble looking sex-spent while having just sung, “you wrecked me.” I’d be fine with the sex and nudity if it were empowering, but it’s this “boy loved me up so well I have nothing left but a sledgehammer to masturbate with” that irks me.

  23. Hannah says:

    I feel like the second to last picture needs to be censored. Gee…

  24. grabbyhands says:

    It’s so much deeper than nudity. But I used nudity cause like, that’s edgy and um, empowering and stuff.

    Just stop.

    It had nothing to do with the song, you just put it in there because this is what a immature little girl’s idea of being a woman is. The fact that she is embracing Terry Richardson as some kind of icon tells me that the years may be adding up, but the maturity and IQ are still somewhere around age 14.

  25. Square Bologna says:

    Miley’s full of it. If emotional vulnerability is the point, why is the nudity necessary? Sinead O’Connor conveyed vulnerability beautifully in “Nothing Compares 2 U,” both in the song (which she sang the hell out of), and in the video, just singing into the camera with those tears rolling down toward the end. AND she was covered up from neck to ankles the whole time.

  26. phillkatt says:

    I guess I am the only person in the country that hasn’t seen that video (and I don’t intend to) but I understand that she licked both the sledgehammer and the wrecking ball — I hope they get themselves tested!

  27. andrea says:

    She wants to be like Rih on ‘stay’ but cant come even close…

    • Mika says:

      I know right? At least RiRi can channel the emotions. Miley’s tears look real fake and TBH, she can’t act. Maybe that’s why her attempts to look sexy failed – she’s trying to be someone who she’s not.

  28. Adrien says:

    I see she retired that tongue sticking out thing. So she finally realized it does not make her look edgy and punk. Too early to withdraw that signature face.

  29. Adrien says:

    The cameltoe represents Middle East conflicts.

    • sauvage says:

      Adrien, I love you.

      Seriously, I want to buy you a drink for the insight you gave me. You got me so much closer to comprehending the depths of Miley Cyrus’ artistic … um, deep … um, … like… vision, you know? Like emotions and socio-economics and stuff?

      Cheers. I hope you’re down with a good ol’ screwdriver? (Pun intended.)

    • Diana says:

      Oh God! Thanks for the cackle.

  30. hillbillyinthecorner says:

    You can see the bottom of one of her flat butt cheeks being pressed down out of the leg of those short shorts….its a wonder she isn’t rubbed raw down there by that material….cause she ain’t wearing even one of those G string thingie’s……
    What a nasty little girl……Trying to sound deep and insightful and ending up showing the world just how sallow and dumb is really is….Nobody is watching that video for her singing all they are watching is to see her naked ………butt !

  31. Allikitty6545 says:

    Her beef curtains are hanging out of those jorts, how about a black bar over it please?!?

  32. Sammi says:

    The whole story of Miley Cyrus is quite sad. I don’t think she has had the opportunity to be a real teenager due to being in show business. As all of us who have been a teen know, experimenting with different personas, ideas, looks, etc is part of adolescence. At age 20, Miley is acting out the way she should have when she was 14, 15, 16 yrs. old. There’s nothing anyone – manager, family, fans – can say or do. She has to go through this stage before she can finally be the mature young woman is she meant to be.

  33. Justme says:

    Anybody who finds her sexy, must like the body of a 12 year old girl!! Plus she is not sensuous and has no sexy appeal whatsover. It’s funny that she thinks she is, but nope, it’s like watching some “act” sexy. Is a big-tooth beaver sexy? Miley eeds to tuck her lady bits away and find a piece of wood to gnaw on and head back to the backwoods she comes from.

    • Mika says:

      It’s not about her body shape. It’s about her using nudity in the name of “emotion expression” when she’s just trying to show the world that she’s so edgy, badass and sexy all in one. She’s trying so hard to be something that she’s not.

  34. Lucy says:

    I insist: The girl who wrote Wrecking Ball is an EXTREMELY TALENTED singer/songwriter called Mozella. She deserves A LOT MORE ATTENTION than Miley currently has. Go listen to her music, she’s definitely worth it!!! Miley’s talented, but has got nothing on her.

    • Vanessa says:

      I have Mozella songs on my iPod she really is talent and its a shame that someone as talent as her. Doesn’t get the attention she deserved

    • Hadley V says:

      From “Baby Save Me” to “Twilight Girls,” Mozella is the best singer-songwriter of her generation. “Wrecking Ball” is a great song — check out the version by the Gregory Brothers on youtube.

  35. aquarius64 says:

    Another hoochie-form. With the non-stop, attention-sloring shlock fest I’m more than convinced the music critics are going to carve up “Bangerz” like a Thanksgiving turkey because it’s so bad. Lock that money in now with the pre-sales.

  36. Mandy says:

    I’m bored. YAWN.

  37. Nanz says:

    You know who needs to stop? Billy Ray. Dads don’t need to be tweetingg about their naked, twerking daughters. Knock it off, Billy Ray.

  38. buzz says:

    I’m wondering if Liam and MIley did in fact secretly marry awhile back. That’s why they (he) just can’t walk away. To extract himself the whole thing has to come out.

  39. kim says:

    She’s hilarious!!her Deep?!? Effing hilarious!!! She doesn’t get that she can’t pull things off for whateverreasons. IIt’s like watching taylor swift dance…SO FUNNY!!

  40. serena says:

    dear god.. I can’t even start with her..

  41. TriedTru says:

    The only good thing about this whole article is that Shirley Manson was mentioned… god I miss Shirley. And I am actually loving the fact that at least she called out this travesty for what it is.

  42. aquarius64 says:

    You have to see and hear this. This is from Charlie Wilson of The Gap Band commenting on Miley:

    http://bossip.com/833613/shots-fired-uncle-charlie-wilson-goes-in-on-miley-cyrus-i-wouldve-tore-that-azz-up-straight-out-video/

    To be clear Charlie is talking about corporal punishment.

    P.S. – Jamie Foxx called it years ago and he is owed an apology.

    Discuss.

  43. K-MAC says:

    When it comes to his daughter, Billy Ray Cyrus ALWAYS creepy me out. I remember that Vanity Fair cover with the two of them and I thought “they are sitting a little too close and far too provocatively to be father/daughter.” Ugh…

  44. Jessiebes says:

    If she was going for the shock factor by being naked, she is years, years behind. All been done before.

    Personally I think people watched her video either for the Epic Fail Factor, or to see a young naked girl getting it on with an object.

    Is she sexy? Honest question.

  45. Dibba says:

    I find her nails really gross

    • Lucy says:

      Without them, you can see her hands are actually tiny and kind of child-like. She doesn’t have woman hands, at least not yet.

      • Mary says:

        I can’t stand miley but to be fair she can’t help the shape of her hands. I’m in my 40’s and always longed for grown up hands. Never happened. 🙁

  46. LaurieH says:

    Oh phew. Because here I was thinking it was a childishly literal exercise in self-indulgence.

  47. Lynette says:

    Shut up Dumbass. You’re naked because you have no talent and you’re desperate for constant attention.

  48. Bread and Circuses says:

    When she’s actually, you know, DRESSED, I quite like her outfits and fashion sense.

    I’m less surprised than some that she got a Vogue cover. I’m also not surprised she lost that cover after the Twerk Hurled ‘Round the World.

  49. TeresaMaria says:

    When Miley Cyrus crawls around naked and licks a hammer, it is called “music” and “art”, but when I do it, I am called “drunk” and asked to “leave the hardware store”

  50. Jayna says:

    I thought her expressions looked contrived and only a few times did her eyes show true emotion. The rest it looked like she was trying so hard to emote or shed a tear and that’s what it looked like, she was trying too hard.

    Still, I like the song.

    All this art talk again. I have seen artistic music videos. This just doesn’t rise to that. Although, most of the visuals are interesting enough.

    Gaga is carrying on in an interview how she is a tortured artist and how she had to eat dirt when in NY City, suffer, blah, blah.

    I like Gaga so much better when she’s not acting so pretentious.
    Does calling herself a tortured artist, bleeding for her music, make her a better songwriter?

    Gaga and Miley, here’s a brilliant songwriter.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An2a1_Do_fc

  51. Dommy Dearest says:

    It’s about as deep and more than what it was as Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy photoshoot with Karl.

    You still have no ass, Miley.

  52. TOPgirl says:

    Miley is a badass and she does what most people can’t do!

    • UghInsomnia says:

      What, swing naked on a wrecking ball and lick sledgehammers? I’m pretty sure everyone on this site could do that.

  53. paranormalgirl says:

    Someone needs to remind this poor girl about the importance of wearing pants with one’s shirts.

  54. briargal says:

    Call me old-fashioned but I liked it better when the talent was from the inside–not the exhibitionists of today.
    Used to be people just sang their songs in front of a mic and with clothes on. Now everything has to be risque. I realize it is for all the music videos but anyone can put out a nude singing video. There are a lot of good singers out there today. But some today rely on how offensive they can be. Sick!

  55. Quinn says:

    If must have been tough attempting to come up with some “deep” explanation for such a basic, exploitative video concept. “Hey! Let’s put a real wrecking ball in ‘Wrecking Ball’.. And you can straddle it…naked!” Yep…well…maybe we should rip off Sinead O’Connor, just to be safe????

    Barf.

  56. Really? says:

    Have y’all seen the YouTube video of Captain Kirk and the crew watching Miley’s performance at the VMA’s?

    Pretty funny! :

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Lb3kFwJRQ

  57. Mabs says:

    That wrecking ball fiasco of a video had me laughing. Surely it’s supposed to be comical right? Jackin’ off to a giant ball and chain and deep-throating a massive tool? Just typing that and I have tears.

  58. Migsy says:

    OK, this is enough. No more ultra thin blonde Caucasian girls in revealing cutaway black-colored spandex.

    THIS.
    IS.
    A.
    TIRED.
    LOOK.

    I so want to see some different stuff… I love pop music and just want to see some different stuff… please, it is so impossible? Do we all have to be skinny half naked white girls with blonde hair to make it now? Is this all pop is? 🙁

  59. Jennifer12 says:

    Shirley Manson kicks a–.

  60. mytbean says:

    I still think that’s what this whole Terry Richardson thing has been about. The artists believe that by appearing pathetically vulnerable via the “Richardson effect”, we as an audience, will either sympathize with them like we might an obviously cracked out, heavily ridden porn star or get off on it or both.