Miley Cyrus: “I'm not just this ratchet white girl. I work really, really hard"

**Laurent** · August 30th, 2013, 02:46 PM

Britney's body was SICK back then.

**arie_skop** · August 31st, 2013, 04:08 AM

Originally Posted by Karistiona

Oh sorry Rusalka, I was posting at work on my phone and I thought you said 2001! Yeah 2007 was bad, but it was more sad than embarassing.

2001 however...

Awesome performance (despite the miming)

This was another great performance. Miley doesn't even come close to Britney's peak.

Britney MTV 2000 - YouTube

**idunno** · August 31st, 2013, 09:37 AM

Well, Miley's performance is being talked/written about much more than Lady Gaga's new single - so mission accomplished, I guess.

**JerriBlank** · August 31st, 2013, 11:05 AM

i kinda like her new song and i hate myself for it.

**tulip** · August 31st, 2013, 11:29 AM

If being talked about was the goal, then she achieved it. But if the content of the buzz is what she's looking at, then she has to be disappointed. The comments aren't about how grown up, sexy, and groundbreaking she is. They are about how raunchy and stupid she looked. She sounded horrible. She looked ridiculous. The only boundaries she broke were for the length that a tongue can hang out of a slack-jawed mouth. Miley's "look at me I can do what I want and I don't care what you think" phase is making her look like she's desperate and trying to hard. People who REALLY don't care what people think just go about their business and don't constantly talk about how they don't care. Women who are truly sexy don't try to be sexy, they just are. She could have grown up and gone beyond Disney by working hard and being true to herself, and if this is who she really is, then so be it. But I think she is trying so hard to convince everyone she's grown up that all we're seeing is a petulant brat with limited talent.

**idunno** · August 31st, 2013, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by tulip

If being talked about was the goal, then she achieved it. But if the content of the buzz is what she's looking at, then she has to be disappointed.

I'm not sure Miley's PR-strategy is so sophisticated, it goes beyond "being talked about", but I could be wrong.
Otherwise I agree, that all publicity isn't good publicity.

**MontanaMama** · August 31st, 2013, 01:07 PM

Can anyone explain the pedobears? Since she's a Disney kid, just seemed sort of like a statement.

**My Own Way** · August 31st, 2013, 01:34 PM

When I saw those bears it made me think of my roomies in college who were Grateful Dead-heads. Looks like the acid-paper "bears"... However, I'm sure there's a more modern meaning.

Although, come to think of it, Miley's all on the drug cliches with these new songs.

**JerriBlank** · August 31st, 2013, 02:09 PM

^ya i think that's more along the lines. i was reading about the set design and what not and the artist who designed the bears said that miley would send in photos of herself with her tongue out so he could design the bears in her image. he called them 'selfie bears'.

**InigoMontoya** · August 31st, 2013, 04:37 PM

^Thanks, y'all. I was wondering what in the heck the bears were about.

**Polyester Pam** · August 31st, 2013, 04:55 PM

Totally random observation, but now I feel really old - in 2001, there are no iPhones or whatnot instagramming everything from the audience.
Also, I wonder if that snake got nauseous?

Miley's problem, or one of many, is that her music sucks way too hard to become pop legend. Britney could get away with idiotic lyrics/miming, etc because it was catchy as hell.

**Bombshell** · August 31st, 2013, 05:36 PM

So I was in Toys R Us today picking up something for the baby bombshell's birthday in a few weeks. As I was wandering around, I saw two end caps crammed with what appeared to be every last Hannah Montana piece the store had. And every last one was on clearance.

Yes, I smirked.

**Beantownfan** · August 31st, 2013, 07:52 PM

She just not sexy. You can't manufacture it. I was embarrassed for her. Robin Thicke creeps me out.

**Kat Scorp** · August 31st, 2013, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Polyester Pam

Totally random observation, but now I feel really old - in 2001, there are no iPhones or whatnot instagramming everything from the audience.

And with no YouTube, all I knew of the performance were the pictures on the 'Destroy Britney' website. Wade Robson designed a killer dance routine for that song.

**Lalasnake** · September 1st, 2013, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by arie_skop

This was another great performance. Miley doesn't even come close to Britney's peak.

Britney MTV 2000 - YouTube

Here's a high-quality version of this performance:

I was writing this tl;dr post about how much sexier her performance was than Miley's, and then my browser crashed.

The gist of it was that Britney's performance used many different dance styles to create a Britney style, the raunchy moves were part of a cohesive whole rather than the sole focus, and Britney and her dancers more than earned their sexiness and publicity with hard work and passion for the performance.

Also, remember parents' reaction to this performance? They freaked out about her nude bodysuit, and her response was, "I just wanted to be sparkly."