Miley Cyrus ‘Wrecking Ball’ Explanation is Just Naive, She Should Have Known [Op-Ed]

Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” music video sparked more controversy, and she really should have known.

The latest music video from the internet’s new princess of shock value had her licking a demolition hammer and riding a wrecking ball naked except for her boots. Now the internet is telling Miley Cyrus she should be ashamed again, and it’s really her own fault. Yes, she had an explanation for her latest shenanigans, but it’s really quite naïve that she would think anyone would actually see it the way she had intended.

Miley Cyrus had to have known that if she made a music video naked, the internet would focus on her being naked. It’s how most of us are, and you can’t change that by trying to get a different message across in the song.

In her defense, Miley Cyrus told Z100’s morning show host Elvis Duran on Wednesday about her now-infamous “Wrecking Ball” video, “I think the video is much more. 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.”

We could tell if we looked at it the right way that Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” video was actually about making herself vulnerable before a breakup, but unfortunately the instant she decided to get on the camera naked and lick the hammer, the meaning was lost to most viewers.

The twerking star added, “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 actually do the video than it was to even record the song. It was much more of an emotional experience.”

Seriously, Miley Cyrus, did you actually think people were going to look past your lack of clothes in that video? Did you think we were going to see you licking a hammer and think, “She’s in pain”?

It really looks like Miley Cyrus is just taking a wrecking ball to her clean image and can’t figure out why everybody’s shocked.