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1* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
2** "Midnight Sky", a beautiful and passionate song that could apply to people leaving unfulfilling romantic relationships or children separating themselves from deadbeat/abusive parents.
3** Her cover of "[[Music/NineInchNails Head Like A Hole]]" for ''Series/BlackMirror'' wasn't half bad. She's surprisingly good at industrial rock/punk.
4** "Can't Be Tamed" is an extremely cathartic song of empowerment where, rather than [[AwardBaitSong in an Award Baity way]], Miley declares through music that her true self is going to come exploding out and freely so.
5** "Night Crawling" is one hell of a party song featuring Music/BillyIdol. On the drums is the late, great [[Music/FooFighters Taylor Hawkins]].
6** "Flowers". A funky, disco-tinged number, which acts as a musical middle finger to a toxic ex. Not only did it become her best-selling single but it also gave her first two Grammys in 2024.
7* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
8** Although the music video for "We Can't Stop" is already bizarre, the one moment unlike the rest is the poor CGI face mechanically mouthing to the pitched-down "it's our party, we can do what we want" verse. There's little explaining how it relates to the crazy party happening in the video.
9** To a somewhat lesser extent, her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGz-L8iQrMg self-described "twerking" video to J. Dash's "WOP"]], compared to the rest of her output. It's shot in grainy black and white in an empty photo set and features her dancing provocatively in a unicorn costume for two minutes. Supposedly, she did it on a whim after she had a few minutes alone after a photoshoot, but the video quickly got picked up by the tabloids after she posted it to her Twitter account.
10* BrokenBase: She has fans of her Hannah Montana era, her pre-''Bangerz'' era, and her comeback with her album ''Bangerz'' in America. To non-members of her fanbase, she is to regular Base Breakers what atomic weapons are to conventional ones.
11* CoveredUp: "These Four Walls" is an old Cheyenne Kimball song.
12** "East Northumberland High" and "Start All Over" from ''Meet Miley Cyrus'' were written and recorded by Samantha Jo Moore and Fefe Dobson, respectively.
13** "Kicking And Screaming" from her EP ''The Time Of Our Lives'' is a cover of an international bonus track from Music/AshleeSimpson's ''I Am Me'' album. The EP doesn't credit Simpson for co-writing it, for unknown reasons.
14** "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go", from a Music/BobDylan charity tribute album.
15** The covers of songs in her online ''Backyard Sessions'' videos count. She has so far covered "Lilac Wine", a Music/NinaSimone cover popularized by Music/JeffBuckley on ''Music/{{Grace}}'', "Look What They've Done To My Song Ma" by Melanie, and "Jolene" by her godmother Music/DollyParton.
16** Her cover of 'Delicious' by Shampoo for [[https://youtu.be/Xo5-dDUD2do this Gucci commercial]].
17* CommonKnowledge: She did ''not'' invent twerking. The media also failed to recognize that twerking is an English place-name term.
18* DancingBear: And one that quickly became dated, too, as the gimmick relied on Cyrus being recognised first and foremost as Hanna Montana. Back when the music videos "Wrecking Ball" and "We Can't Stop" were released, they caused such outrage because the material was heavily frowned upon in media, and such an stark contrast to the Hannah Montana image everyone was used to. Nowadays, there're music artists like Cardi B and Music/KatyPerry everywhere doing similar content, and many people even commented that Miley's music videos looks normal.
19* FandomRivalry:
20** Her fans and Music/SelenaGomez fans don't really get along. Ironic because the two girls get along great.
21** After her record label's executives got so defensive of her that they started deleting [=YouTube=] videos for simply criticizing her, fans of the ''WebVideo/{{React}}'' series by the Fine Brothers now hate her (which is now HilariousInHindsight seeing as the Fine Brothers lost a lot of fans after they themselves started aggressively taking down other "React" videos themselves and then trying and failing to trademark the term "react").
22** Music/{{Cher}} fans and Miley fans have gone to war over who sang Miley's song "I Hope You Find It" better. Both Miley and Cher do follow each other on Website/{{Twitter}}, though.
23* FetishRetardant:
24** Few people find her performance in the 2013 [=VMAs=] sexy. Even Music/{{Rihanna}}, who is well-known for dressing in kinky outfits, [[http://www.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013726/rs_560x415-130826093736-560.2miley.ls.82613.jpg looked uncomfortable]] watching it.
25** Similarly, few find the "Wrecking Ball" music video sexy in any way. WordOfGod says there was little or no attempt to be "sexy" in the video, that it was an emotional song about a breakup, but the media merely focused on the Naked!Miley aspect and [[InnocentFanserviceGirl drew the conclusion]] it was meant to be "sexy". Which people would take seriously if she wasn't [[BrokenAesop seductively licking a sledgehammer.]]
26* FridgeBrilliance: When she hosted ''SNL'' in season 39, she told the audience that she wasn't going to do a ''Hannah Montana'' parody, but she was going to give them an update about what she's been doing: she was murdered. It seems like a TakeThat to the show, but it could easily be one at people who didn't watch the show because anyone who did would know that Hannah ceased to be once her secret identity was revealed.
27* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Her fame only slightly decreased since [[HotterAndSexier changing to a more "adult" image]], but she still felt that foreign audiences would be more welcoming of her than in America. As a result, she performed exclusively overseas for her 2011 "Gypsy Heart Tour", earning over in countries like South and Central America, Australia, the Philippines, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama.
28* HarsherInHindsight: A [[http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733752_1734628,00.html#ixzz0pT6GawvW write-up]] of Miley penned by FormerChildStar Donny Osmond when she was listed in the Time Top 100 of 2008 carried these prophetic lines:
29-->Within three to five years, Miley will have to face adulthood. Fans grow up, and their youthful interests quickly dissolve. Her challenge will be overcoming the Hannah Montana stereotype. Miley's fans are not thinking about the fact that she will grow up too. As she does, she'll want to change her image, and that change will be met with adversity. It's next to impossible to fight, embrace, use or love your image. Trust me. I've seen this all play out before; it's the same ball game, just different players in a different time.
30** On her ''Bangerz'' tour, which began in February 2014, a giant statue of her dog Floyd is wheeled in for Miley's performance of "Can't Be Tamed". This staging lends some unintended poignancy/discomfort by March/April 2014, after the sad news of Floyd's unexpected death; Miley herself broke down in tears upon seeing the giant Floyd statue onstage.
31* HeartwarmingInHindsight: "Goodbye" is about a couple who realize they want to get back together. Considering that Miley's parents reconciled after announcing their divorce twice, it comes off as very touching.
32** Even more so with Miley's own reconciliation with Liam Hemsworth.
33* HilariousInHindsight:
34** In one episode of ''Series/HannahMontana'', Miley quips that at some point she'll have to dance around in her underwear. Fast forward to her 2013 [=VMAs=] performance...
35** "See You Again" features the lyrics "I have a heart that will ''never be tamed''". Two years later she would release a single called "Can't Be Tamed".
36** A ''Hannah Montana'' episode has Miley Stewart experimenting with her image to bring edginess to her act, after observing a Music/{{Madonna}}-[[{{Expy}} like musical hero]] of hers change her image regularly. One of the image makeovers is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlbFfhoxT_A very Gothic/punk-like look]] with spiky hair, freaky make-up, and leather. In more recent years, Miley Cyrus ''herself'' [[http://cdn01.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2012/12/miley-cyrus-vh1-divas-performance-watch-now.jpg has experimented with a similar look]] in RealLife.
37** An ABC News interview with Miley during her ''Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Tour'', which Cyrus and her fans posted links to on Website/{{Twitter}}, featured Miley showing Barbara Walters a photo of [[TheSixties 1960s]] fashion icon Twiggy and her spiky, short haircut, remarking that someday, Miley would like to have her hair cut similarly. Fast forward a few years, and she's finally done so.
38** Any joking comments in pop culture, from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' to ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' to the "Bob Miley" incident on her 20th birthday alluding to her as a [[TheStoner secret stoner]] due to her New Orleans salvia incident come across this way now, now that she's admitted to be an actual marijuana user in 2013.
39** The fourth episode of ''Hannah Montana'' is titled "It's My Party and I'll Lie If I Want To" In 2013, she made "We Can't Stop" with the lyrics "It's my party and I'll do what I want to."
40** Miley Stewart tries to get a reaction from her father Robbie Ray, who is sarcastically indifferent to her after she defiantly sneaks Jesse past him in her house against his wishes and is discovered with him, in the ''Series/HannahMontana'' episode "He Could Be The One", by mentioning she doesn't know what clothes to wear to a TV performance, so she'll decide to ''perform in her birthday suit''. Cue 2013 and Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" video.
41** Go on any music/lyric video for "Can't Be Tamed" and you'll find at least one, if not several, recent comments saying something to the effect of "She warned us." There are also likely to be several comments musing over when ''that'' song caused controversy; compared to "Wrecking Ball", it looks extremely mild.
42* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: She has a significant fanbase in South America and Australia.
43* GrowingTheBeard: ''Plastic Hearts'' is her most critically acclaimed album to date, both by professional critics and her fans, the general consensus is that rock music is what best fits her voice and style.
44* LesYay: Lots of it, as she is very close with her female friends both on and offscreen. She also kissed Music/KatyPerry during her ''Bangerz'' tour, and her video for "Prisoner" with Music/DuaLipa is pretty much as blatant as possible.
45* MemeticMutation:
46** [[IncomingHam I CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL!!!]]
47** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/miley-cyrus-blue-eyes This image]], taken at the 2008 Grammy Awards, has been an exploitable meme fodder due to her unintentionally creepy smile.
48* {{Narm}}:
49%%** The Climb is seen like this, also NarmCharm obviously by those who like it. When I Look At You could also apply.
50** Her performance of "Wrecking Ball" at the American Music Awards featured her singing in front of a giant kitten that was lipsynched to her song. It's already goofy to pair that up with a somber song to begin with, but at one point it starts '''crying''' in the goofiest way possible. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U04-G4j3WRM It has to be seen to be believed]].
51* NauseaFuel:
52** Do NOT watch the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu5iAgJ65dA Dooo It!]] before eating. You'll thank us later.
53* PeripheryDemographic:
54** Despite being marketed to young girls. Apparently, she's popular with Hell's Angels (well, the type who give to hospitals, etc.) and with boy-racers, unbelievably. She also has a significant gay male fanbase.
55** Also she, her music, and her show do have a young adult fan base.
56* RetroactiveRecognition: She had a very brief role in ''Film/BigFish'' when she was 11, playing one of Edward Bloom's childhood friends who accompanies him to the local Witch's house. So yes, that means that Creator/TimBurton fans can truthfully say that they were following Miley Cyrus' career before ''Series/HannahMontana'' fans were.
57** Members of Miley's regular backing band (which has stayed unusually stable since 2006) include members of [[TurnOfTheMillennium early-2000's]] PopPunk band American Hi-Fi ("Flavor Of The Weak"). Drummer Stacy Jones (who sings lead and plays guitar in American Hi-Fi) began as the drummer with Boston-based, [[TheNineties 1990s]] OneHitWonder AlternativeRock band Letters To Cleo ("Here And Now"); LTC singer Kay Hanley had for one tour worked as a live background singer for Miley.
58* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct:
59** Although she is still weighed down by her status as a Disney star, Miley is capable of delivering genuinely good performances, such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' and ''Literature/TheLastSong''. Even ''Hannah Montana'' was filled with these moments (namely that, despite her age, she showed some pretty sharp comedic timing.)
60** Also her role on ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' was praised for her comedic ability.
61** Her appearances on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in recent years, either as the host or in cameos, are great ratings draws, and are often considered highlights of the seasons she appears in. Even when the episodes themselves are criticized, it's usually not due to Miley's performances.
62** Her performances during the ''Bangerz'' tour and with recent cover versions such as Music/BobDylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" (for a 2011 charity tribute album) and a live, raw performance of [[Music/LedZeppelin Led Zeppelin's]] "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (released on Soundcloud in 2014) have received praise for her vocals.
63** Her roles in Black Mirror.
64* SignatureSong: "Party in the U.S.A." Disney-era, "We Can't Stop" or "Wrecking Ball" [[HotterAndSexier post]]-Disney era.
65* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
66** Music/{{AWOLNATION}} fans immediately took notice of "Wrecking Ball" sounding a lot like "Sail". WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows also points out that it bears resemblance to Music/{{Gotye}}'s "Somebody That I Used to Know" (not helping that the music videos for both songs feature the singer(s) naked).
67** Before that, there was "Fly on the Wall" which sounds eerily similar to "Megalomaniac" by Music/{{Incubus}}.
68** "See You Again" is a blatant soundalike of "Sunglasses At Night" by Corey Hart
69** "Old Blue Jeans" sounds a lot like "Livin' After Midnight" by Judas Priest
70** The chorus of "Wrecking Ball" is similar to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ienPq8iRKmk I Could Have Been a Dreamer]]" by Music/RonnieJamesDio
71** "Rockstar" sounds so much like "Scotty Doesn't Know" by Lustra that [[http://www.timessquaregossip.com/2008/05/miley-cyrus-hits-back-at-song-ripoff.html?m=0 Lustra openly accused her of ripping the song off- to which Disney admitted that she only sang what her songwriters handed her.]]
72* TearJerker:
73%%** "Robot", "When I Look at You", "Goodbye", "These Four Walls", "Take Me Along", "Bottom of the Ocean", "The Climb", "Stay", "Wrecking Ball", "I Miss You", "Hate Me".
74** Add the RealitySubtext behind "7 Things" to its music video, with random teenage girls, often in tears and anger, emoting to Miley's lyrics as if singing to their own exes, and it can be tearjerking too.
75* ValuesDissonance: In the UK, where Hannah Montana was less of a phenomenon, her changes in the image have been a good deal less divisive. In the Midlands, there's even the "Midland Miley", slang for any girl or woman who dresses or has a haircut like Miley Cyrus, but speaks with a Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Black Country, or Birmingham accent.

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