History YMMV / MileyCyrus

* 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.

** "Flowers". A funky, disco-tinged number, which acts as a musical middle finger to a toxic ex.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: 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.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible:
** She plays the trope for all it's worth with her 2013-2014 live performances and appearances, and her ''MTV Unplugged'' performance from 2014. People in dancing horse suits, rainbow, unicorn, and teddy bear costumes, Miley's often provocative and/or colorful costumes and outfits, even much of the pyro and screen projections. Her friend Cheyne Thomas dressed in a "sexy Santa" outfit at Jingle Ball 2013 also counts. She [[http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5869822/miley-cyrus-bangerz-tour-8-things-to-expect promises more]] in her ''Bangerz'' tour of 2014.
** In 2014, she debuted her [[http://www.vmagazine.com/site/content/3000/miley-cyrus-dirty-hippie very surrealistic, structural pop art]][[note]]strategically and conceptually gluing things to other things[[/note]] in an exhibit titled "Dirty Hippie". A lot of thought ''did'' go into it, but the result does qualify as a MindScrew.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Miley has become a crowning example of this - to the point her "HotterAndSexier lead single" has right in the intro "It’s our party we can love who we want, we can kiss who we want, we can screw who we want". Pretty disturbing for the person who used to be the lead cast member in Disney Channel original series, Hannah Montana (although ''Younger Now'' slightly toned down the sexual aspect of her bad girl image).
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Her performance at the Creator/MuchMusic Video Awards in 2010. Then came her VMA's performance in 2013, which ''does'' in fact look like it was made on drugs. '''Lots''' of drugs.
** The MindScrew that was her "Start All Over" video, made when she was 15.
** The "Wrecking Ball" video.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfwJA0f0UTg BB Talk]]. That is all.
%% * WTHCostumingDepartment: Her outfit at the infamous 2013 [=VMAs=].
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** 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.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: 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 this, many even commenting that Miley's music videos looks normal.

** "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".

* FridgeBrilliance: When she hosted ''SNL'' in season 39, she told the audience that she wasn't going to do a

** 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").

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: 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).

** Members of Miley's regular backing band (which has stayed unusually stable since 2006) include members of [[TurnOfTheMillenium 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.

** Members of Miley's regular backing band (which has stayed unusually stable since 2006) include members of [[TheNewOughties 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.

* MemeticMutation: [[IncomingHam I CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL!!!]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: 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 Creator/KatyPerry everywhere doing this, many even commenting that Miley's music videos looks normal.

* 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.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: 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.

** "Adore You" was written by obscure hip-hop soul singer Stacy Barthe.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Midnight Sky", a beautiful and passionate song that could apply to people leaving unfulfilling romantic relationships or children separating themselves from deadbeat/abusive parents.

* CriticalResearchFailure: She did ''not'' invent twerking. The media also failed to recognize that twerking is an English place-name term.

** 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."

* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: 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.)

* TearJerker: "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".