Miley Cyrus Influence On Pop Culture

Throughout the past several years, Miley Cyrus has had a huge influence on the pop music culture. She has grown up in the spotlight. Miley Cyrus’ persona through the music industry reflects the current cultural context of an over-sexualized society. However, it was not always this way. Miley was born as Destiny Hope Cyrus, but her parents began calling her ‘smiley’ because of how happy she was, and eventually her parents shortened it to ‘Miley.’ Miley is the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus, a ‘90s country star, and grew up on a hundred acre farm in Tennessee. Throughout her days as a young child, Miley’s love for music was greatly influence by her father and her godmother, Dolly Parton. Gradually, Miley became captivated with music and acting.
Miley is first seen on stage with a bear-inspired onesie as the backup dancers encircle her with bears strapped to their backs while dancing provocatively. The singer continues to twerk, grind, and give the crowd her classic “tongue” gesture. This song is often associated as a great party anthem, but there is so much more to it – the music video and her VMA performance speak volumes. The music video falls nothing short of an antithesis of, perhaps, D.A.R.E awareness. Whether or not Miley is making excessive drug references throughout the song such as, “And everyone in line in the bathroom / Trying to get a line in the bathroom,” is unknown. However, it is apparent that Miley is referencing substance abuse. The line “can’t you see its we who own the night” is also a hint at abuse due to the line “we own the night” being used as the NYPD’s 1980s slogan that created awareness for the departments’ anti-drug attempts. During the video, the party is depicted as having no rules or limits. That is where the line, “It’s our party we can do what we want / It’s our party we can say what we want / It’s our party we can love who we want / We can kiss who we want / We can sing what we want,” comes into