Miley Cyrus Is Naked In “Wrecking Ball” Music Video

By Rosemary Vega on September 10, 2013@rosevega

Miley Cyrus released the music video for her second single off her upcoming album, “Bangerz,” yesterday. The video for “Wrecking Ball” was directed by provocative photographer, Terry Richardson. It’s no surprise that the controversial duo have already sparked a major stir with the debut, as it features a fully nude Miley.

The video is said to offer a more vulnerable side of Miley. While the song is certainly an emotional power ballad, the video offers merely glimpses of Miley’s emotional vulnerability. The music video begins with an extreme close up of Miley crying, wearing bright red lipstick. Though she looks beautiful, the scenes of her shedding tears are swallowed up by the scenes of her seductively swinging on a wrecking ball, making out with a sledgehammer, and touching herself. Towards the end are some sprinkled in shots of Miley getting angry and hitting walls. So is she upset, or playing with herself? The video seems to be another attempt to go as far away from her Disney image as possible, and who better to help her than Richardson.

Miley posted the link to the video yesterday (Sept. 9) with the hashtag #wrecktherecord, a reference to beating One Direction’s current record of 10.9 million VEVO views in a 24-hour period. “Wrecking Ball” already had 12 million views as of midnight.

Check out the video below.