Web Finds: We Can't Stop

Seeing a lot of gifs (I pronounce the g like I would pronounce ‘gifts’) of the new Miley Cyrus music video We Can’t Stop compelled me to watch it so I can form my own opinion about it. Because that’s what I do. People say the Twilight books suck? Well let me read the saga so I can bitch about it. People say 50 Shades of Grey is overrated? Let me read it so I can bash the poorly written fan fiction. So I watched the music video, which was also the first time I listened to the song, and it might be the most disturbing music video done by an ex-Disney star ever.

Lets get to it:

Like most people my age, I grew up watching Hannah Montana on Disney channel. She was funny, the show was scripted pretty well, and although she couldn’t sing, I still liked her. Then she started releasing albums. I picked one up in a music store once and I made a remark to my friend about what a shitty singer she is but her songs are all so goddamn catchy that I can’t help but listen to it. Then a few years later, Miley got engaged with Liam Hemsworth, and I couldn’t care less, but all of a sudden she started wearing underwear disguised as pants, a bra disguised as a blouse, and—what the hell did she just cut all her hair off and bleach it. I raise both hands in the air in despair and walk out of the room and into the sunset.

But, you know, if she’s comfortable in that, then props to Miley. Maybe I got too used to Hannah Montana. But then this video comes out.

The song is catchy, but with hours of vocal practice with a million-dollar-an-hour coach, her voice is still akin to fingernails on a chalkboard. There were shots of her sticking her butt out and looking in the camera as if it was the intro of a porno, and oh the twerking. The twerking was just impossibly hard to not notice. Right after the twerking, she sings these gems of wisdom:

To my home girls here with the big butt
Shaking it like we at a strip club
Remember only God can judge ya
Forget the haters cause somebody loves ya
And everyone in line in the bathroom
Trying to get a line in the bathroom

How could she put God in one sentence and then talk about snorting cocaine in the next? Yes it’s true that only God can truly judge us, but people can still form valid opinions about you and your actions. And it’s as if Miley is pushing the envelope on this one. The song is about doing whatever you like, whatever you want, because it’s your life so have fun and all that. I understand that, but I don’t think Miley understands that her audience is still a bunch of tweens and teens who look up to her. It’s hard shaking off the pure and innocent image that Disney had set forth, but do it with class, not with ass.

All the ex-Disney stars don’t know what to do after they leave. They have young girls trailing behind and these stars are on the verge of womanhood. In other words, they need to get rid of the slut phase that most girls go through. So they do films that make them appear like an adult and to be taken more seriously and hopefully get rid of the younger fan base and gain older ones. Just like in Spring Breakers. But Vanessa Hudgens lost her innocence when her nude images popped up, which wasn’t her fault and she shouldn’t have apologized for that, but her wholesome image was definitely ruined since then. The ones that made it through safe and sound were Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire), Raven Symone (That’s So Raven), Dylan Sprouse (Suite Life of Zack and Cody) just to name a few. Cole Sprouse is a different story (note: look into the Cole Sprouse Tumblr Experiment).

This music video Miley’s Spring Breakers, her nude viral pictures, her DUI, her mugshot. This video is Miley proclaiming to the world that she is no longer Hannah, no longer a Disney star, and is a 20 year-old singer with a sex appeal.

On one hand, I want her to tone it down. But on the other, it’s hard to live life under a microscope. This song is basically Miley’s plea for everyone to fuck off because she can do whatever she feels comfortable with doing. Not everyone’s going to be happy with her new image and she’s okay with that. As long as the people she loves accept her change. Although I don’t agree with her flaunting her sexuality this way, I guess... I have to side with Miley on this one (after a few minutes of contemplation and munching on Doritos). She’s gotta shake off the innocent image someday. Why not do it with a bang? I guess this is the start of a new Miley. Albeit I still think she needs to tone down the twerking and bed humping. We don’t want her to become another Amanda Bynes case.