When you think about Miley Cyrus, you think about her performances. Not because they are the best, but because she is always dressed so inappropriately. That is if she is even dressed at all. In her new hit “Wrecking Ball” she is completely naked dancing around. Don’t get me wrong it’s not a bad song, but that video on YouTube has almost 228 million views and that would have never got that high if she wasn’t naked. Also she had a very memorable performance at the VMA’s that was very exposing and not appropriate. This video has almost a total of 3 million views. You may ask why she would ever do that, but it’s all about the money and what will attract people attention. She made a ton of money just of all the views on YouTube, not even counting her sales for the songs. People may criticize her and say it is disgusting, but she is not complaining due to the fact that almost everyone can say they have seen her videos. While people criticize her for this I think she is having fun and just enjoying life making her videos they she wants to make them. When she does these inappropriate videos, people talk about it saying you have to watch it and what not. Not only does Miley do it for the money, I think she also does it to diminish her old Hannah Montana image. Although the Hannah Montana’s image was very successful for her she has become more mature and by changing up her image will show everybody that she not the same innocent girl. She used to be such a young innocent woman that all little kids looked up to as a role model. Now parents do not even let the kids watch her performances. She has successfully got rid of that image though. No one even really remembers her being like that. I think she would have been way smarter to keep both images and sell to both age groups.
Now if you look at Mileys performances and Missy Elliott's you will see a very different type of performance. Missy’s performances usually consisted of dancing, but were always fully clothed and kept it clean. (On the most part) If Missy would have did what Miley is doing in today’s videos she would have been hated and no one would have bought her music or even acknowledged her. It was just not acceptable to act like that when she was in the business. Videos back then was used to show the intentions of the song, but now they are just used to draw more attention to the artist. It shows how much society has changed over the years, and Miley is just doing what is going to make her more money. I have a feeling that Missy would do the same, but maybe not so extreme. Although you might think Missy would be more successful due to her classier behavior, we looked up the prices of their net income. Miley is worth 150 Million dollars, and Missy is only at 50 Million. If Miley would have performed back in the day though, she would not probably be as successful as she is in today’s pop culture.
At the end of the day you look at Miley and ask, “Why does she do all of this?” Then you think, maybe it is all for show and to just make money. You wonder if maybe all the older pop stars would be doing the same thing if maybe it was acceptable during their time. You never know, all you know is that although she is very provocative, she is raking in the cash due to the attention she is receiving.
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