[Videos] V Magazine's Daily Miley: Day 1

[Magazines] Miley on the cover of V magazine!

This year in May, when Miley was in Paris for her Bangerz tour, a couple of photos of her doing a photo shoot surfaced online and many people assumed it was for V magazine - well they got it right!

Yesterday, Miley's new cover of V magazine leaked on the internet - and Cyrus looks stunning! But the most exciting thing is that the spread was shot by the one and only Karl Lagerfeld! 

This morning, Miley posted new outtake from the photo shoot on her instagram, check it out here.

You can pre-order Miley's issue NOW at Shop.Vmagazine.com, it'll go on stands September 10!

Miley's first V magazine cover was last year and was shot by Mario Testino.

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Miley for V magazine 2014 (8 photos)

[Magazines] ELLE magazine scans

Scans of Miley's interview with ELLE magazine (May 2014) with Miley on the cover were released. The scans are high quality and you'll be able to read the full interview. Check them out in the gallery. 

The magazine is in stores now. :)

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ELLE (May 2014) scans (18 photos)

[Magazines] Miley Cyrus Opens Up to Tavi Gevinson About Heartbreak, Sex, and Feminism

Everyone seems to have an opinion about Miley Cyrus these days, so for ELLE's May Women in Music issue, we asked writer Tavi Gevinson to meet Cyrus on the road and try to get inside her head. The result was an honest, surprising, and revealing conversation between two young women of the same generation. No topic was off limits: Cyrus, 21, and Gevinson, 17, talked intimately about everything from Cyrus' childhood and the strong connection she has with her fans to depression, heartbreak, sexual freedom, and race politics.

Gevinson, eight years old when Cyrus made her debut on the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana and a senior in high school when Cyrus' VMA performance made jaws drop around the world, met up with the singer in Phoenix for the interview and a night of her Bangerz tour. Gevinson offers a unique point of view on Cyrus' evolving position in our culture, writing: Cyrus is neither a lost train wreck nor completely sure of her place in the world. She's just searching for it on an extreme scale, and, actually, in a much more unique, unprecedented way than her critics might think.

Read Gevinson's entire essay on Cyrus and their full conversation exclusively in ELLE's May issue, available on newsstands in select cities and digitally on April 15, and nationwide on April 22. But first, a sneak peek at the shoot and a few of the things Gevinson and Cyrus got to talking about:

On being stronger than she used to be…

Tavi Gevinson: Did you feel that limitation under Disney?

Miley Cyrus: You know, I'm really thankful that I started on Disney. I got the most intense training. There's times where I wish I could have just started as a new artist, but the world has kind of allowed me to do that. I feel really lucky—a lot of kid stars get all crazy or stuck in what they were, so they can't actually become what they're meant to be. When I went through a really intense breakup—you know, I was engaged—and when I was with him or when I was on Disney, the thing that gave me the most anxiety was not knowing what to do with myself when Disney wasn't there to carry me anymore or if I didn't have him. And now I'm free of both of those things, and I'm fine. Like, I lay in bed at night by myself and I'm totally okay, and that's so much stronger than the person three years ago, who would have thought they would have died if they didn't have a boyfriend.

On her connection with her fans and what gives her purpose…

MC: I have guys and girls that come out, and they're like, "The only reason I'm able to admit that I'm gay is because you've made me feel like that's okay." That is so intense, because that is a part of this generation—it wasn't always accepted—and I feel like I am a big part of that change. Or they know that I've struggled with depression, and that helped them get over theirs. That gives me a big purpose—a reason to wake up in the morning that's bigger than to put on my fucking feathers and my little outfits.

On feminism and double standards…

TG: I read that you consider yourself a feminist. What does that mean to you?

MC: I'm just about equality, period. It's not like, I'm a woman, women should be in charge! I just want there to be equality for everybody.

TG: Right! And that's what feminism is.

MC: I still don't think we're there 100 percent. I mean, guy rappers grab their crotch all fucking day and have hos around them, but no one talks about it. But if I grab my crotch and I have hot model bitches around me, I'm degrading women? I'm a woman—I should be able to have girls around me! But I'm part of the evolution of that. I hope.

…To be continued in the pages of the May issue of ELLE…

New outtakes from the ELLE photoshoot HERE

[Magazines] Miley on the cover of ELLE USA (May 2014)

Miley is on the cover of the May issue of USA's ELLE magazine! Cyrus tweeted: "#ElleYeah @ELLEmagazine @MarcJacobsIntl  I <3 MJ" together with the picture. On the cover she's wearing Marc Jacobs' Boatneck Tunic With Sequin Embroidery & Sequin Wave Flare Pants and looks beyond stunning! 

Check out the full cover in the gallery below.

Miley previously covered ELLE 2 times - in 2009 and 2013.

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2014 ELLE photoshoot

[Video] Behind the scenes of Miley's Vogue magazine photoshoot

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[Articles] Here's Why Miley Cyrus Should Be On The Cover Of American Vogue Instead

Miley Cyrus, deep in Marilyn Monroe mode, is on the cover of Germany's Vogue this March. With a curly, short 'do, see-through halter and cherry red lips, Miley's never looked happier. But it reminds fans of her not-so-gleeful past with Vogue — the rumors that editor-in-chief Anna Wintour had barred her from the American cover after her scandalous VMAs performance in August.

That didn't stop the "Wrecking Ball" singer from taking her Vogue desires across the pond though, posing for Mario Testino in a very special issue. Cyrus' German Vogue spread stands out, well, because of her fully exposed chest. Sure, we've seen Miley side boob, Miley deep V, Miley everything-but nipples and even Miley camel toe (and yeah, I know you just clicked every single one of those links), but as MTV Style pointed out earlier today, full-on Miley boob was inevitable. And there's no reason why that couldn't happen at U.S. Vogue. Hello, when has high fashion ever been afraid of nudity?

Here are the reasons why Miley should land herself a shoot with the U.S. Fashion Bible:

It's Pretty Much The Only Magazine She Needs

Gotta catch 'em all! Miley's been on pretty much every magazine cover on the planet. Cosmo, Marie Claire, Glamour, Notion, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Billboard, Rolling Stone and way more. Multiple times. Help her finish her collection, Anna!

The VMAs Aren't An Excuse

According to several reports, Wintour canceled plans to put Miley on her cover in the backlash of her rather raunchy VMAs performance. But does twerking on Robin Thicke really make you unworthy of covering Vogue?

Rihanna Is Just As Provocative

Our friends at Style also reported that Rih Rih is Vogue's cover star for March. But she can be just as provoking as Miley. See her Instagram and "Pour It Up" video for proof.

And, not to stir the pot or anything, but Kim Kardashian reportedly has a Vogue cover coming up. If you're afraid of controversy, well... think about the comment section on that cover story.

Vogue Is Missing Out On Madonna-Level Iconography

After Miley's "Unplugged" mash-up with Madge, we basically think they are the same person — mostly because of the controversy they spurred in their lifetimes. They're both into reinventing themselves, they both had racy VMA performances and they each posed for scandalous photos. Madonna's been on the cover of Vogue four times... not to mention that she has a SONG with the same name.

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[Interview] Miley Cyrus W magazine Screen Test

[Magazines] "W" magazine interview + photoshoot

AMERICA’S BADDEST BAD GIRL DOESN’T CARE WHAT YOU THINK OF HER.

“She’s cool, she’s scandalous,” Kristal, an apple-cheeked 13-year-old, shouts over the din. “I like her hair,” adds Morgan, a 12-year-old standing next to her. “She’s a slut,” declares Kaylee, a sullen 14-year-old with a fading magenta dye job and a mouthful of bubble gum. “I’m here for Ariana Grande.” For all I know, she’s referring to a Microsoft Word font or a new kind of latte. This is not my scene. I am in the oppressive mayhem at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, packed on this December night for the Jingle Ball, a concert series featuring of-the-moment pop artists. Kristal and Morgan are Smilers, as Miley Cyrus diehards call themselves. Some carry a torch for Hannah Montana, the Disney Channel role that made her a star. Others favor the edgier persona introduced with her 2013 album, Bangerz. But all are fiercely devoted, waiting hours for a glimpse of Cyrus.

Onstage, the lights dim. Red sequins flash through a smoke-machine haze. Cyrus, in a spangled two-piece ensemble hiked high enough to require intensive bikini waxing, steps out. Behind her, a tall black woman sways in a Christmas tree costume that Cyrus will later overturn, pointing at the women’s rear end and impishly wagging her tongue at the audience. Next to her, a little person prances in a silver leotard with conical foam breasts. Cyrus kneels and squeezes them playfully. Eighteen thousand audience members explode into unhinged jubilation. “Oh, my God,” Kristal shrieks, near tears. “I love her!”

Read the full interview HERE.

Check out the photoshoot HERE.

[Interviews] LOVE magazine

At first I wasn’t sure about Miley. A lot of people aren’t. It was tricky to borrow clothes for the shoot because she seems to divide opinion in a Marmite-esque way. Many people who I respect didn’t want to get involved. They thought there was something superficial about her – dangerous, even.

But then you meet her. And she’s the most charming, intruiging celebrity I’ve ever come across. She reminds me of a young Drew Barrymore – someone who is wiser than her years, who’s seen a lot and come out the other side (at the grand age of 21), and is about as dangerous as my rabbit. She’s extremely bright – mesmerising in fact.

To be honest, I ummed and ahhed about writing an introduction to this story. I didn’t feel like I needed to defend the decision to work with Miley as I just liked her – Marc Jacobs had told me I’d adore her – and I like Bangerz. But then there was the internet furore surrounding her supposedly dissing Beyonce in the interview that follows. She never did: Beyonce was never even mentioned. Neither she or I are very interested in dissing anyone – particularly not talented and fascinating artists like Beyonce. Life is far too short and, as Miley says in the interview: ‘I never say anything bad about anyone’.

Furthermore, she absolutely loves fashion: she looks good in it, she enjoys it. She walked into the studio wearing a Margiela see-through top, star nipple covers (seen here), skinny black vinyl trousers and heavy lace-up boots. She’s tall and lean, and wears clothes very well – in fact she should wear more of them more often. Her choice of music was weird and interesting, presumably influenced by her dad: it included Tiny Tim’s ‘Tiptoe Through the Tulips’ and ‘Ruler of My Heart’ by Irma Thomas, alongside the more predictable Lil’ Kim. She also turned up to the shoot on time, and has never taken a single phone call or replied to any texts on any occasion that I’ve worked with her – many a model might want to take note of this level of concentration and dedication. When we were photographing her for the Marc Jacobs campaign the shots were very tricky to set up, as we had several girls in the pictures and film set-type lighting. At one point David Sims thanked Miley for her patience, to which she replied: ;There’s nothing I’d rather be doing right now in the world. I’m wearing Marc Jacobs on a fake beach in a studio in LA.’ And she meant it.So here you have Miley…The perfect star today, and I’m a fan.

- Katie Grand, 7 January 2014

Read the full interview HERE

[Gallery Updates] Miley on the cover of "W" magazine (March)

Yesterday, a low quality photo of Miley's March cover for "W" magazine was released. Miley looks amazing! Check it out in the gallery HERE. 

[Video] LOVE magazine - behind the scenes

[Gallery Updates] New LOVE magazine outtake

LOVE magazine released a new outtake from their photoshoot with Miley. Check it out HERE and make sure to buy your copy of the magazine, out Feb. 3rd!

[Magazines] On the cover of LOVE magazine

Miley's first cover of LOVE magazine and her first magazine cover of 2014 will go on sale 3rd February 2014! Do you like the cover photo?! Let me know in the comments below! More pics from the photoshoot will be released soon! 

[Magazines] Miley on the cover of "Jolie"

Miley is on the January cover of the German magazine Jolie! Check out scans from it HERE ;)

[Magazines] Miley is also on the cover of the UK Cosmopolitan

Oh the relief, we've been so excited to reveal our incredible December cover star as Miley Cyrus, and finally we can let the twerking cat outta the bag.

Adorned in jewels and looking absolutely beautiful (you can win Miley's dress here, too), Miley gave one of her most revealing interviews yet - and if you haven't made your mind up about the controversial cover star yet, we can guarantee this piece will help you on your way.

“The biggest misconception about me is that I like the media attention. I wish I could be who I am without the fame. If everyone would still buy my records and if everything would go to No.1 in 30 seconds or whatever… that’d be great,” she told us - but it’s her out-there behaviour that’s caused the media spotlight to shine brighter on her than ever before. 

Discussing her joint performance of Blurred Lines with Robin Thicke at the MTV VMAs in August, she describes it as "kind of bittersweet. It wasn’t supposed to overshadow everyone else; it was meant to be fun. But hey, it got the most tweets in history…”

“I live without any regrets – you can’t change anything, so I don’t think about it," she continues.

"But would I ever want a ‘normal’ life? Yeah, there are definitely times when I wake up and wish I could go out without being photographed. I don’t care if people recognise me and say ‘hey’, but I don’t want to be stopped. I want to just walk around and see new cities.

“I don’t put pressure on myself to be a role model, other than hopefully inspiring people to be good and to treat people well. I’m going to be what I want, and I’m going to do what I want. When people are suffocated, that’s when they end up falling off.”

“My parents have always been laid-back. They’d prefer us to be good people, to have good hearts and be honest with them, than pretend to be someone we’re not. I’ve never had to hide myself.

“I’ve always been around fame… I think that’s what’s kept me grounded. I was a kid when I started – I turned 13 on the Hannah Montana set – and maybe that’s affected my attitude; if it happened now, you’d overthink it. A lot of [famous] people get what I call ‘new money syndrome’ – where they didn’t grow up with money, and they’re so scared of losing it that they become obsessed. It’s like an addiction – and once you get a taste for it… But that’s never happened for me… Dolly Parton’s my godmother. She’s taught me a lot about how you treat people. She always says hi to the person on the bottom of the call sheet. I love that.”

“It doesn’t stop if the album goes to No.1. I’m thinking about touring, artists I want to work with, cool videos I want to make. It’s so much like, grab the moment. The best advice I’ve been given was from Cyndi Lauper – she told me to go and lasso the moon, meaning don’t be afraid of anything. Just go and do anything you want to. I thought that was pretty cool and poetic.”

“I’m a really loyal person and if I dig you, I’m all the way down. But if you f**k me over, I’m all the way up. It’s like, once shame on you, twice shame on me. You’re the dumb one if you let someone back into your life and they shit on you again.

“I’m a homebody and actually not as hyper or as sociable as I seem. I have a small group of five close friends who all pretty much work for me; everyone else is just an acquaintance.”

To Miley, sexiness is all about how she feels: 

“I’m a feminist in the way that I’m really empowering to women… I’m loud and funny and not typically beautiful.

“When do I feel at my sexiest? After I’ve eaten something really healthy and done Pilates, and I’m wearing tight leggings. When I’m in gym clothes I actually feel sexy and healthy, so sometimes I’ll stay in them all day!”

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Check out Miley on the US Cosmo (and another part of the interview) HERE

Check out the full photoshoot HERE

[News] Miley on the cover of Cosmopolitan, December issue

So much has changed since your last Cosmo cover! Is this the most insane year of your life so far? "Everything is so chaotic and crazy right now and it’s so much all at once, but I’m living for it. I'm just having the best time ever and everything’s falling into place like it’s supposed to. Even people who want to hate on me, they can’t even shut down the fact that I’m literally what everyone is talking about. I don’t want to say that I’m on top right now – I feel like I’m kind of an underdog in a cool way. It’s almost punk rock to like me because it’s not the right thing to do. Like, society wants to shut me down."

People were shocked by your VMA performance – but it was tame compared with the “We Can’t Stop” video. “When people started complaining about the awards show, I was like, ‘Have you never seen the fucking video?’ And what if I hadn’t done that performance? The VMAs would have been bad. They would have been missing something. The show was kind of making fun of how serious the pop industry is.”

How did you feel about the celebrities who dissed your VMAs performance? “I don’t really care. I think everyone would have given anything to be me at that moment, because I was being one hundred percent true to myself…and not many people can say that. At the end of the day, I would say I’m a nice person, and I take pride in the fact that I treat everyone really well, so there’s no reason for anyone to ever come at me because I only want the best for everybody else. I have a song that’s like, ‘Stay in your lane,’ because I’m not going to be you and you’re definitely not going to be me, so don’t throw shade. I don’t ever throw shade at anyone.”

What about the celebs who are on Team Miley? “The support of other artists is important because there are not many people who can relate to what I’m going through right now. Kanye West is one of those people, and even Katy Perry has been so cool. It’s easy for Kanye to support me because we’re in totally separate lanes of competition, but for Katy to say that she appreciates what I’m really doing for the pop industry, that keeps you going. And I mean, who cares what the media buzz is if Kanye West is telling you that you’re the shit?”

This is the first time you’ve been single in years. How are you dealing with that? “I need to treat my music like a relationship – give it my time and all the attention it deserves – and that’s my main love right now. This is the best time of my life. I’m not going to look back on it and be like, ‘I wish I hadn’t been dwelling over a breakup,’ you know? Because that’s not what God wants my life to be about right now. God wants my life to be about being successful and being happy and blessing other people and being blessed.”

For more of Miley's exclusive interview and fashion shoot with Cosmopolitan pick up the new issue on newsstands November 5th. 

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Check out the rest of the photoshoot HERE

[Magazines] YOU magazine interview and photoshoot

OMG, Miley! The tongue, the twerking, the latex underwear, the naked video! Where on earth to begin? Miley Cyrus, the most Googled star in cyberspace, is sitting opposite me on a pale leather sofa, coltishly long-limbed in thigh-high black Louboutin boots, a wispy Black Watch tartan dress and a baby-blue fox-fur cape. Wide-eyed and clear-skinned, mouth a vermilion pout, the 20-year-old singer looks ravishing, even with the tattoo on her ear and the tiny gold gangsta pistol nestling among the chains around her neck.

But I have to start somewhere, so I start with her hair. ‘Miley!’ I cry. ‘Why did you cut your lovely Hannah Montana hair? What did your mother say? She must be furious; I mean, I’m not your mother and I’m pretty cross.’

‘Ha, ha. Yeah, when I did it my mom was shocked at first and tripped out – I mean, she’s got the whole long blonde hair thing going on – but now she loves it and wouldn’t have me with it any other way,’ says Miley. ‘I’m trying to break out of that long hair, big boobs stereotype that women feel they have to conform to. I mean, we’re not living in the freakin’ 1950s – short hair is OK. Have people really got so little imagination? Every morning I look in the mirror and I feel like a blank canvas and I choose who I want to be. In a normal job you have to live by someone else’s rules, but I’m in a job where my work is play and I don’t have to pretend to be something I’m not.’

Before we continue with the various theories as to why Miley has either gone off the rails or is making a stand for female empowerment, a quick recap. In a previous incarnation, Nashville-born Miley was a squeaky-clean Disney Channel princess starring in her very own squeaky-clean show. From the age of 13, she played a girl living a double life; average down-to-earth Southern teenager by day, famous pop star Hannah Montana by night. Her real-life father, the country singer Billy Ray ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ Cyrus, was cast as her good ol’ daddy in the series, which garnered an estimated 200 million viewers. The merchandising spinoffs were immense: from dolls to duvet covers, jewellery to jotters, Hannah Montana was the ultimate wholesome blueprint for little girls everywhere.

But every little girl grows up. And how. Having recorded albums as her TV alter ego, after the series ended in 2011, Miley set about establishing herself as an adult artist with extraordinary gusto. In 2012 she cut off her trademark long locks, symbolically severing herself from her past. Then earlier this year saw the release of her single ‘We Can’t Stop’, with its sexually provocative video in which she writhed around on a bed, french kissed a doll and, to quote her use of rappers’ vernacular, ‘shaking it like we at a strip club’.

Then, at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards in New York, she performed a controversial duet with singer Robin Thicke in which she stripped down to flesh-coloured latex underwear, ‘twerked’ (a move where a dancer squats while wiggling their buttocks) and did unmentionable things with an oversized foam finger. The audience was stunned. Social media went wild. A proposed cover shoot for Vogue was apparently axed on the grounds of Miley’s vulgarity.

Theories abound as to why she appears to be doing a crash-and-burn Britney. In no particular order: she has turned lesbian, she is mounting a rebellion against the strictures of her Disneyfied childhood, she is on drugs, and she is having a nervous breakdown. To her credit, she laughs toothily when I read her the charge sheet and tell her the shockwaves have reached Britain and beyond. ‘Hey, I thought you British were all beer and free speech!’ says Miley in her faint Tennessee drawl, nonplussed as to why anyone might disapprove. ‘People try to make everything so thought out when sometimes there’s no real reason why. My fans love the fact that everything I’m doing is my choice. It’s my body. I want what I do to be memorable and so do my fans – I’m just living, just being.’

But Miley, if you wanted to establish yourself as an adult artist, why the suggestive foam finger? Why not a power ballad, a stint on Strictly, maybe even a crossover duet with Andrea Bocelli – or better still, those nice boys from Il Divo? Actually, I suspect she might devour Il Divo for breakfast. ‘Everything I’ve ever done was how I felt at that exact moment,’ she says with unshakable conviction. ‘You have to have confidence as an entertainer and I believe – I know – that no one can be a better version of me than me. Sure, I could put on a gown and have some beauty pictures taken of me, but where’s the honesty in that? In my video for “Wrecking Ball” I am naked and vulnerable and crying because it’s a song about how it feels when everything around you has been destroyed.’

Appearing naked was really no big deal, she asserts. ‘I’m very confident being naked,’ she says (although admitting it would be a bit too confident for the YOU photo shoot). ‘I feel that stripping off is a way of expressing purity of emotion.’ Quite so; unusually, Miley is the sort of performer who has to be persuaded to pop that cheeky nipple back in, please. But while nakedness can represent raw truthfulness, it’s also the ultimate act of look-at-me exhibitionism and sexual precocity. Her appearance at the VMAs was, by common consent, cringeworthy; but the thing is, Miley doesn’t care. And when you are young and rich and beautiful with a brand new white Maserati, don’t care can’t be made to care. Not one tiny bit. Her target market isn’t fazed by bumping or grinding, even when she does it with dwarves on German telly. The fans who download her music don’t give a monkey’s what Vogue thinks. Parental opprobrium is just another tantalising ingredient in the heady mix.

‘I want to be memorable,’ she says. ‘That’s what my fans want too. Everyone’s talking about me, waiting to see what I’m doing next. And, yeah, I like things to be bright and colourful and fun, but then I make “Wrecking Ball”, which is darker and grey. And then I’ll maybe go back to running around being crazy. I want to keep people guessing.’

Her weeping anguish in the ‘Wrecking Ball’ video wasn’t any sort of relationship catharsis; by her own admission she’s never had her heart broken. Her parents Billy Ray and Tish, who wed in 1993, have an on-off marriage, which is currently on. But Miley’s turbulent engagement to Australian actor Liam Hemsworth, with whom she lived in Los Angeles, is very much off. She clearly hasn’t let it affect her fierce work ethic, and she doesn’t want to talk about the split. She’d much rather talk about her four dogs: indeed, it was the untimely death of one dog, her yorkshire terrier Lila, that was forefront in Miley’s mind as she clung naked to the wrecking ball, a pose that has since been mercilessly parodied on the internet. ‘I love dogs more than I love people,’ she says, suddenly sounding like a 20-year-old rather than a polished pro. ‘I kept this image of Lila in my head and the tears just fell.’

The single comes from her new album, the infelicitously named Bangerz, about which she speaks with disarming, articulate intensity. ‘I want people to think of the album like a movie. You have to fall in love with the character who’s narrating so, when things go wrong for her and she is singing about pain and sadness, like in “Wrecking Ball”, you are connected to her, rooting for her, willing her to win – of course while keeping it fun and moving, but drawing listeners in so that after the tears comes laughter.’

‘Wrecking Ball’ is a well-crafted song, and a drastic departure from the louche hedonism of the catchy ‘We Can’t Stop’. There’s even a critical consensus that the video is beautifully shot – but a feeling, too, that Miley’s nudity undermines the music. This is a shame because Miley is likable and funny and radiates an attractive confidence.

Then again grown-ups like me, for whom twerkin’ ain’t workin’, might think her posturing is derivative, but – and this will make you feel old – there’s a whole new generation out there who never gasped in outrage at Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ or wore Frankie Say Relax T-shirts or whose retinas weren’t permanently seared with that poignant 1990 close-up of Sinéad O’Connor weeping as she sang ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’.

For them, Miley is out there, edgy and genuinely groundbreaking as she metaphorically and literally pokes out her tongue at the adults. Which brings me, reluctantly, to The Tongue. Back in the day when she still wore cowboy boots, we weren’t even aware she had a tongue. Now it’s all over the shop, lolling over her chin and licking inappropriate things – most notably a sledgehammer in her latest video. I’m guessing Miley’s Tongue probably has an agent of its own, and gets a ten per cent appearance fee. It’s all a bit ‘ewww’, isn’t it? Not exactly role-model material.

‘For me, role models are people who are good people,’ says Miley earnestly. ‘I stick my tongue out because straight photos are sooo boring. But even if I do stick my tongue out, that doesn’t change the quality of the human being inside. I’d rather be honest and upfront; being a good person isn’t about sitting with your legs crossed. I’m just being who I am, which is the best example I can be.’

Miley is very much a creature of the Twitter age, where all tweets are good tweets because if nobody talks about you in 140 characters or less (regardless of the content), you may as well be dead. Or still on Bebo. She revealed her relationship break-up to the world by ‘unfollowing’ Hemsworth on Twitter. Ouch! For Miley and her generation, the spurious goal of Being True to Yourself has been elevated to the highest state of being. She famously doesn’t drink, and has spoken in the past about how she thinks marijuana is less ‘dangerous’ than alcohol; but today she’s rather more evasive. ‘Dope? No. Never. Not me.’ Her grin speaks volumes and would tellingly suggest that she tailors her upfrontness to suit her audience.

And here’s the thing: while there’s no doubt that Miley enjoys being naked and flaunting her youth and her lithe body (fears about her ‘dangerously thin’ weight are unfounded; she’s slim not thin, with an athletic physique), her insistence that she’s just living moment to moment doesn’t quite stack up. This is a shrewd young woman, after all, who has been moulded and shaped by major studio marketeers – however willingly – since her mid-teens.

The notion that she’s a free spirit belies her undoubted business brain. Moreover, she’s from a showbiz family that knows how fame – and fortune – works. Every singer needs not just a catchy melody and an irresistible key change but a unique selling point. If Katy Perry is the bubblegum princess, Lady Gaga the Dalí-esque drama queen and Pink the muscular henchwoman of aggro-pop, it’s unsurprising that any young female artist would feel a need – personally and commercially – to differentiate herself. And like them or loathe them, Miley’s strip-show antics have given her a global reach.

‘I am an entertainer,’ she says. ‘What would be the point if I looked like every other singer out there? Being young, it’s important for me to learn and grow and not fit into a box.’ As if; ‘Wrecking Ball’ broke all previous records when it received 19.3 million views on music video website Vevo in the first 24 hours of release. But she wants more. ‘I’m always thinking about what I’m going to do next. I broke the record and now I want to break it in double time.’

The mind boggles as to what she’ll come up with next. Will it be coruscating or just corrupting? Either way, this is indisputably Miley’s moment. And she’s having the time of her life.

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[Interview] Miley Cyrus on Why She Loves Weed, Went Wild at the VMAs and Much More

When we hung out with Miley Cyrus for our new cover story, the 20-year-old superstar didn’t just get Rolling $tone tattooed on her feet and jump out of an airplane. She also said a bunch of smart, funny things! It turns out Miley’s mouth isn’t just the place her tongue hangs out between posing for photos. The interviews covered way more ground than could fit in the story, so we’ve gathered some of the best parts. Presenting, the Wisdom of Miley.

ON HER VMAS PERFORMANCE

I know what I’m doing. I know I’m shocking you. When I’m dressed in that teddy bear thing, I think that’s funny. I was saying yesterday, I had this obsession about this character that’s like an adult baby. Like if you see a baby do something like that it’s so warped and weird, but there’s something creepily hot about it. So when I’m in that teddy bear suit, I’m like a creepy, sexy baby. But I forget that it’s, like, people in Kansas watching the show. That people that sit their kid in front of the TV and are like, “Oh, an awards show! Let’s watch.”

ON RACE AND POP MUSIC

Me and [producer] Mike WiLL were talking about it. He said, “For me, my biggest achievement has been working with a white girl—but for a white girl to work and associate with black producers, you’re being ratchet.” He’s like, “Why am I on the come-up if I work with you, but if you work with me, it’s like you’re trying to be hood?” It’s a double-standard. I didn’t really realize it, but people are still racist. It’s kind of insane. Like if I had come out [at the VMAs] with all white-girl dancers, and done the fucking “Cha Cha Slide”— same outfit, same everything — it wouldn’t have been bad. But because of who I came out with, people got upset. Because they were girls from the club. They had thick asses. They were twerking. That’s what I want, though — I want real girls up there who can really party. The Baker girls [her backup dance crew, the L.A. Bakers] don’t give a fuck about me. They love me, but they’re not kissing my ass. They’re just excited to not be dancing at the club.

ON DRUGS

I think weed is the best drug on earth. One time I smoked a joint with peyote in it, and I saw a wolf howling at the moon. Hollywood is a coke town, but weed is so much better. And molly, too. Those are happy drugs— social drugs. They make you want to be with friends. You’re out in the open. You’re not in a bathroom. I really don’t like coke. It’s so gross and so dark. It’s like what are you, from the ’90s? Ew.

ON BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT

I said I was going to take a year off before I made this record. But it’s hard to take a break. It’s almost depressing when you’re not working. You’re so used to people calling your name, and that energy, and when you don’t have it anymore … That’s why I never complain about people wanting autographs or pictures. Because if there were a few days where no one asked, I’d probably be like “What the fuck’s going on? Do people not like me?” I hate the paparazzi — but when they’re not sitting there waiting for you, you’re like “Who’s bigger news? Who are you trying to get a picture of?”

ON THE “WRECKING BALL” VIDEO

It’s the opposite of the VMAs. It’s like the Sinead O’Connor video [for "Nothing Compares 2 U"], but, like, the most modern version. I wanted it to be tough but really pretty — that’s what Sinead did with her hair and everything. The trick is getting the camera up above you, so it almost looks like you’re looking up at someone and crying. I think people are going to hate it, they’re going to see my ass and be like, “Oh my God, I can’t believe she did that” — and then when we get to the bridge, they’re gonna have a little tear and be like, “Fuck you!” I think it will be one of those iconic videos too. I think it’s something that people are not gonna forget. Hopefully an artist 30 years from now will be like “Yo you remember that Miley Cyrus video? We gotta do something like that.”

That sledgehammer was heavy as shit, though. My arms were so sore the next day. And they didn’t tell me it was painted, so I was licking it, and they were like, “Don’t lick that!”

ON HER FAMOUS TONGUE

I just stick my tongue out because I hate smiling in pictures. It’s so awkward. It looks so cheesy. Now people expect it — like, “Put your tongue out!” It’s just easier that way. Taking pictures is so embarrassing. But there’s also something about it that I think is cool. Every other girl is so serious — like this is my moment on the red carpet, I’m in my ball gown, looking pretty. There’s something empowering about what I’m doing right now. Especially having “short hair don’t care.” I think it’s empowering for girls. Because there’s not one thing that defines what beauty is.

ON LIVING IN LOS ANGELES

The thing about L.A. is it’s pretty much always nice out here. Even when it was 100 the other day, I loved it. It felt good. I worked on my album in Philly, and I would take the train to New York on the weekends, and I’d get off the train and immediately want to die. I would just hate my life. And I’m from Nashville, which is kind of similar — when it’s hot, it’s fucking miserable. But Nashville at least it kind of rains in the summer. I don’t even remember the last time it rained out here. I always wondered how those big-ass fires start in L.A., and then I’ll throw my cigarette out the window or something, and I’m like “There it is.”

ON ANIMALS

I love animals, but I don’t really like riding animals. Like, I don’t love being on a horse — it’s just not my thing. I feel kinda bad. Like, I just want to pet you. I don’t really want to put you to work. But cats — cats are fucking creepy. Oh my God, cats are creepy. Every time I see a cat, I think it’s gonna turn on me. It’s gonna turn for the worst. I don’t ever see loyalty in cats. They’re gonna scratch you, and then run away. Same with little dogs. Did you know Yorkies were bred to kill mice in the Queen’s palace? I had a Yorkshire Terrier —and if I was a rat, it definitely would have eaten me. And Chihuahuas are the most scary animals on the planet. I’m terrified of Chihuahuas.

ON WATCHING TV

I like Workaholics a lot. American Horror Story is my favorite show — it’s so good, so scary. I think I’m gonna start Downton Abbey next, but I don’t know if it’s my vibe. I always thought that shit was too hipster. And Breaking Bad I just got into, but I haven’t been able to keep up with it as much. There’s just a lot of him coughing. I’m in the first season, and the coughing is driving me crazy. Like, we get it. You’re dying. Do you really need a whole two-minute scene of another cough attack? It’s too much. In every bad situation, how does he get out? He just starts coughing.

ON HER HUMANITARIAN WORK

I do these hearing aids for deaf kids in Haiti. We go to the schools and fit the kids for hearing aids, and then go back and give them to them. It’s the craziest experience, because you go in and it’s so quiet, because no one’s ever talked. There are people who are 90 years old who’ve never talked at all. And then you leave, and it’s so loud! They’re all yelling over each other, because they can hear. It’s so awesome. When I first went, I was wearing, like, mountain climbing boots, but now I go back and I’m in flip flops, I’m touching everyone’s hands, I get wasted on rum. Haitians are awesome. They have no idea who I am. They know that I’m someone, but they don’t know what. They just know that they’re selling my backpacks in the street.

ON MEDIA OUTRAGE

I think it’s all marketing. If a website is like, “We love Miley’s performance!”, I don’t think people are gonna click on it. “Miley’s cute performance with teddy bears!”— no one is gonna click on that. So I think it’s the media riling up the people, rather than people riling up the media. And what makes me kind of sick is, Trayvon Martin’s trial didn’t happen more than two months ago. It got talked about a lot — but it still got done being talked about a lot quicker than the VMAs. And that’s really sad. For about two days, it was on Twitter and everything, everyone had their pictures as Trayvon — and then two days later, where was it? Who cared anymore? Even I was like, “I want to help his family when it’s an appropriate time.” But then people just forgot. It slips your mind. We go on to the next thing, our next problem. It’s like, “Why are we not still dealing with that? Why are we not still mourning that loss?”

ON RELATIONSHIPS

It’s all a back-and-forth. Like, when my parents are good, they’re good, and when they’re not they’re not, but they always get themselves back on track. They never put pressure on themselves. And I think that’s a better way to be. That’s how they’ve gotten themselves through everything they’ve been through. The best thing my parents ever taught me is that you don’t have to be attached at the fucking hip. You don’t have to be holding hands all the fucking time. Like my dad can go chill in Nashville for a while, and my mom can stay in L.A., but they’re still walking side by side. And as long as you’re on the same path, one can go a little ahead, and one can be a little behind.

ON GOING BACK TO SCHOOL

Once I ended [Hannah Montana], I thought I might go to NYU or something and study photography. Or to Savannah — they’ve got a really good school in Savannah. I love photography. I have a Canon 5D. I want to co-direct something soon. When they’re saying, “Change this lens to this millimeter,” I want to know what they’re talking about. But I’m never going to be able to go to school and have the normal life. I kind of like the way Mary Kate and Ashley did it. They were bajillionaires from being these kid stars, and they decided that that wasn’t the future that they wanted. So they did fashion, and they kind of blended in at NYU. I don’t think people bug them. I think in New York, it’s not cool to care.

ON HER WORK-LIFE BALANCE

I try to not work too many Sundays. At least on Sunday nights, I try to chill out a little bit. I call it Sunday Funday. Before I got my chef, it would be like Chinese takeout, chill by the pool. Every Sunday, I try to get in my pool for at least a little bit and just chill with the dogs. Have a second to reset my mind, get ready for Monday. Not really do anything, just be home. I look forward to those days.

ON HER VERSION OF STARDOM

I want to be the cool chick that everyone wants to be friends with. I want the people who watch my shows or watch my videos to be like, “She looks like the most fun person to hang out with ever. I want to be that girl’s best friend. I want to party with her.” It’s like, if you’re hanging out with Beyoncé, it’s almost like you’re hanging out with a goddess. She’s like a real queen. It’s a different realm. Where my thing is kind of the opposite. My shtick is I’m the homey.

ON HER DAD’S RELUCTANCE TO LET HER BE IN SHOW BUSINESS

I think if he’d known how it was going to pan out, he would have let me. It’s more that he didn’t necessarily want me to. It’s almost like Toddlers and Tiaras — getting the little kids all dolled up and putting so much pressure on them to win. He didn’t want me ever to feel … the right word isn’t “pageant-y,” but I don’t think he wanted me to feel like I had to be a certain way. Even when it comes to growing up — like, I didn’t really start dressing myself until I was fucking 16. I always had a stylist. So I think my dad wanted me to figure out all that out on my own. To go through my awkward stages without people zooming in on every fucking pimple. I think he wanted me to be able to be a kid and have braces and go through my ugly phase, without people talking about it. To be able to just hang and live.

ON BEING TALKED ABOUT IN THE PRESS

My parents have never allowed tabloids in the house. When my mom used to have assistants or whatever and they would bring tabloids over, she would be like, “Can’t work with us. I don’t want my kids reading that.” So my dad doesn’t really know what they’re saying about me or our family — which is better. It’s good that he doesn’t know how to Google and all that shit. My dad barely knows how to use the computer. It literally takes him 45 minutes to send a tweet. He’s like, “Can I do a picture on my BlackBerry? Is there an app for that?” I’m like, “Dad, you don’t have an iPhone. You don’t even know what that means.”

ON HER ROLE MODELS

I watch people like Dolly [Parton]. Dolly knows what she is. She’s smart. She’s not just a blonde with big titties — she is a genius under there. She literally came from nothing, and now you go anywhere in the world, and they know Dolly Parton. It’s like, don’t let people’s judgment define who you are. Don’t read the comments and get nervous. Know who you are.

ON SPACE TRAVEL

I’ve always dreamed of going into space. I’m going to go at some point. Virgin Galactic is taking a ship up next year — I’m trying to get on there right now. I’ve got a friend who invested in it, and he can kind of hook it up. I want to be one of the first ones. I thought the only way I would ever be allowed to go to space was if I was an astronaut. I never thought it was gonna be, like, a plane trip. At some point it’s gonna be a normal fare. Right now it’s like a billion dollars. But at some point it’s gonna be like going to Australia.

ON CIVIL RIGHTS

When my kids are around, there will be no one on this planet who was alive when there was segregation. Like, my grandma was around when there was real segregation, when there was no intertwining. For her, for someone that was born in the ’30s, it’s kind of shocking to have a black president. My grandma didn’t have a fucking phone even in her house. It was like Gone With the Wind. Calling long distance was like the craziest shit ever. Now my grandma’s like, “What do you mean you can watch a video on your phone?” It’s gonna be the exact same thing with my kids: “What do you mean gay people couldn’t get married?”

ON HER LOVE OF MUSIC

I’m just around music all the time. Even today, I woke up this morning, went in to my jam room, and I just jammed. I’ll sit in there and jam all day. My chef loves it, ’cause every morning I’m down there playing the piano. I’m writing pretty much all the time. Sometimes I think other people don’t get it — to them, it seems like all I do is work. But you can’t shut off from this.

ON HER NEW ALBUM, BANGERZ

It’s coming out soon, so right now I’m listening to it 20,000 times to make sure it’s perfect. I have to make sure every detail is perfect. There are albums that people still are listening to, like Michael Jackson’s Bad, because it’s so fucking dope. I want people to listen to my album like that. There’s a line Ludacris says on my album that goes, “If I die before my time, at least I’ll still be living through my music.” That’s something I’ve said over and over again. Like, I have one Pixies record that is a time for me — from the time I was 16 until I was 18, the Pixies is all I listened to. And I’m going to be that artist to so many people, so I want to make sure my record is the best it can be. I’m trying to set a new standard for pop music. So it has to live up.

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[Interiew] Miley on the cover of Fashion magazine

Ten days after Miley Cyrus’s explosive performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards, FASHION magazine photographed the 20-year-old chart-topper at a private estate in the Hollywood Hills for the November issue. Features editor Elio Iannacci was on set to conduct an in-depth interview with the singer, who opened up on her recent, radical transformation, her critics, and the making of her soon-to-be-released album, Bangerz. Here is a sneak peek of our cover story, which hits newsstands nationwide on October 7, 2013.

On her discerning taste in fashion:

“I can go through so many clothes say ‘no, that’s not me’ right away. I’m so adamant and controlling and OCD about my work that I can scare some people—especially when it comes to clothes. I have a very specific style of my own and I think it is better to be stylish than trendy. I find vintage Celine or Chanel and mix it with athletic or vintage pieces makes a look modern and fresh. Vintage makes everything look punk.”

On the way MTV censored her VMA performance:

“I was trying to slap Robin’s ass but no one saw it! Believe me! MTV edited so much. They cut almost everything I did. I’m proud of that performance. I feel like music is really stale right now. I could have guessed what a lot of artists would have done that night. The reaction to what I did has been insane. I think it was a breath of fresh air! For the people that don’t get it, you weren’t meant to.”

On critics and competition:

“I feel like I’m in a different lane now. When it comes to critics, I have my blinders on and I don’t really feel like I have to compete with other pop artists. I never think, ‘oh this performance is going to make her look bad or out-shadow her’ either but if there is no competition, there would be no reason for any of us to show up to work. At an office, everyone is trying to be boss. Pop music is the same. What I wear adds a factor that other girls can’t compete with.”

On “Drive”—a new song that alludes to her relationship with ex-boyfriend, Liam Hemsworth:

“I wrote it while I was working on Valentine’s Day—emotionally it was such a hard time. It is about needing to leave someone but not really wanting to completely cut yourself off from the relationship. It’s a time when you want to leave but you can’t. It’s also about moving on.”

On the artists who fuel her vision:

“Terry Richardson shot my video for “Wrecking Ball” and he’s about capturing strength versus beauty. His women look so strong in his images. I was so inspired by [photographer] Ryan McGinley’s work too [for the video to "We Can't Stop"]-especially a series where he shot all these the girls coming out of trees. Having artist Todd James create all the teddy bears for the VMAs was a thrill too—it was one of the things I was hoping people would focus on. I was hoping some would think, ‘Miley may be out there shaking her ass and having fun but she’s got some intelligence.’ Some people just saw the teddy bears but they didn’t look into the details. We had [faux] Picasso paintings going by the stage too. People who want to open their eyes can see something bigger in my work.”

On taking style advice from Pharrell Williams:

“I found what I wore on the red carpet to the VMAs with Pharrell. It was a Dolce and Gabbana piece from 1992—the year I was born. He saw it and said, ‘you have to buy it.’ I think that outfit added a factor that the other girls couldn’t compete with. Pharrell says it’s not about what you’re wearing; it’s the way you wear it. That was a lesson I took to heart. I think it is important that I execute a look better than other people. Fashion is what separates me from everyone else.”

To read our cover story, pick up the FASHION Magazine November 2013 issue starring Miley Cyrus, available on newsstands October 7, 2013.

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Miley for Fashion magazine (Nov 2013)