Why Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball" Without Music Is Way Better Than The Original
Warning: Miley licking the sledgehammer might just be the grossest sound effect ever.
We're all familiar with Miley Cyrus' chart-topping 2013 hit, "Wrecking Ball."
The heartbreaking ballad was written by Sacha Skarbek and Dr. Luke (yes, the producer that Kesha claimed raped and abused her), as a part of Miley's "Bangerz" album.
The music video featured former Disney star destroying walls in her underwear, straddling a swinging wrecking ball while naked and licking a sledgehammer, in case anyone needed a reminder.
Even though the singer defended the video, saying she "looks more broken than even the song sounds," critics called the video strange and sexualized.
2013 was the year we all got used to Miley not wearing many clothes - however, she defended her music video saying that the reason she was naked in the video was to express her emotional vulnerability...since it's a breakup ballad and all.
"I think the video is much more, if people get past the point that I'm naked and you actually look at me," Miley said. "You can tell that I actually look more broken than even the song sounds."
OK, fair enough.
Fast forward three years and someone removed all of the music from the video - and it's now morphed into a disturbing raw piece, that somehow makes Miley's original point much more valid than the original.
Between weird silence, the sound of the wrecking ball banging and that gross sound when she licks the sledgehammer, the audio stripped from the video without a doubt is all kinds of WTF.
But it also makes you appreciate the song - and the meaning - that much more. It isn't just a naked Miley swinging on the wrecking ball, but an emotional Miley, stripped down to just tears, and vulnerability.
The creator of the video said of the project: "I know this isn't an original idea, it was an assignment. Do not apologize. This is art. You're doing the lord's work."