8. Wrecking Ball Video
...and of course making out with the sledgehammer! It has been hot topic, cue open-letter and public slating with Sinead O'Connor, after she compared her latest video with O'Connor's 1990 video for the classic Nothing Compares 2 U. The video was directed by Terry Richardson and shows her sitting wearing nothing but dark red Dr. Martens boots whilst straddling a wrecking ball. Miley seemed to overlook the whole provocative idea and claimed "I think the video is much more, if people get past the point that I'm naked and you actually look at me you can tell that I actually look more broken than even the song sounds."
Fair point to Miley, but then of course how does she justify sledgehammer, that right there was some blatant use of a phallic object?! Whilst there maybe artistic messages behind the video, it seems that Miley never fails to shock and loves to use her videos as a publicity magnet!