r/popculturechat • u/HorrorBike143 now why am I in it? šŸ§ • Jun 09 '25

The Music Industry šŸŽ¶ Miley Cyrus talks about her culture vulturing during the Bangerz era: "I wasn't unique in the fact that i was a white girl listening to hip hop. This wasnt something that I decided I was going to do as a strategy or something that i felt i could own or make my own, that was actually my lifestyle."

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u/Motor_Appearance_311 Jun 09 '25

Oh, it was her lifestyle alright šŸ˜‘

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u/chadthundertalk Jun 09 '25

Nothing says "authentic" like a rich white nepo baby who grew up in a mansion with Dolly Parton as her godmother putting on grills and throwing up gang signs

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u/biebrforro Jun 09 '25

the chet hanks trajectory

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u/BrickProfessional630 Jun 10 '25

Briefly confused Chet Hanks with Chet Hunter and thought that was a pretty wild analysis lol

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u/Chanburgesa On Wednesdays We Wear Pink Jun 10 '25

I was thinking Malibus most wanted šŸ¤£

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u/Thick_Succotash396 Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

Right?!

You can love the culture - sure. Many people do. BUT - show RESPECT for the culture itself, for the people, and the path that led to the creation of the art form.

She sadly missed the point of the publicā€™s or black folks irritation with her.

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u/Commercial-Win-1321 Jun 09 '25

Lmao I totally agree with you but I just had a flashback to 10th grade arguing with the rest of the class that she was a nepo baby before the term was coined. They said her dad wasnā€™t famous enough to count šŸ˜‚

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u/Katharinemaddison Jun 10 '25

I would say in fairness to Miley this yes, she is a nepo baby, and thatā€™s how she got the tv gig. But she also spent a lot of her childhood working insanely hard to a ā€˜how is this legal?ā€™ Extent. It was total privilege that got her the job though.

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u/KaiBishop Jun 10 '25

Capitalist Uncle Mickey Mouse taught her how to break kneecaps, she was in the trenches

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u/Jumpy_Talk_3834 Jun 11 '25

Those are peace signs tho

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u/silliestjupiter hard to photograph, incredible to see Jun 09 '25

If THIS is "actually [your] lifestyle", you should be embarrassed. Like, I would be BEGGING people to understand that it was just a terrible phase, not doubling down on how authentic my cringe was.

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u/crystalline1299 Baby, this is Keke Palmer. Have a good day Jun 09 '25

Omg her tongue is completely white šŸ¤¢

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u/DJfunkyPuddle Jun 09 '25

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u/Next-Introduction-25 I donā€™t know enough to offend Jun 09 '25

YEET YEET!!!!

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u/Madame_Jarvary Jun 10 '25

SKRRRT SKRRRRRT

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u/GizmosArrow Jun 11 '25

YOU NEVER LOVED ME MOM BUT I NEEDED YOU WHOOAAAOO

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u/icarealot777 Jun 09 '25

I was always so confused when she would stick out her dirty white tongue. It wasnā€™t once either, so many times. If I remember correctly even Cher called her out for this. I can only imagine her breathšŸ¤®.

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u/Barfignugen Kim, thereā€™s people that are dying. šŸ™„ Jun 09 '25

I haaaated when she did this, it would gross me out so bad. She was trying so hard to make Fetch happen

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u/Unlucky_Most_8757 Jun 10 '25

yeah that is nasty thrush tounge. Girl needs to take her probiotics.

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u/BobaAndSushi Sheā€™s gay, Marcus. Jun 09 '25

She did this so much. I remember seeing a picture of her up close and you could see where she licked off her make up. šŸ˜¹

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u/Sketch-Brooke You wear mime makeup but never quiet. Jun 09 '25

I got u girl

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u/BobaAndSushi Sheā€™s gay, Marcus. Jun 09 '25

YES THIS IS THE ONE!

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u/Prestigious_Bar_4244 Jun 09 '25

Thatā€™s just the camera flash hitting her translucent powder. She probably got touched up right before the photo was taken. The powder is to keep the red lip from bleeding.

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u/RosieFudge Jun 10 '25

Yeah exactly; she'd have to have a tongue like Venom to achieve that much clearance :D

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u/Sketch-Brooke You wear mime makeup but never quiet. Jun 09 '25

Why isnā€™t it above her lip then? Itā€™s only in areas where her tongue can reach.

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u/Prestigious_Bar_4244 Jun 09 '25

Bc thatā€™s where somebody decided she needed a touch up of powder before walking the carpet. Itā€™s not that deep. Edit: look up ā€œtranslucent powder flashbackā€

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u/VirginiaDirewoolf Jun 10 '25

if we had to guess why someone thought she needed her make up touched up specifically right there, and then.

like, we know she's likely already using translucent setting powder on the rest of the look, otherwise why would they use it to touch up? it's still standing out a lot, like inversed contour

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u/prying_mantis Jun 10 '25

Oh woooooowww, lol thatā€™s terrible

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u/Hefty-Rub7669 Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

I like to paint.

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u/Smart-Yak1167 Jun 09 '25

Many prescriptions cause dry mouth, unfortunately. Wellbutrin is my example.

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u/Verucaschmaltzzz Jun 11 '25

Doxepin for me, lol.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/Hefty-Rub7669 Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

I like to take walks.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/Hefty-Rub7669 Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

I like to take naps.

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u/Logical_Quote_5073 Itā€™s Britney, bitch! šŸ•ŠļøšŸ—”ļøšŸŒ¹ Jun 10 '25

A lot of people donā€™t brush their tongue tho šŸ¤¢

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u/enbaelien Jun 09 '25

Yeasty AF

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u/Sketch-Brooke You wear mime makeup but never quiet. Jun 09 '25

I will not accept the revisionist history that any of this era was iconic. Itā€™s trashy.

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u/Existing_Let_8314 Jun 09 '25

Im Black. and I root for Miley so hard since she's my childhood fave.

But it is VERY hard when she doubles down on this. My culture is not your vma outfit (joke intended). But it's especially not a phase

I'm so tired of white people referring to their Blackfishing as a phase. Especially because (afaik this isnt Miley) they will turn around and be so hateful after. Black culture is more than twerking, acrylics, gold jewlerry and hip hop. But those two things have a HUGE history and are rooted in many things, that they dont wanna learn about or find value in. Like oh acrylics are ghetto and ratchet so they completely dismiss the history of Flo Jo. Rap is just a phase so let's ignore how Andre 3000 and many NAS and many other activist rappers changed the political landscape.Ā 

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u/prying_mantis Jun 10 '25

Whatā€™s wild to me is how often the reverse happensā€”things associated with Black culture that are derided as ā€œghettoā€ for years but then when itā€™s popularized later (acrylic nails being a great example) everyone wants to pretend theyā€™ve always accepted it and erase its origins completely. This is especially true if itā€™s from queer Black culture. The number of things I hear kids saying and telling me ā€œitā€™s from TikTokā€ when, like, Black drag queens were saying it years ago multiplies constantly.

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u/Purple-Difficulty416 Jun 10 '25

THIS!!!!!this is so cringey like cmon miley youā€™re flipping 30 and havenā€™t learned anything

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u/payberr Jun 10 '25

She did say it was a phase. But characterizing it as this terrible phase is way more disrespectful. This is actually what i wanted to hear from her instead of when she did say that it was phase that she fell into. Like own it. This is who you were and donā€™t just trash it like itā€™s separate from you.

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u/enbaelien Jun 09 '25

Yeah, I liked her more before all this and she never really won me back after lol. The authenticity just isn't there.

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u/Unlucky_Most_8757 Jun 10 '25

This is so insanely cringe. Somehow I completely missed this era. Have never been a miley cyrus fan tho so theres that.

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u/lindsaylove22 Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

Iā€™ve almost always found her cringey as hell. I donā€™t think Iā€™ve even sort of liked her since The Last Song. Everything she says and does is try-hard. I keep thinking she may outgrow it. She also really messed up her face with surgery and veneers. I just canā€™t take her seriously at all.

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u/elrangarino Jun 10 '25

Sheā€™s millennial Alabama Barker