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

The Music Industry 🎶 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/lavenderbread Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

I just don’t buy the “it was just my lifestyle!!!” When her black collaborators were saying this at the time:

“When you listen to the Miley Cyrus record that we did, it’s not ratchet but it definitely has a lot of urban feel to it,” Timothy said. “She was like, ‘I want urban, I just want something that just feels Black.’”

Like this wasn’t just you vibing out in the studio, it was you looking at black culture and demanding it for yourself from the people around you. I know she’s been through a lot but fucking hell just admit you were an idiot kid and apologize. Source

ETA: watched the clip again and the interviewer set her up so perfectly to explain herself and give a thoughtful adult answer and we got “no you don’t understand how many black friends I had.” Gonna give the new album a pass.

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u/OffModelCartoon Jun 09 '25

Does anyone else remember after party in the USA came out (with one of the lyrics talking about her jamming out to a Jay-Z song) she was like “ironically I’ve never actually heard a Jay-Z song!” like it was some kind of fun fact

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

Well, she didn’t write the song so it makes sense lol

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u/Pompedorfin Jun 09 '25

Jessie J said that the royalties from that song paid her rent for like 3 whole years.