Miley Cyrus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxUr2ggLlhI&feature=related- VMA Performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSeHd7Ht1cE Miley’s performance on Good Morning America

Have you ever looked up to a singer and admired them so much until, one day they perform somewhere and blow you away with how they perform in a way that is unthinkable for them? Miley Cyrus is one performer that has disappointed not only me but many girls that are younger with her most recent performance at the Video Music Awards.
The Video Music Awards (VMA’s) is hosted by MTV in New York City each year. During the awards show, many artists are asked to perform live in front of the other guest. This past year is mostly known for the Kanye West and Taylor Swift incident, but many people also saw Miley Cyrus perform her latest single hit “Party in the USA”.
I did not personally see the performance live on TV when the award show aired, but I did have the opportunity to watch on the internet with the help of YouTube. In the link above you can see the performance and how, to me it seems that she is trying to portray a different image than everyone sees her as.
Miley Cyrus is known for her show, Hannah Montana which airs on Disney Channel and for her movie that is based off of her TV show, the Hannah Montana movie. If you have not seen her show, it is portraying a girl who lives a double life; she is the normal high school girl during the day, and then at night she becomes the teen pop sensation, Hannah Montana.
Most Disney shows are the same and have the same values instilled into each show. The Hannah Montana show is a family oriented show, and I thought that Miley Cyrus would have kept her performances in the same mind set, even though she is getting older. I know that she is trying to attract the older crowd, but she still has a lot of little girls that look up to her, especially after her movie just came out.
In her performance during the VMA’s, Miley’s performance did not impress me, and it did not impress many other people. I understand that she wants to move forward with her career towards a different age group, but I thought she could have done it a different way during her VMA performance.
After watching the video, I was surprised how her performance was set up. The VMA’s are mostly for older teens, and young adults, children can still watch the performances, whether they are live, or online on YouTube. During her performance Miley climbs on top of a cart that has a metal pole attached to it, which at first reminded me of a stripper pole, and many people that I have talked to about the video. After she climbs on to the cart she proceeds to dance on the pole and slid down it. It seemed as if she was trying to include some form of sexuality into her performance, which does not seem to be the same image she has on her TV show and in her movie.
In her performance, it seems that Miley is trying to say it is okay for children to look up to her, to act that way and try to be sexual, even if they are only seven or eight years old. Her performance may not persuade younger girls, or boys to follow her, but it will be more effective on the older teens and young adults.
In her performance Miley is making a statement that she is not some teen pop sensation that can only create songs and performances that little girls. This performance made it clear that Miley is growing up and changing the way she performs and who she wants her audience to be. She may have enjoyed performing, mostly for little children, but as time goes on everyone needs a change in pace and Miley’s first change was this performance. If you compare this performance to others, we can clearly see a difference as to who she wants the audience to be. If you compare her VMA performances this past fall to her performance on Good Morning American in August. She may have had different stage, but there still was the sexuality that was in the performance from the VMA’s. One thing that was different there was no pole in the Good morning America show. Could she not have had it because this performance was going to be on National TV, which many Americans watch as they get ready for work, and did not want to have to explain why it was put into her dance routine for the performance? We will probably never know if she had always planned to have the pole in the dance routine from the beginning or just for the Video Music Awards.
Miley Cyrus has the respect of so many people, it would be sad for her to lose it over one performance form the Video Music Awards from her younger fans who look up to her, but then it can also increase the amount people like her. Older teens probably liked the performance because she performed the way they like to see people dance. No matter what Miley does, people are always going to support her, and there are always going to be people who cannot stand her and the way she acts. It is like this for every singer, performer, and actor, but it comes with the job, so they have to learn how to deal with the negative criticism and the positive comments people give them in support of what they are doing.
Miley’s Video Music Award performance, may not have been the best idea, or it could be the best performance she has had, but it is not up to one person to decide what they think about her. We each have own opinions and have the right to support someone or not to support them and they only way you can form your opinion in a fair way is to give the person equal opportunities, and have an open mind.