Billy Ray Cyrus reacts to Miley's controversial 'Wrecking Ball' video
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Miley Cyrus' latest music video for "Wrecking Ball" -- in which she rides a wrecking ball naked, licks a sledgehammer and rolls around in her underwear -- is unsurprisingly causing controversy, but according to her famous father Billy Ray Cyrus, her clothing -- or lack thereof -- is beside the point.
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"I'm a song man. A musician singer songwriter who loves all styles of music. But again ... I come from the old school where it starts with an artist and a song ... colliding if you will ... in a moment where the song, the singer, the producer, the band and the listener become one. It wouldn't have mattered if Miley would have worn jeans and a flannel shirt ... a Tux ... or a nun's habit. The song's a smash ... and her performance vocally on the tune reflects her roots and sheer God given talent," he told ET.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}And whether you agree with Miley's latest antics or not, the video is clearly a hit -- it broke the record for the most-viewed VEVO video within 24 hours, currently garnering over 14 million views.
According to Miley herself, making the Terry Richardson-directed video was about much more than just getting naked.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"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," Cyrus said via MTV, calling in to New York's Z100 radio station Wednesday morning. "The song is a pop ballad. It's one of these songs that everyone is going to relate to -- everyone has felt that feeling at one point ... it was a lot harder to do the video than it was to record the song. It was much more of an emotional experience."