Saturday, October 9, 2010

Really?

So I'm not normally one to get all upitty about inapropriateness in music. I love music. I believe artists have the right and freedom to express themselves.

But there's expressing your art and talent and then there's this:



Miley Cyrus' new music video, "Who Owns My Heart."

The girl is 17 (this I know for sure because I looked it up; she'll be 18 in November) and is writhing around in a bed blindfolded in her underwear, then following it up with a wild romp at a club in some daisy dukes and a backless top.

Maybe it's because I have a daughter of my own now that I feel so strongly about this, but WTF. How is this OK? How do her parents believe this is OK?

I don't consider myself a conservative person; in fact I'm pretty much the opposite of that; but this is not OK.

Miley has many fans, most of which are young girls. I just can't imagine what those girls are going to think when they see this video of their beloved Miley. Are they going to look in the mirror and think, I'm just not that pretty, but maybe if I curl my hair, put on some makeup and a sexy top then I will be.

Even knowing it's possible that they will think that breaks my heart.

It makes me think back to Britney Spears' video, "Baby One More Time" and how up in arms everyone got about young Brit in her school girl uniform showing her middrift.

Miley's new video makes that look like Sunday school.

I think there should be a line, or at least, with a girl like Miley who is under 18, a parent who puts their foot down.

I don't care if you daughter's famous. Step it up Billy Ray.