Miley Cyrus is taking a wrecking ball to the critics of her 2008 Vainness Truthful cowl.
As a part of her ongoing “Used to Be Younger” TikTok collection in help of her tune by the identical title, the singer revisited her then-controversial cowl by which the then-15-year-old posed topless, coated by a blanket.
“We gotta go there—2008,” she mentioned in her Aug. 30 TikTok. “Everybody is aware of the controversy of the picture, however they do not actually know the behind-the-scenes, which is at all times rather more significant.”
As Miley, now 30, recalled, her household had been together with her on the set. In truth, her then-8-year-old sister Noah Cyrus had been sitting on photographer Annie Leibovitz‘s lap “pushing the button of the digicam taking the photographs.” The Disney alum then shared extra concerning the thought-process behind the portrait.
“This was the primary time I ever wore pink lipstick as a result of Pati Dubroff, who did my make-up, thought that that may be one other factor that may divide me from Hannah Montana,” she added. “This picture of me as a exact opposite of the bubblegum pop star that I had been recognized for being and that is what was so upsetting. However actually, actually sensible decisions trying again now from these folks.”