A Phoenix Rising From The Ashes?

A Phoenix Rising From The Ashes?

In the beginning of 2006 a show premiered on Disney Channel that would later develop into one of the most popular shows on TV.  Hannah Montana was the start of it all for twenty year-old Miley Cyrus.  When the show ended in 2011, many expected the Miley hype to go down with it.  But lately the pop star has been all over the social media atmosphere.  Her recent climb to the head of top news stories focuses a little more on the fact she was naked in her debut music video for the song Wrecking Ball, than the actual song itself.  Some say this might just be another pop star gone wrong, but others say Miley Cyrus might actually be paving her way down a successful path.

“I didn’t like the music video at all,” sophomore Rachel Bond said.

As it turns out the video that got the negative review broke Vevo’s view record.  Vevo is a musical site that plays the latest and most populous music videos.  One Direction previously held the record at 7 million views in a day but Miley Cyrus beat that by a whopping 8.6 million.  She held a total of 19.3 million views in a single day. Wrecking Ball itself is currently number 1 on the Billboard’s Hot 100.

“[The Wrecking Ball video] was too disturbing to watch,” sophomore Elizabeth Cheung

This so called “disturbing” video may not be as disturbing to Miley’s career as it appears.   There’s no denying the singer has been the head of news stories in the recent years.  People are talking about her everywhere from her recent broken engagement to Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth or from when she shaved her head almost bald.  As if this doesn’t already sound like a Britney Spears 2.0 story could Miley, unlike Britney, actually turn these into smart career decisions?  The video’s smashing records and topping charts proves success.

The starlet even said in an interview with Z100′s Elvis Duran she believes the video actually has a point.

“I think the video is much more,” Cyrus said. “If people get past the point I make, and you actually look at me, you can tell I look more broken than even the song sounds.”

“When I heard her reasons I started to see it even if it still kind of disturbed me,” Cheung said,

Many more saw this side to the story and gave the video even more attention.  The song continues to climb charts and gain more video views each day.  Results would show that perhaps this racy music video might have been exactly what this star needed to make a thriving comeback in the music industry.  Even with all the negativity and possible dissenting opinions on the singer and her work Miley is proving to be quite the celebrity in taking an extreme turn of events.