Look past the nudity, people.
And appreciate the raw emotion.
That's the message Miley Cyrus is sending in her first comments since "Wrecking Ball" took the Internet by storm Monday, earning over 19 million viewers in two days and once again making Cyrus the most buzzed-about celebrity in Hollywood.
Explained Miley on the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show today:
"The song is a pop ballad that everyone can relate to; everyone has felt that feeling at some point. If people can take their minds off the obvious and go into their imagination and see what the video really means, it is so vulnerable."
It's also filled with images of Miley naked and licking a sledgehammer.
"If you look at my eyes, I look more sad than actually my voice sounds on the record," Cyrus says. "It was a lot harder to do the video than it was to record the song. It was much more of an emotional experience."
It's true. There are tears in the singer's eyes, which at least one outlet attributes to thoughts of Liam Hemsworth and that fragile relationship.
As far as her image goes, the radio hosts named Miley the Queen of Twerking, which prompted a laugh and this response:
"For me, anything I do becomes such a big deal. I'm just having fun. Whatever people label it as it doesn't really matter. I always want to switch it up."
The Hollywood Gossip