We Can’t Stop Talking About Miley

By: Lindsay Price

As I woke up, got out of bed and sipped my morning coffee I was riddled with thoughts, questions and concerns surrounding Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance. Wait, how old is she? Why were the pink bears particularly sad? Doesn’t Robin Thicke have a wife? How uncomfortable were those booty shorts?

Upon turning to my Twitter stream I realized that the rest of the nation was also suffering from a serious case of PTSD from watching our beloved Hannah Montana fall oh so far. The tweets, status updates and memes had not slowed down over night and seemed to actually be picking up some serious momentum this morning.

The trauma has given way to criticism, defenses, feminist diatribes and some of my favorite reaction GIFs of all time. It seems to also have given way to a flood of social discussion. According to Twitter, Miley was tweeted about 4.5 million times last night alone. To give you some perspective, this eclipsed my close friend Justin Timberlake’s mentions by almost 2 Million. Not only is Miley running the Twitter chatter, she’s also at the top of Google Trends with 10 Million + searches of her name. Not to mention two of her songs working their way into the iTunes top 5 in the last 12 hours.

Sentiment, trauma and general motherly concern aside, her very public display of desperation was certainly memorable. As we continue to reflect on what our eyes, psyches and hearts experienced last night let’s remember that with every tweet the experience lives on.

P.S. Something that I believe deserves much more chatter: JC Chasez’s inability to let go of his brief moment in the spotlight. Visit minute 11 of this video to experience the discomfort. I’m still blushing for him.