{"id":19274,"date":"2013-08-25T23:42:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T03:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=19274"},"modified":"2013-08-25T23:42:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T03:42:56","slug":"vmas-performance-miley-cyrus-gets-sexual-joins-robin-thicke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/08\/25\/vmas-performance-miley-cyrus-gets-sexual-joins-robin-thicke\/","title":{"rendered":"VMAs Performance: Miley Cyrus Gets Sexual, Joins Robin Thicke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoping to ignite some sexuality, an early MTV Video Music Awards performance was far more effective at spurring bewilderment.<\/p>\n<p>Miley Cyrus&#8217; overtly sexual routine, which kicked off a medley of her &#8220;We Can&#8217;t Stop&#8221; and Robin Thicke&#8217;s &#8220;Blurred Lines&#8221; and &#8220;Give It 2 U,&#8221; seemed to completely confuse the audience in attendance at Sunday&#8217;s awards broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Early reaction from bloggers and social media users was no more kind, but at the end of the day, the buzzworthy performance will likely translate into downloads for &#8220;We Can&#8217;t Stop&#8221; and her new single &#8220;Wrecking Ball.&#8221;  So one cannot completely write off the performance.<\/p>\n<p>But was it entertaining?  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