The song Wrecking Ball, which became a huge hit by Miley Curys, was released in August 2013.
Singers Miley Cyrus and Sinéad O’Connor drifted into a public exchange of words in 2013, soon after Cyrus became a mega hit Wrecking Ball – after the release of the song. Cyrus now takes a fresh stance on the case Endless Summer Vacation: Continued in the document.
In 2013, Cyrus said she was inspired by O’Connor’s legendary Nothing Compares 2 U from the song. However, shortly after the release of the Wrecking Ball music video, O’Connor responded to the 20-year-old Cyrus in a “motherly and loving spirit”.
O’Connor pointed out that it’s not “cool” to sit naked and lick a hammer in a video. He was concerned that Cyrus had been victimized by the music industry.
Cyrus is recalling the wordsmith now ten years after the release of his hit.
– When I made the song Wrecking Ball, I knew how to expect questioning and backlash. But I didn’t expect that another woman would try to push me down. A woman who has been in the same position before.
– That’s how I felt when I received an open letter from Sinéad O’Connor. I had no idea how fragile his mental state was.
The 20-year-old Cyrus also took a stand on Twitter, where he joked at the expense of O’Connor and actress Amanda Bynes, who suffer from mental health problems.
– It is not acceptable to sneer at someone else’s suffering, O’Connor replied to Cyrus at the time.
Cyrus states that he has grown a lot spiritually in ten years. Despite everything, the singer says that he still loves the Wrecking Ball song and at the same time reveals why O’Connor’s words seemed difficult at the time.
– I had been criticized for so long for my own choices that I was just exhausted. With the song Wrecking Ball, I felt like I was making my own decisions and choices.
Singer Sinead O’Connor died in July. PDO
Sinéad O’Connor spoke openly about her mental health problems to the public. O’Connor suffered from, among other things, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. During her life, the singer was in the headlines due to, among other things, hospitalizations and disappearances, as well as after publishing suicide messages or other attention-grabbing updates on social media.
O’Connor’s death was reported on July 26.
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Source: Independent