Please Stay Weird Forever

Miley Cyrus submitted a short film to the NYC Porn Film Festival and it’s exactly what you’d hope: her, rope, bondage as considered aesthetic rather than shock tactic. The film is called Tongue Tied and she entered it as a proper submission, which I respect more than I expected to.

She’s been doing this for years—methodically dismantling the Hannah Montana legacy, each public move a little further into territory that makes entertainment executives uncomfortable. What started as obvious teenage rebellion against a Disney contract has calcified into something that looks more like genuine taste. She actually likes this stuff. The rope isn’t provocation anymore; it’s just what she’s into, and the work is more formally interesting for it.

One request: stay exactly this strange, forever. Don’t let anyone walk you back toward respectable.