Miley Cyrus Gets Nude For Rolling Stone, Says She Wasn't Trying To Be Sexy At The VMAs

Miley Cyrus is naked on the October cover of Rolling Stone, looking much more like Macklemore than Hannah Montana.

The interview, which was conducted just four days after the 20-year-old's now-infamous VMAs performance, is quite the doozy itself. From getting a tattoo to skydiving with Rolling Stone's Josh Eells, there are so many golden quotes and so many things we learned about Cyrus in her first Rolling Stone cover story, it's almost overwhelming:

Her VMAs Performance Could Have Been WAY Raunchier.

    Miley thought there was a chance the network might pull the plug on her mid-performance, but she didn't expect so much shock and vitriol. "Honestly, that was our MTV version," she says. "We could have even gone further, but we didn't. I thought that's what the VMAs were all about! It's not the Grammys or the Oscars. You're not supposed to show up in a gown, Vanna White-style" – a little dig at Taylor Swift. "It's supposed to be fun!"

Miley Cyrus Is Very Self-Aware. OK, Guys?

    "I wasn't trying to be sexy. If I was trying to be sexy, I could have been sexy. I can dance a lot better than I was dancing." She knows sticking her tongue out isn't hot and that those weird stubby pigtails aren't flattering ("I look like a little creature"). And she even knows it's ridiculous for her to twerk. "People are like, 'Miley thinks she's a black girl, but she's got the flattest ass ever,'" she says. "I'm like, I'm 108 pounds! I know! Now people expect me to come out and twerk with my tongue out all the time. I'll probably never do that sh*t again."

Miley Cyrus Understands What Cultural Appropriation Is, Says She Didn't Do It & Her Performance Wasn't Racist.

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Xiaomi’s next flagship phone might have an in-display fingerprint sensor

We’ve been seeing rumblings of Xiaomi’s next flagship smartphone, which would be a regular development, until a video uploaded to YouTube teased that the upcoming device — dubbed the Mi 8 — will have an in-display fingerprint sensor.

The Mi 8 is supposed to be the sequel to last year’s Mi 6 — it’s not totally clear why, but the rumor is Xiaomi will skip the Mi 7. Xiaomi has had two other high-end phones since then, the Mi Mix 2 and Mi Mix 2S, which both feature larger displays. But it comes as no surprise that they’d experiment between product cycles before settling on a new flagship.

Other features planned for the Chinese Android manufacturer’s flagship include a 3D facial recognition unlocking feature, the Snapdragon 845 chipset with up to 8GB RAM, 64GB of storage, and a 4,000mAh battery with support for wireless charging.

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