Miley Cyrus VMA Performance: Twerking 'We Can't Stop' Singer's Twitter Responds to Critics, Addresses Only Positive Feedback from Controversial Robin Thicke Duet of 'Blurred Lines'

The Miley Cyrus VMA performance of "We Can't Stop" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" has already reached infamous status just one day after the awards ceremony took place. Full of over-the-top twerking and dancing, lewd gestures and simulated sexual acts on stage, Cyrus has gained a fair amount of detractors from her antics. Yesterday (Aug. 26), the singer took to her Twitter account to address her VMAs performance, but she did so only by highlighting the positive aspects.

Shortly after singing at the VMAs, Cyrus posted a photo to her official Twitter account of herself wearing a "#Bangerz" jacket and flipping off the camera with both middle fingers. It was only a sign of things to come.

#BANGERZ #longassfingerz pic.twitter.com/aLZefW5W5C

— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) August 26, 2013

Cyrus then shut down the haters by emphasizing the social nature of her "We Can't Stop/Blurred Lines" medley. "Smilers! My VMA performance had 306.000 tweets per minute. That's more than the blackout or Superbowl! #fact," she wrote. Cyrus then tweeted two quotes from the "Rolling Stone" analysis of her performance.

"Miley was the one star in the room who truly understood what the MTV Video Music Awards are all about!" - Rolling Stone — Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) August 27, 2013

" Miley stole the night, which is why the nation is still in recovery today. Thanks, Miley..." - Rolling Stone

— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) August 27, 2013

She finished up her Twitter defense with retweets from Pat Dubroff and Wiz Khalifa, claiming her tongue has been hanging out of her mouth for a long time and loving her now-dirty foam hand.

The infamous hand https://t.co/xJ1jNBZ5WS — Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) August 27, 2013

Cyrus' VMA performance has been highly criticized for its overtly sexual nature and for its appropriation of black culture. Cyrus has been accused of misusing her sexuality to further the male gaze and of using African-American women simply as props. The latter criticism comes largely from her backup dancer "Amazon Ashley," and how Cyrus simply grabbed her butt when Ashley remained faceless.