Miley Cyrus went topless and straddled a horse (while holding a blunt) in a leaked image for the "Adore You" remix cover art. According to the Daily Mail, the NSFW photo popped up on the Internet on Tuesday, Apr. 1.
In the picture, a brunette Cyrus is seen wearing only a pair of white underwear while leaning on a horse statue with what looks like a blunt in her hand. Back in February, the 21-year-old pop star tweeted a photo of the edited cover art, which showed Cyrus in a close-up of the same pose. In the edited photo, the singer was still topless but her chest was not exposed.
While some people think the photo was leaked online, the Nerve believes it was the pop star's attempt to create buzz about the single.
"It was no big surprise when she tweeted the original version of the cover art for the 'Adore You' remix, wearing a D-List wig... and seemingly nothing else. But alas the fans didn't quite adore the song, which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard charts, leading to this photo of an unedited version of the cover art, featuring the international pop star just plain naked," Nerve writes. "The Idolator is reporting the NSFW photo was leaked online, but is this one final push to save the song?"
The former Disney star, who is currently on her "Bangerz" tour, recently said in an interview that she will never understand why people make such a big deal when she gets (almost) naked.
"I'm very confident being naked," Cyrus said, the Daily Mail reports. "I feel that stripping off is a way of expressing purity of emotion."
"I want to be memorable," she told the Mail on Sunday's You magazine. "That's what my fans want too. Everyone's talking about me, waiting to see what I'm doing next."
