When it was announced Miley Cyrus was to host the VMAs, many wondered exactly why. She had nothing to promote (maybe a new line of nipple pasties?), isn't on tour, and hasn't really been doing much than sticking out her tongue.
By the end of the night, it was apparent that (duh) Miley wasn't just hosting the major television event for fun and also revealed the actual subject of her New York Times in which she decided to slam Nicki Minaj. She dropped a surprise album (nobody was actually waiting for) called Miley Cyrus And Her Dead Petz. The album itself is available online for free on her website—which crashed after the announcement—and because it's an independent none studio album -- it's also available online for free.
The idea of a "surprise album" was initially done by Beyoncé in 2013 and since then it has been done so many times that pretty much all albums are expected to be surprise albums by now.
Nylon Magazine clearly didn't get the memo, though, and the poor soul running the magazine's social media account is either a very crafty troll or wanted to receive the ire of the entire Beyhive when they tweeted Miley had "outdone Beyoncé".
Twitter didn't take this lightly, with many asking Nylon to take "several seats" and others basically WTF-ing at such a bold claim
"@NylonMag: #MileyCyrus just outdid Beyoncé and dropped a surprise (free!) album: http://t.co/Hg63djv0WE" pic.twitter.com/QcmXNgt9fd
Others employed their best Bey GIFs
Miley is already in Twitter's poor graces after going after Nicki and her pretty hideous and culturally appropriative fake blonde dreads. If anything is certain, it's that Miley's VMA controversies won't do much to damage her brand which seems to be "do as much ridiculous shit as I possibly can to stay relevant". Hopefully, Nylon has at least placed their social media person under protective surveillance from the Beyhive.
