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Watch Miley Cyrus Sing “Younger Now” With Elderly Backup Dancers And Interpolate Link Wray At The 2017 VMAs

INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 27: Miley Cyrus performs onstage during the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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The last two times Miley Cyrus performed at the MTV Video Music Awards were extremely memorable: In 2013, she twerked alongside Robin Thicke in a Beetlejuice suit while rocking a foam finger, and in 2015, she surprise-released her Dead Petz album with the Flaming Lips. Two years later, she's about to unveil Younger Now, an album that seems to be a straightforwardly rootsy pop-rock reboot, and she returned to the VMAs to sing its title track. The performance, at least, contained some of Cyrus' signature spark. In front of a line full of elderly backup dancers, she delivered an impressive vocal performance and interpolated Link Wray's "Rumble." Watch the performance below.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GqUwkSWBV-c

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