Whether or not they stripped down for shock worth or to make an announcement; for laughs ( you, Blink-182!); for the sake of vulnerability or for the artwork; or simply as a result of they needed to really feel horny, singers who bought bare for music movies show that some musicians simply know easy methods to push the envelope.

Some artists have been applauded for his or her nudity, equivalent to R&B star D’Angelo, whose followers swooned over his sultry “Untitled (How Does It Really feel)” video within the early 2000s.

Kylie Minogue and Bjork are additionally thought-about icons for doing essentially the most (and generally baring themselves) for his or her artwork, such because the latter cocooning her nude physique with crimson thread within the 2002 video for “Cocoon.”

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Others, equivalent to Erykah Badu, have been closely criticized for stripping down. In 2010, the artist bought in bother with the legislation after filming her music video for “Window Seat” in Texas. (Extra on that under.)

And in 2013, simply as she was shedding her pristine Disney picture along with her first post-Hannah Montana album Bangerz, many adults weren’t too proud of Miley Cyrus‘ skin-baring self-expression in her video for “Wrecking Ball.”

That did not cease her, although. In typical Miley style, and simply as she sings in “We Cannot Cease,” she did what she needed anyway, and it resulted in an iconic video with greater than 1.2 billion views so far.