No, I am not making this up. Yes, Miley Cyrus really said this to some Australian journalist ahead of her Australian tour:

“It should be harder to be an artist. You shouldn’t just be able to put a song on YouTube and go out on tour.”

Tell it like it is, girl! She’s so right, becoming an artist should require talent…or a famous dad who has already recorded music and been on TV shows. And she’s right, you shouldn’t just be able to put a song on YouTube and go on tour…you should have your own Disney show first.

You see, this is why music sucks so bad these days. That’s why they aren’t called singer or musicians anymore, they’re called artists. It’s because being an artist is no longer a sacred rite reserved for the privileged and elite of society. I mean, remember the good old days when only people with a famous dad and their own Disney show hit the big time? Back then we didn’t have to try and sort through the untalented riffraff of YouTube.

Heaven forbid people actually being able to show the world their creativity and talent on a global forum like YouTube, right Miley? Artists should not be self made hard workers…they should have it handed to them because of their pedigree. Miley doesn’t stop there.

“I don’t lip-sync. I would rather someone say I sang like crap than have people see me lip-sync.”

You sing like crap. I’ve got news for you, if you weren’t at all attractive and had a different dad, you would not be an artist, even if you had the exact same voice you do now.

Let’s even talk about the word artist, something Miley Cyrus considers herself apparently. Perhaps her most popular song has been The Climb. That song was written by Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe. It was produced by John Shanks. Another popular song recorded by Miley Cyrus is Party in the USA. That one was written by Lukasz Gottwald, Claude Kelly and Jessica Cornish. It was produced by Dr. Luke.

What exactly makes Miley Cyrus an artist? She doesn’t write the lyrics to her songs, she doesn’t compose the music to her songs and she doesn’t produce her own songs. You’re an artist because you sing other people’s tunes? Well give me an auto tuner and I can do the same thing like all the great artists are doing today.

YouTube stars are self made. Look at America’s Got Talent, they had a bunch of talented YouTube stars on the show because they were (mostly) talented. These are self made people here. What does Miley Cyrus have against self made people? Oh yeah, she isn’t self made. Life has been handed to her on a silver platter and she has still managed to screw it up a bunch of times, or in her words:

“I mess up. There you go. But if you live your life trying to be perfect, you don’t really live your life ever.”

Inspirational words for the rising generation. You can’t be perfect so don’t bother trying. Anyone hear about a movie called Idiocracy? Does anyone else feel like it’s actually happening in real life sometimes? I sure do.

Let’s be honest here. Justin Bieber and now Rebecca Black have been getting more attention than Miley Cyrus. She feels snuffed because all these two did to get their fame was throw some YouTube video online. Well don’t feel so bad Miley, more people know who you are than Joe Biden…some guy who is only the Vice President and first in line to become the most powerful man in the world if anything happens to Barack Obama.

Perhaps Miley Cyrus is starting to believe the lyrics that other people write for her, like this thought provoking stanza:

“For those who don’t know me,
I can get a bit crazy
Have to get my way,yep
24 hours a day
’cause I’m hot like that”

With deep, artistic lyrics like this, it’s no wonder she demands respect as an artist and that the media ignore these other wannabes. Apparently YouTube is what’s wrong with the world. It is clouding our judgment and blurring the lines between real artists and common rubbish.

I believe the next group of unwarranted stars that Miley will target are people who just audition for some TV show, anyone on Vagrant records, boy bands or Nickelback. Let’s hope she exposes more frauds for the unartistic swine with undeserved fame and attention they truly are.