Since hitting YouTube in late June, Miley Cyrus' fast-paced, non-sequitur-packed clip for her hit single "We Can't Stop" has racked up more than 45 million views and counting. The video's origins date back to a conversation that Brooklyn-based director Diane Martel – who also oversaw the much-debated clip for Robin Thicke's smash "Blurred Lines" – had with Cyrus earlier this year. After the two were introduced by Pharrell Williams, Cyrus told the director about a four-day party she threw with a few of her closest friends, helping inspire the video.
"It's like a giant, fucked-up selfie,"...
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