Miley Cyrus put on a controversial performance of her hit
“We Can’t Stop” at the 2013 Video Music Awards this past Sunday, but while she
stomped around the stage in a glittery onesie with her tongue wagging, flanked
by giant stuffed bears and sporting a foam finger as her prop of choice, one
thing was missing: Miley’s lyric “dancing with Molly” was censored by MTV.
According to wetpaint.com, the reference to Molly was
censored again during Kanye West’s performance of “Blood on the Leaves,” but
why? Who is Molly, or actually, what is Molly?
Molly is a pure form of MDMA, or
3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine, according to The New York Times. It was
patented in 1914 but didn’t make news until the 1970s “when psychotherapists
began giving it to patients to get them to open up. It arrived at New York nightclubs in
the late 1980s, and by the early ’90s it became the preferred drug at raves at
Limelight and Shelter...”
While Molly may not be new per se, it is experiencing
resurgence since it has been referenced by celebrities like Rihanna in her song
“Diamonds” and of course Miley. Rihanna’s lyric, “As we moonshine and Molly,”
refers to drinking a nearly 100 percent alcoholic drink while taking the drug,
and Miley’s lyric, “Dancing with Molly,” is as simple as dancing while high.
Both lyrics are relatively hidden to those who don’t understand the reference,
but can be influential to the wrong ears.
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