Everyone from Cher to Sinead O'Connor to the chap who empties your trash has got an opinion about Miley Cyrus, that VMA performance, her tongue and the constantly questionable attire.
And indie songwriter Sufjan Stevens is not about to be left behind.
But the 38-year-old from Detroit doesn't have an issue with latex bodysuits or foam fingers; in fact he thinks Ms Cyrus has a 'great body.'
Criticism: Sufjan Stevens has criticised Miley's grammar, but he loves her music and her body
No, his problem is that Miley, 20, is a bit sloppy with her tenses.
The Heirloom singer instead hilariously picked apart the grammar on Miley's song #GetItRight from her current Bangerz album.
Stevens wrote on his Tumblr page: 'Dear Miley. I can’t stop listening to #GetItRight (great song, great message, great body), but maybe you need a quick grammar lesson.
'One particular line causes concern: 'I been laying in this bed all night long.' Miley, technically speaking, you’ve been LYING, not LAYING, an irregular verb form that should only be used when there’s an object.'
He added: 'Surely you’ve heard of Present Perfect Continuous Tense (I HAVE BEEN LYING in this bed all night long [hopefully getting some beauty sleep?]).
'It’s a weird, equivocal, almost purgatorial tense, not quite present, not quite past, not quite here, not quite there.'
Open wide: Miley Cyrus put her foot in her mouth by telling an interviewer she won't take career advice from an Jewish man; she is pictured at the NY release party for her new album Bangerz on Tuesday
He added: 'Surely you’ve heard of Present Perfect Continuous Tense (I HAVE BEEN LYING in this bed all night long [hopefully getting some beauty sleep?]).
'It’s a weird, equivocal, almost purgatorial tense, not quite present, not quite past, not quite here, not quite there.'
He finished his missive with a slightly dark undertone however, by writing: 'Live brightly before your fire fades into total darkness.'
Meanwhile, Sinead O'Connor, 46, has written another letter to Miley.
She's doing it her way: The 20-year-old, pictured dancing with a hand glove at the MTV VMAs on August 25, believes she knows best when it comes to marketing her music
She addresses the concept of the pair of them kissing and making up thusly: 'I hear you’ve asked “Are we supposed to kiss?”.. when someone asked you would we ‘make up’.
'No, worry not.. there’s no need for kissing.. But let me state again.. You’re supposed to apologise for the mocking of any person who sought help, publicly or privately, to prevent themselves from committing suicide.
'You’re also supposed to apologise for mocking people who are mistakenly or otherwise perceived to be mentally ill.
What is she doing: Miley states that the more people wonder about her, the more they'll listen to her record; she's pictured performing at the iHeart Radio Music Festival Village on September 21 in Las Vegas
'Because what you did is extraordinarily dangerous as it contributes to the silences which allow suicide to flourish and also contributes to the bullying of people perceived mistakenly or otherwise to be mentally ill.
'That bullying causes suicides. Thats why you’re supposed to apologise. Its really very simple. People die every day because of the type of thing you did.
'Its not that hard to say sorry. Doing so will save lives.'
Still talking: Sinead O'Connor has written to Miley again
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