Thicke performed Blurred Lines as a duet with Miley Cyrus at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards , medleyed with Cyrus ' " We Ca n't Stop " and " Give It 2 U " , featuring 2 Chainz . The performance began with Cyrus performing " We Ca n't Stop " in bear-themed attire . Following this , Thicke entered the stage and Cyrus stripped down to a small skin-colored two-piece outfit . Cyrus subsequently touched Thicke 's crotch area with a giant foam finger and twerked against his crotch . The performance drew extensive reactions and became the most tweeted about event in history , with Twitter users generating 360,000 tweets about the event per minute ; breaking the previous record held by Beyoncé 's Super Bowl XLVII halftime show performance six months earlier
2013 MTV Video Music Awards
2013 MTV Video Music Awards
Blurred Lines