Another interpretation has the Cyrus family being akin to a vampiric clan sucking the life out of American pop culture.

If the artistic direction of Billy Ray's son and Miley's half-brother, Trace Cyrus, is any indication, both those viewpoints might be true.

Trace, reports Popeater, has enlisted his pop and sibling to costar in a music video for his band Metro Station's song "Seventeen Forever."

The clip, and presumably the song, share parallels with '80s bloodsucking cult film The Lost Boys.

Billy Ray plays a carnival attendant, and Miley appears as the driver of a bumper car who whams into Trace; so now all three Cyruses are immortal and never aging.