During a recent appearance on Spotify’s Billions Club series, the “ Flowers ” singer talked about one of her early onstage controversies. With her sister by her side, Brandi Cyrus, Miley reflected on her 2009 Teen Choice Awards performance, which featured an ice cream cart, a pole, and dancing.

The routine sparked backlash from critics who felt it was a poor choice for the then-16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star.

Miley Cyrus recalled how her performance of 'Party in the U.S.A.' at the Teen Choice Awards in 2009 when she wan 16 — which saw her dance onstage with a pole attached to an ice cream cart — came to be with help from her mom,

Miley Cyrus recently addressed her controversial 2009 Teen Choice Awards, in which she danced around a pole, calling out her mom Tish Cyrus for having the idea.

Miley Cyrus performs onstage during the Teen Choice Awards 2009 held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on August 9, 2009 in Universal City, California.

Miley Cyrus' mom was behind one of the singer's first controversial onstage moments. During a conversation with her sister Brandi Cyrus on Spotify's Billion Club series, the singer reminisced about her performance of "Party in the U.

Miley Cyrus recently addressed her controversial 2009 Teen Choice Awards, in which she danced around a pole, calling out her mom Tish Cyrus for having the idea.

Miley Cyrus is calling out her mom, Tish Cyrus. While speaking with her sister Brandi for Spotify’s “Billions Club” series, the pop star explained that it was their mother who had the idea for her to dance with a pole attached to an ice cream cart during her 2009 Teen Choice Awards performance of “Party in the U.