Miley Cyrus Timberlake at an HIV/AIDS charity event in the White House. At the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, Jimmy Fallon announced that Cyrus was the winner of the Video of the Year award for her song "Wrecking Ball". Instead of accepting the award herself, she had a twenty-two-year-old homeless man by the name of Jesse collect it for her. She had met him at My Friend's Place, an organization that helps homeless youth find shelter, work, health care and education. His acceptance speech encouraged musicians to learn more about homeless youth in Los Angeles and what they can do to help
Breakout (Miley Cyrus song) teen who's too grown-up to submit to her parents, teachers or anyone else" with the lines "tired of bein' told what to do". "Breakout" received positive responses from contemporary critics, with Chris William, writing for "Entertainment Weekly" stating that Gina Schock left influences from The Go-Go's' 1982 hit single "Vacation" with "just the right amount of maturing". Mikael Wood of the "Los Angeles Times" called the song "a slightly tougher, more guitar-based sound than last year's "Meet Miley Cyrus"", while Bill Lamb of About.com said the song was one of the "top tracks on "Breakout"" and Heather Phares of AllMusic