While some say she's shown beside a "dead girl," she actually shares the shot with two models, Natalie Westling and Esmerelda Seay Reynolds, who are very much alive. Jacobs explained to Women's Wear Daily the idea behind the shoot.

"We wanted this beach with girls kind of sulky and broody, and we thought it would be cool if it was Miley with what could be two friends, feeling distant and quite dark," Jacobs said.