'Society wants to shut me down!' Miley Cyrus calls herself a 'punk rock underdog' as she dazzles in sequins on Cosmopolitan cover

She attracted a slew of criticism for her risqué performance at this year's VMA awards alongside Robin Thicke.

But in a new interview with Cosmopolitan magazine,  Miley Cyrus is unrepentant about her 'haters,' while declaring herself a 'cool punk rock underdog.'

She tells the magazine's December issue: 'Everything is so chaotic and crazy right now...I'm literally what everyone is talking about.