"wrecking ball" is a song performed by miley cyrus. it was released on august 25, 2013. "wrecking ball" is a pop song which is about the ending of a relationship. it was thought to be inspired by cyrus' former engagement to australian actor liam hemsworth. "wrecking ball" was the vevo record with most views in the first 24 hours after its release, and the record for being the fastest clip to reach 100 million views on the service. the record was broken in 2014 by anaconda of nicki minaj.