She’s got nerve! Fifteen years after Miley Cyrus was forced to apologize for her provocative Vanity Fair cover, the star — now 30 years old — is reflecting on the “brilliant choices” that were made going into the Annie Leibovitz-led photoshoot.

For those who don’t remember, Cyrus became the controversy of 2008 after posing half-nude with a bedsheet and red lipstick when she was only 15 years old. The former Disney Channel star — who was at the height of her Hannah Montana fame when the cover came out — opened up about the head-turning photo while speaking on Part 15 of her Used to Be Young TikTok series.

“We gotta go there. Everyone knows the controversy of the photo but they don’t really know the behind-the-scenes, which is always much more meaningful,” she explained. “My little sister Noah [Cyrus] was sitting on Annie’s lap and actually pushing the button of the camera taking the pictures. My family was on set.”

According to Cyrus, it was the “first time” she ever wore red lipstick because her makeup artist thought it would be “another element” that would “divide” her from Hannah Montana.

“This image of me is the complete opposite of the bubblegum pop star that I had been known for being and that’s what was so upsetting,” she said. “But really brilliant choices looking back now from those people.”

Following the backlash, Leibovitz defended the portrait in a statement released by Vanity Fair.

“I’m sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted,” she wrote, per ABC News. “Miley and I looked at fashion photographs together and we discussed the picture in that context before we shot it. The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful.”

At the time, Cyrus also released an apology, admitting that she felt “embarrassed” by the situation.

“I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be ‘artistic’ and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed,” she said in a statement. “I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about.”

As the wise Hannah Montana once said: nobody’s perfect.