Cyrus sets new record with video

New York - Miley Cyrus is back titillating viewers with another saucy new music video but is boyfriend Liam Hemsworth pleased?

The actor was seen out with friends in Los Angeles on Monday night without Cyrus, after the singer debuted her video for her single Wrecking Ball, in which she cries and swings naked on a wrecking ball.

The video, from her upcoming Bangerz album, drew 19.3 million views in its first 24 hours online, said music video website Vevo. It broke the 12.3-million record boyband One Direction held with their Best Song Ever clip in July.

Cyrus' grinding and twerking We Can't Stop video had the previous record with 10.7 million views in June.

The pop tart's raunchy acts, including her recent twerking on the MTV Video Music Awards show, have led to speculation of a split with Hemsworth, 23, the younger brother of actor Chris Hemsworth.

They met in 2009 and got engaged last year. But a source told Us Weekly after she took to the MTV stage in a nude suit, "he is over her and wants to make a clean break".

The New York Daily News said the last time they were spotted together was at his film premiere for Paranoia last month. It also pointed to telling lyrics in Wrecking Ball, which appear to be about a troubled relationship.

Meanwhile, Cyrus, 20, has been busy. On Tuesday, she released the full track list for Bangerz, due out next month. She had said she would release it if her fans helped Wrecking Ball to break the one-day views record on Vevo.

MTV also announced that it will premiere on Oct 2 a documentary that follows the former Disney star as she records her Bangerz album. And, last Saturday, Cyrus continued her antics by performing We Can't Stop on a German TV show, backed by a band of twerking dwarfs.

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