On Thursday 20 December, the singer took the stage with Fallon and Mark Ronson to perform the 1953 Christmas hit Santa Baby – although she warned them upfront that she wouldn’t be sticking to the original lyrics.

“I think I might need to change a few of these lyrics,” she said. “Am I saying I’m gonna hook up with Santa if he buys me all this stuff?”

Assured she had full creative freedom, Cyrus then ditched the traditional format of the song – which sees the singer flirtatiously ask Santa for a series of increasingly expensive gifts, including a convertible, a duplex and the deed to a platinum mine – and swapped it for something… well, something very different.

“Santa baby, I don’t need any fancy jewellery, not me,” sang Cyrus. “I’ve got something else in mind Santa baby, and I don’t need your presents tonight.”

The singer – who has a net worth of $160 million – went on to remind Santa that she “can buy my own damn stuff,” and has a “baller car of my own” that she bought on her own (“with zero help from Elf on the Shelf”). So what does she want the man in red to bring her this year?

Peace on earth to all women, of course – and an end to sexual harassment in the workplace.

Miley Cyrus just transformed Santa Baby into an epic feminist power ballad