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She already stripped naked on the cover of her band Pretty Reckless' new album Going To Hell.
So it's not too surprising that Taylor Momsen would do the same in her latest music video.
The 20-year-old open a cloak to reveal her nude body - save for some black tape covering her modesty - in the video for her single Heaven Knows.
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Usual antics: Taylor Momsen strips naked in her band Pretty Reckless' new music video for song Heaven Knows off their latest album Going To Hell
'#HeavenKnowsVideo NOW on @vevo check it out...time to tour the world,' Taylor tweeted on Thursday.
The video stays true to the band's heavy metal-hard rock persona.
It open opens with students looking bored in a classroom as a teacher points at a blackboard.
Taylor is seen sitting at the back of the room, her boot-clad feet defiantly on the desk.
Grunge girl: The 20-year-old is seen walking down a corridor looking angry in the edgy video
Spooky: The blonde stands in a long black cloak in a smoke-filled room
The camera then cuts to her walking down a corridor wearing black leather boots and a loose top with a silver cross on the front.
Her blonde hair hangs in waves over her shoulders and her eyes are lined in black.
'Oh Lord, Heaven knows, we belong... down below,' she croons. 'Sing it!'
Young children are then heard in the chorus as they sit in a smoke-filled room while watching eerie scenes on multiple TV screens.
Bedhead: Taylor wore her blonde hair loose and wavy and sported smokey eyeshadow
Moment before the big reveal: Taylor held her hands in prayer, her head thrown back
Taylor stands in a black cloak in front of the children as she sings.
'1, 2, 3, 4, the devil's knocking at your door,' she says.
As the song reaches a climax, Taylor triumphantly pulls open her coat to reveal her naked body with black tape in the shape of a cross on her front.
She ends the video with her arms in the air, surrounded by the young children doing the same.
She's no angel! Taylor strips down on her Going To Hell album cover
Taylor's new album will be released on March 18.
The singer began her career at age five with a rendition of Christmas, Why Can't I Find You? for the soundtrack to How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
At eight, she wrote a song called Blackout, which The Hills star Heidi Montag recorded for her debut album, Superficial.
While she first rocketed to fame as teenage socialite Jenny Humphrey in the CW show, Gossip Girl, Taylor says her heart is in music.
Get ready: The album will be released on March 18, Taylor pictured in LA in September
'Acting is easy. I've been doing it for so long and I totally love it. But you're playing a character instead of yourself. Music is more personal because you're writing it and you're involved in every step of it,' she has told Parade magazine.
The cover isn't the first time the former child star from St Louis, Missouri, has caused a controversy.
In the video for her track, Going To Hell, she was portrayed as Eve in the Garden of Eden holding an apple aloft while a huge python seethed from its place around her neck.
But Taylor has said in the past that doesn't view herself as 'controversial.'
'I don't see myself as controversial,' she told The Huffington Post. 'If other people see me like that I'd probably say they're a bit stiff. I don't write about myself. I write songs.'
Found fame: Taylor first rocketed to fame as teenage socialite Jenny Humphrey in the CW show, Gossip Girl
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