Everyone knows that a first kiss can be awkward. But imagine how awkward that kiss might be if the person on the other end of the lip lock was a complete stranger.

Tatia Pilieva perfectly captures that discomfort in her short film “First Kiss” in which she paired 20 strangers, instructed them to kiss and set the cameras rolling.

The ten pairs of smoochers include two same-sex couples, one gay male and one lesbian, and several heterosexual duos. In the film, participants engage in self-conscious introductions before the initial discomfort gives way to varying degrees of desire.

The film was created as part of an advertising campaign for Wren studio, a Los Angeles-based womenswear brand, and has garnered over 30 million views since its March 10 release.

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In a photo the “We Can’t Stop” singer posted on her Twitter page Thursday (Dec. 26), Miley Cyrus can be seen kissing Cara Delevingne, an English fashion model on a couch, with a rainbow graphic superimposed on top. “LOVE!!!!! We finally got the filmed developed Mush,” Cyrus wrote.

Sure, whatever that means. For what it’s worth, the 21-year-old star recently explained her signature facial pose in a Rolling Stone interview. “I just stick my tongue out because I hate smiling in pictures,” Cyrus said. “It’s so awkward. It looks so cheesy. Now people expect it — like, ‘Put your tongue out!’ It’s just easier that way. Taking pictures is so embarrassing.”

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A public kiss in Zagreb, Croatia (Photo: Siniša Bužan)

Over the years, I’ve kissed men and women, inexperienced and proficient, garlic lovers and vampires, people with whom I shared chemistry and those who were all technique. I’ve pondered a good kiss’s permutations. Soft lips? Open mouth? Tentative tongue? None are across-the-board positive; when it comes to kissing, circumstance is all. However, I do have some general guidelines gleaned from my years in the trenches. Follow them and I guarantee you won’t be compared to a sea creature. At least not by me.

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