You don't have to look very hard to see the similarities between Miley Cyrus's new song, "Flowers," and the 2012 Bruno Mars hit, "When I Was Your Man." The chorus of the "Hannah Montana" star's single responds to Mars's sentiments almost line-for-line. Mars croons, "I should have bought you flowers and held your hand," while also saying he should have given his girlfriend "all [his] hours" and taken her out to dance. Cyrus' chorus notes that she can buy herself flowers and "talk to myself for hours." It hits on finding self-love by also taking herself dancing and holding her own hand because, as she sings: "I can love me better than you can."
Yes, "Flowers" is undeniably a response to the message conveyed in "When I Was Your Man," but it is not solely a self-love anthem. According to People, fans have also drawn connections between "Flowers" and Cyrus's ex-partner, Liam Hemsworth. For instance, Cyrus announced the song would drop on January 13, which coincides with Hemsworth's birthday. Although it ultimately dropped on January 12 in America, it was still January 13 in Hemsworth's native Australia. Additionally, there's a lyric in the song that goes, "We built a home and watched it burn," potentially referring to the 2018 fire that destroyed Cyrus and Hemsworth's Malibu home.
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