
Miley Cyrus made quite a statement when she dropped her hit βFlowers,β along with its music video, on Jan. 12. The visual for the upbeat track, which boasts an ode to self-love, features scenes of Cyrus prancing around in a statement gold dress and stripping down to black lingerie by her pool. However, the carefree, summeresque song itself includes lyrics that seemingly allude to Cyrusβs ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth, plus the home they once shared.
Liam Hemsworth References in Miley Cyrusβs βFlowersβ
βWe were right βtil we werenβt / Built a home and watched it burn,β she sings in the first verse, referring to the house she and Hemsworth shared in Malibu that was destroyed by the 2018 Woosley Fire. In the hook, she also adds, βI didnβt wanna leave you / I didnβt wanna lie / Started to cry / but then remembered I,β which seems to refer to the final days of Cyrus and Hemsworthβs marriage.
Cyrus and Hemsworth first met in 2009 and dated on and off for a decade before they tied the knot in 2018. The two were only married for seven months before Hemsworth filed for divorce in August 2019. That month, shortly after news of their separation broke, People reported, per a source, that Cyrus βreally fought to make it workβ with her ex. However, sheβs since moved on to Liily drummer Maxx Morando, whom sheβs been dating for over a year now.
Although Cyrus has a new love in her life, itβs clear her hit song from her eighth studio album, titled βEndless Summer Vacation,β is still hashing out her romantic past. And now itβs started a cheating rumor mill about her ex Hemsworth and his βHunger Gamesβ costar Jennifer Lawrence.
Jennifer Lawrence Gold Dress Rumored Reference in Miley Cyrusβs βFlowersβ
During a June 26 appearance on βWatch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen,β Lawrence shut down speculation that Cyrus referenced her in the βFlowersβ video, per the gold dress the singer wears. For context, Lawrence wore a gold dress on the red carpet with Hemsworth for the βHunger Gamesββs Los Angeles premiere in 2012, but she told host Cohen thereβs no correlation between the two.
Cohen told the actor, βThere was already a lot of talk that the music video was referencing a secret fling that you had with Liam Hemsworth while he was with Miley Cyrus, can you please respond thisβ,β to which Lawrence immediately responded, βNot true. I would love to. Not true. Total rumor.β
She also added, βI mean, we all know that me and Liam, like, kissed one time. It was years after they broke up. So I just assume that was like a coincidence.β
Bruno Mars Reference in Miley Cyrusβs βFlowersβ
Cyrusβs Hemsworth references in βFlowersβ arenβt the only thing fans picked up on in the song. Upon a closer listen, it appears that part of βFlowersβ mirrors a famous Bruno Mars song, his 2013 breakup anthem βWhen I Was Your Man,β as the chorus replicates similar lyrics from the old smash.
If you listen closely, Cyrusβs lyrics βI can buy myself flowers / Write my name in the sand / Talk to myself for hours / Say things you donβt understand / I can take myself dancing / And I can hold my own handβ sound an awful lot like Marsβs βI should have bought you flowers / And held your hand / Should have gave you all my hours / When I had the chance / Take you to every party βcause all you wanted to do was dance.β
Rumor has it, Hemsworth once dedicated Marsβs song to Cyrus. On Jan. 9, a Twitter user wrote in a viral tweet, βmiley cyrus wrote a song as a response to this bruno marsβ song which liam once dedicated to her, and sheβs releasing it on his birthday π.β Considering the timing of βFlowersββs release (one day before Hemsworthβs birthday, Jan. 13), it seems the song has a lot more significance beyond its theme of self-love.
Listen to Cyrusβs βFlowersβ above, and see if you can catch all the similarities from Marsβs βWhen I Was Your Manβ ahead.