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Miley Cyrus dropped her new song 'Flowers' on Liam Hemsworth's birthday, and many fans think it's a diss track referencing a Bruno Mars song.

"Once upon a time, it was paradise, once upon a time, I was paralyzed. "I hope your marriage goes better than mine," she said. "Once upon a time, it was made for us woke up one day, it had turned to dust. Cyrus' lyrics are strikingly similar: "I can buy myself flowers, and I can hold my own hand. Built a home and watched it burn," she sings on the song's first verse. We were right 'til we weren't.

Miley Cyrus dropped her new single on Thursday night (Jan. 12). Is the song about her relationship with ex Liam Hemsworth?

Sweetheart, we’re on the carpet,” he chided at the time. However, when the Access Hollywood personality followed that up by asking what a dance looked like between the couple, Hemsworth didn’t love Cyrus playfully grinding on him. “I would say that losing the house changed us much more than getting married changed us.” Of course, fans will remember that the couple’s Malibu home was destroyed in the devastating Woolsey Fire of 2018, a tragedy Cyrus later admitted spurred her into marrying Hemsworth nearly a decade after they first fell in love. Instead, she nonchalantly declares, “No remorse, no regrets/ I forgive every word you said” before dancing ecstatically around an LA mansion all on her own. [pop](https://www.billboard.com/t/pop/) star might be referencing her now-ex-husband when she announced the single’s Jan. But once the single dropped in full, the superstar got pointedly more specific. Does it feel good where you’re at right now?” she definitely didn’t lie when she said she’s got nerve,” one fan wrote after Cyrus shared the news. “Miley’s telling the world she can love herself better ON LIAM’S BIRTHDAY?! [Miley Cyrus](https://www.billboard.com/artist/miley-cyrus/) dropped her new single “ [Flowers](https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/miley-cyrus-flowers-stream-1235198408/)” on Thursday night, and all signs seem to point to the anthem taking inspiration from her relationship with ex-husband [Liam Hemsworth](https://www.billboard.com/t/liam-hemsworth/). [teasing](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/miley-cyrus-flowers-shower-teaser-1235195929/) the song’s chorus in a sultry post on social media: “I can buy myself flowers, write my name in the sand/ Talk to myself for hours, yeah, say things you don’t understand/ I can take myself dancing, I can hold my own hand/ Yeah, I can love me better than you can.” On their own, the lyrics could be about any given ill-fated romance.

She can be a country darling, a cover queen, a rock star, a pop performer, or a jazzy crooner. The world is her oyster, and her instrument — that incredibly ...

(If there’s one thing Miley can be counted on to do, it’s to find a pool and get in it.) Her raspy vocals offer an edge to the disco-toned anthem, leaving us all excited to see what else Endless Summer Vacation has in store. The lyrics in “Flowers” feel like a personal a reclamation of her private life that has never felt that private at all. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our [Spotify New Sounds](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HZ829ZASjNvOpFcCTr7mB?si=GLgC2vtORnCzaRKE3o7Dbg) playlist. Find these songs and more on our [Spotify Top Songs](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3JzEbTrAnmxkwoEYLBHw03?si=38008e719ab8457a) playlist. [Song of the Week](https://consequence.net/category/cos-exclusive-features/top-song-of-the-week/) breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week.

The singer's first track off her anticipated 2023 album is all about healing, renewal, and perhaps, a bit of revenge.

[Stevie Nicks](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a26995702/stevie-nicks-janet-jackson-rock-hall-of-fame/) gave her seal of approval, recording a remix of “Edge of Seventeen" for the record. “I can buy myself flowers / Write my name in the sand,” she sings over a groovy beat. And of course, just when you thought you had her figured out, Cyrus returned in 2020 with Plastic Hearts—a rock-inspired album that would make any Hall-of-Famer proud. But in 2017, she flipped the script with Younger Now, a saccharine record full of whimsy and romance. Hannah was gone, and this was the Miley we ought to know. Since departing her reign on Disney Channel, she’s delivered one curveball after the next—and her latest single, “Flowers,” is no different.

The pop singer's self-helpy new single illustrates how her music often doesn't match her star power.

[Endless Summer Vacation](https://pitchfork.com/news/miley-cyrus-announces-new-album-endless-summer-vacation/), starts in a similar position as 2020’s [Plastic Hearts](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/miley-cyrus-plastic-hearts/), with a story of a broken relationship that scans as a reference to her split from ex-husband Liam Hemsworth in 2019. [wheatpaste posters](https://twitter.com/popcrave/status/1604173329723961345) beside the exposed slice of stomach that’s somehow recognizable, all by itself, as [Miley Cyrus](https://pitchfork.com/artists/5996-miley-cyrus/). This time, instead of stomping through heartbreak to the sound of ’80s rock, she’s doing something like twangy disco funk, with a sour string section that gives her revenge anthem the faintest hint of flamenco.

Miley Cyrus has released on a song about moving on from heartbreak on her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth's birthday.

" 'She’s got a man. The former couple met in 2009 while filming an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' "The Last Song" and announced their engagement in 2012. Cyrus began wearing her engagement ring again in early 2016, and the couple married in December 2018 in Tennessee. She’s living in a house playing wife,' " Cyrus said, adding she was also experimenting with drugs and alcohol. "I can buy myself flowers," she sings. [Miley Cyrus](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/12/04/miley-cyrus-opens-up-sobriety-relationship-liam-hemsworth/3823018001/) has moved on from heartbreak — and she's sharing her healing in a new song.

Miley Cyrus' latest breakup song 'Flowers' seems to take a dig at Bruno Mars 'When I Was Your Man”'2013 song.

[Meet Miley Cyrus](/topic/meet-miley-cyrus). [Liam Hemsworth](/topic/liam-hemsworth)and [Bruno](/topic/bruno)Mars. But, there is now a newer generation of celebrities who are out and proud and giving a voice to queer issues and speaking up against discrimination. The music video shows [Miley](/topic/miley)being joyful and empowered after a breakup and buying flowers for herself. In recent years, Hollywood has done some phenomenal work to explore the sensitive topic of homosexuality. Fans think that the song is taking a dig at [Bruno Mars](/topic/bruno-mars)' 'When I Was Your Man' 2013 song.