Why Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' & Bruno Mars sample link to ex Liam ...

13 January 2023, 12:37 | Updated: 13 January 2023, 12:38

Miley Cyrus has released her comeback track ‘Flowers’ which samples Bruno Mars’ 2011 hit ‘When I Was Your Man’ - and some fans think it was penned about her romance with Liam Hemsworth.

Miley Cyrus has officially entered her new music era with her new bop ‘Flowers’, but is the song pointing to her former romance with Liam Hemsworth?

The Hannah Montana star treated fans to her brand new single on January 13, which is the first of many as she’s set to release her 2023 album 'Endless Summer Vacation' on 10th March.

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The upbeat breakup anthem is a track that oozes self-love and even samples Bruno Mars’ 2011 hit ‘When I Was Your Man’, which was penned about regrets after a relationship.

Now fans are convinced, thanks to a series of clues, that ‘Flowers’ could be about Miley’s most famous relationship and ex Liam Hemsworth.

Here are all the theories unfolded and the link between ‘Flowers’ and ‘When I Was Your Man’…

Miley’s new track ‘Flowers’ samples Bruno Mars’ ‘When I Was Your Man’, which was penned originally when Bruno was worried about losing his girlfriend Jessica Caban back in 2011.

The lyrics read:

“I 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 'cause all you wanted to do was dance / Now my baby's dancing, But she's dancing with another man.”

Miley’s new track ‘Flowers’ samples this but reworks the lyrics to have self-love as the takeaway as she sings:

“I can buy myself flowers, Write my name in the sand / Talk to myself for hours, Say things you don't understand / I can take myself dancing, And I can hold my own hand / Yeah, I can love me better than you can.”

Miley and Liam first met after they starred in The Last Song together in 2008, and made their red carpet debut as a couple two years later.

They got engaged in 2012 but after a few on-off years, they split but got back together in 2016, before tying the knot at the end of 2018.

Just months later in August 2019, they split, with Miley going on to pen a number of songs about their breakup since, and her latest track ‘Flowers’ has fans spotting Easter eggs about their romance.

Firstly, ‘Flowers’ dropped on Liam’s birthday (January 13), which many fans took as a first clue, while others noticed she mentioned in the track that they “built a home and watched it burn”, which could reference their home in Malibu which burnt down in November 2018 during the Woolsey fires.

Although it’s not been confirmed, many fans also believe that Liam once dedicated ‘When I Was Your Man’ to Miley, hence the sample in the song.

We were good, we were goldKinda dream that can't be soldWe were right till we weren'tBuilt a home and watched it burn

I didn't wanna leave youI didn't wanna lieStarted to cry but then remembered I

I can buy myself flowersWrite my name in the sandTalk to myself for hoursSay things you don't understandI can take myself dancingAnd I can hold my own handYeah, I can love me better than you can

Can love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me betterI can love me better, baby

Paint my nails, cherry redMatch the roses that you leftNo remorse, no regretI forgive every word you said

I didn't wanna leave you, babyI didn't wanna fightStarted to cry but then remembered I

I can buy myself flowersWrite my name in the sandTalk to myself for hours, yeahSay things you don't understandI can take myself dancingAnd I can hold my own handYeah, I can love me better than you can

Can love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me betterI

I didn't wanna leave youI didn't wanna fightStarted to cry but then remembered I

I can buy myself flowersWrite my name in the sandTalk to myself for hours (Yeah)Say things you don't understandI can take myself dancingAnd I can hold my own handYeah, I can love me better thanYeah, I can love me better than you can, uh

Can love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me betterI can love me better, baby (Than you can)Can love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me betterI

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