Miley Cyrus is making fairly an announcement together with her newest single, “Flowers,” which appears to be stuffed with hidden messages and references. The visible for the upbeat observe, which boasts an ode to self-love, dropped on Jan. 12, that includes scenes of Cyrus prancing round in a gold costume and stripping right down to black lingerie by her pool. Nevertheless, the carefree, summeresque tune itself contains lyrics that seemingly allude to Cyrus’s ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth, and the house they as soon as shared.

“We have been proper ’til we weren’t / Constructed a house and watched it burn,” she sings within the first verse, referring to the home she and Hemsworth shared in Malibu that was destroyed by the 2018 Woosley Hearth. Within the hook, she additionally provides, “I did not wanna go away you / I did not wanna lie / Began to cry / however then remembered I,” which appears to discuss with the ultimate days of Cyrus and Hemsworth’s marriage.

Cyrus and Hemsworth first met in 2009 and dated on and off for a decade earlier than they tied the knot in 2018. The 2 have been solely married for seven months earlier than Hemsworth filed for divorce in August 2019. That month, shortly after information of their separation broke, Individuals reported, per a supply, that Cyrus “actually fought to make it work” together with her ex. Nevertheless, she’s since moved on to Liily drummer Maxx Morando, whom she’s been courting for a yr now.

Though Cyrus has a brand new love in her life, it is clear her latest tune from her upcoming eighth studio album, titled “Infinite Summer time Trip,” continues to be hashing out her romantic previous. However the Hemsworth references aren’t the one factor followers have picked up on within the tune. Upon a more in-depth pay attention, it seems that a part of “Flowers” mirrors a Bruno Mars tune, his 2013 breakup anthem “After I Was Your Man,” because the refrain replicates comparable lyrics from the outdated smash.

In the event you pay attention intently, Cyrus’s lyrics “I can purchase myself flowers / Write my identify within the sand / Speak to myself for hours / Say issues you do not perceive / I can take myself dancing / And I can maintain my very own hand” sound an terrible lot like Mars’s “I ought to have purchased you flowers / And held your hand / Ought to have gave you all my hours / After I had the prospect / Take you to each get together ‘trigger all you wished to do was dance.”

Rumor has it, Hemsworth as soon as devoted Mars’s tune to Cyrus. On Jan. 9, a Twitter person wrote in a viral tweet, “miley cyrus wrote a tune as a response to this bruno mars’ tune which liam as soon as devoted to her, and she or he’s releasing it on his birthday 💀.” Contemplating the timing of “Flowers”‘s launch (someday earlier than Hemsworth’s birthday, Jan. 13), it appears the tune has much more significance past its theme of self-love.

Take heed to Cyrus’s “Flowers” above, and see for those who can catch all of the similarities from Mars’s “After I Was Your Man” forward.

Bruno Mars’s “After I Was Your Man” Music Video