3 years after releasing "Flowers," Miley Cyrus sang new lyrics at the Hollywood Bowl. Here are the song’s rumored Liam Hemsworth references.

As Enterprise Insider previously reported, Cyrus and Hemsworth met on the set of “The Final Music,” which was launched in 2010, and dated on and off for a number of years. The couple married in 2018 and divorced a 12 months later. The break up was finalized in January 2020.

Whereas Cyrus hasn’t confirmed that “Flowers” is about her relationship with Hemsworth, the only’s launch date, lyrics, and different hidden particulars provide a number of clues to the tune’s that means.

The excitement round “Flowers” started when followers seen its launch date.

The one dropped on January 13 — Hemsworth’s thirty third birthday — a element that was not misplaced on Cyrus’ followers. 

“She undoubtedly did not lie when she mentioned she’s obtained nerve,” one person tweeted. 

In “After I Was Your Man,” Mars sings that he needs he “purchased you flowers, and held your hand.”

Though Mars is not credited as a songwriter on “Flowers,” Cyrus sings “I should purchase myself flowers,” and “I can maintain my very own hand” in an identical tune to Mars’ hit. 

In keeping with Billboard, some fans have speculated that Hemsworth devoted Mars’ tune to Cyrus throughout their first engagement — although these theories are unconfirmed.

“We have been good, we have been gold/ Form of dream that may’t be offered/ We have been proper until we weren’t/ Constructed a house and watched it burn,” Cyrus sings within the opening verse. 

In keeping with Us Weekly, the hearth metaphor might be referring to the house Cyrus shared with Hemsworth, which burned down throughout the 2018 Woolsey Hearth.

Cyrus has said that the lack of the couple’s Malibu house is partially what led her and Hemsworth to get married. 

In 2019, whereas attending the Self-importance Honest Oscars occasion, an Entry Hollywood reporter requested Cyrus and Hemsworth what a dance number would look like between the couple.

When Cyrus started dancing on Hemsworth, her then-husband, he shut it down, saying, “We’re not doing this. Not on the carpet.”

One Twitter person put that video facet by facet with a promotional clip Cyrus posted on the platform, wherein she seems to do an identical dance transfer — whereas the lyrics “I can love me higher” play within the background.

After promoting out exhibits on the Hollywood Bowl in October 2026, Cyrus modified the pre-chorus lyrics to “Flowers.”

Within the authentic model, Cyrus sings: “I did not wanna go away you/I did not wanna battle/Began to cry, however then remembered I,” earlier than belting out the refrain.

This previous weekend, nevertheless, Cyrus modified that to: “I did not wanna go away you (however I needed to)/I did not wanna battle (however we did)/Began to cry, however then remembered I offered out the Hollywood Bowl.”

Cyrus has ad-libbed her hit single earlier than: On the 2024 Grammys, she sang, “Began to cry, however then remembered I simply gained my first Grammy!”

Followers took to social media to applaud Cyrus’ lyric change, with one YouTube commenter saying they “love how she’s filling it in with completely different achievements.”

Cyrus additionally paid tribute to Dolly Parton, her late godmother, throughout the live performance, breaking down in tears as she recalled reminiscences of Parton. Cyrus then carried out Parton’s hit tune “Jolene.”

Editor’s Word: This story was initially printed in January 2023 and was most just lately up to date in October 2026.