Miley Cyrus says she initially wrote 'Flowers' as 'the saddest music' with no self-empowerment message: 'It was once extra, like, Fifties'

• Miley Cyrus revealed that her hit single “Flowers” did not begin as an empowerment anthem.
• In a brand new interview with British Vogue, Cyrus described the music as “a little bit pretend it until you make it.”
• “I wrote it in a extremely completely different manner,” she stated. “It was once extra, like, Fifties. The saddest music.”

Miley Cyrus’ hit single “Flowers” has been described by many followers as an empowerment anthem, however in line with the singer, it was initially conceived as “the saddest music.”

“I wrote it in a extremely completely different manner,” Cyrus stated in her new cowl story for British Vogue. “The refrain was initially: ‘I should purchase myself flowers, write my identify within the sand, however I am unable to love me higher than you may.’ It was once extra, like, Fifties.”

“Like: ‘Certain, I could be my very own lover, however you are so a lot better,'” she added.

As an alternative, the model of “Flowers” that Cyrus launched is a celebration of independence and self-love: “I can take myself dancing / And I can maintain my very own hand / Yeah, I can love me higher than you may.”

Cyrus stated she made the change as a result of “she merely needed to make a music that she may do with listening to,” as paraphrased by interviewer Giles Hattersley.

In its present type, “the music is a little bit pretend it until you make it, which I am an enormous fan of,” Cyrus defined.

She additionally shut down hypothesis that “Flowers” was straight impressed by Liam Hemsworth. The 2 stars had an up-and-down relationship that lasted for greater than a decade earlier than she filed for divorce in 2020.

After Cyrus launched the one and music video in January, followers ran wild with theories that Cyrus sprinkled each with Easter eggs about her ex-husband. The rumors helped push “Flowers” to No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, the place it remained for eight weeks.

“I by no means should be a grasp on the craft of tricking an viewers,” she stated. “It’s going to set itself on hearth all by itself.”

The truth is, Cyrus instructed Hattersley that none of her latest work, together with her newest album “Limitless Summer season Trip,” ought to be interpreted as a diaristic portrayal of her relationship with Hemsworth.

Reasonably, the 30-year-old Grammy nominee stated she weaves particulars and feelings from numerous life experiences into her music.

“I would not erase my story or need it to be erased,” she stated. “Having an attention-grabbing life makes for attention-grabbing storytelling.”