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

As Business Insider previously reported, Cyrus and Hemsworth met on the set of "The Last Song," which was released in 2010, and dated on and off for multiple years. The brace wed in 2018 and divided a twelvemonth later. The divided was finalized in January 2020.

While Cyrus hasn't confirmed that "Flowers" is concerning her association alongside Hemsworth, the single's publish date, lyrics, and another hidden particulars recommendation a few clues to the song's meaning.

The buzz about "Flowers" began whenever fans noticed its publish date.

The sole dropped on January 13 — Hemsworth's 33rd anniversary — a item that was not misplaced on Cyrus' fans. 

"She certainly didn't lie whenever she stated she's got nerve," one person tweeted. 

In "When I Was Your Man," Mars sings that he wishes he "bought you flowers, and held your hand."

Although Mars isn't credited as a songwriter on "Flowers," Cyrus sings "I can buy myself flowers," and "I can clasp my own hand" in a akin tune to Mars' hit. 

According to Billboard, some fans have speculated that Hemsworth dedicated Mars' opus to Cyrus during their archetypal involvement — although those theories are unconfirmed.

"We were good, we were gold/ Kind of aspiration that can't be sold/ We were correct till we weren't/ Built a residence and watched it burn," Cyrus sings in the beginning verse. 

According to Us Weekly, the blaze metaphor could be referring to the residence Cyrus shared alongside Hemsworth, which burned downward during the 2018 Woolsey Fire.

Cyrus has said that the defeat of the couple's Malibu residence is partially what led her and Hemsworth to get married. 

In 2019, during attending the Vanity Fair Oscars party, an Access Hollywood newsman asked Cyrus and Hemsworth what a dancing figure would look akin between the couple.

When Cyrus began dancing on Hemsworth, her then-husband, he close it down, saying, "We're not doing this. Not on the carpet."

One Twitter person put that video flank by flank alongside a promotional clip Cyrus posted on the platform, in which she appears to do a akin dancing move — during the lyrics "I can affection me better" perform in the background.

After marketing out shows at the Hollywood Bowl in October 2026, Cyrus changed the pre-chorus lyrics to "Flowers."

In the first version, Cyrus sings: "I didn't wanna depart you/I didn't wanna fight/Started to cry, but afterward remembered I," before belting out the chorus.

This former weekend, however, Cyrus changed that to: "I didn't wanna depart you (but I had to)/I didn't wanna combat (but we did)/Started to cry, but afterward remembered I sold out the Hollywood Bowl."

Cyrus has ad-libbed her hit sole before: At the 2024 Grammys, she sang, "Started to cry, but afterward remembered I fair won my archetypal Grammy!"

Fans took to social media to applaud Cyrus' lyric change, alongside one YouTube commenter saying they "love how she's filling it in alongside distinct achievements."

Cyrus additionally paid tribute to Dolly Parton, her delayed godmother, during the concert, breaking downward in tears as she recalled memories of Parton. Cyrus afterward performed Parton's hit opus "Jolene."

Editor's Note: This narrative was initially published in January 2023 and was most lately updated in October 2026.