Miley Cyrus has lived many different eras throughout her career: from her Hannah Montana days, to her “Bangerz” album, and who could forget her iconic “Wrecking Ball” moment?
“I came in like a wrecking ball”
But the Miley we’re seeing now may be the best one yet.
The 30-year-old’s new song “Flowers” has been number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the last five weeks. Could its success be tied to the possible hidden meaning behind the song?
Many were quick to notice the lyrics felt like a response to Bruno Mars’ song “When I Was Your Man,” with some fans speculating her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth previously dedicated that song to her. Liam and his then-bride even danced to Bruno Mars at their wedding.
“I should have bought you flowers” / “I can buy myself flowers.”
Whatever the reason Miley is topping the charts, even celebrities can’t get enough of her catchy single, which already has over half a billion streams on Spotify.
River is yet another banger from Miley – and this one has a hidden meaning too.
After the global hit, ‘Flowers’, Miley just dropped the rest of the ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ album, including the new single ‘River’ – plus its accompanying music video. But unlike ‘Flowers’...this song’s hidden meaning is a little more explicit.
In an Instagram video, Miley said,
“It was a time in my life where I was going through just a lot emotionally and personally//like it just feels like it’s an April shower. It never stops raining. And then it started raining down like love.”
But then she added
“Sometimes we just need a dancefloor banger, aka they don’t want me to talk about how the fact the song is about [bleep]. It’s [bleeping] nasty. It’s nasty.”
Miley herself hasn’t said what that bleep stands for, but plenty of fans have guessed that she’s talking about… well… let’s just say, climaxing. The accompanying video solidifies Miley’s quote unquote nasty message with visuals of scantily clad men dripping sweat.
And the lyrics – “you’re just like a river, you’re never runnin’ dry” doesn’t leave much to the imagination. We’re excited to see Miley in her sex-empowered, post-breakup era – especially if this means more bops like this.
