Miley Cyrus gave us a person of the most empowering, self-assured break up anthems when she produced her single “Flowers,” but the track basically started off off with a completely diverse vibe. As an alternative of remaining a observe in which Cyrus took pleasure in getting newly one, she unveiled the the music was originally about longing to return to a failed romantic relationship. Cyrus shared the unique lyrics to “Flowers,” displaying how just changing a person term fully flipped the message on its head.

Cyrus mentioned the stunning evolution of “Flowers” in her May 18 British Vogue profile. The kiss-off strike many thanks to the empowering information in its chorus: “I can enjoy me far better than you can.” But at initial, that line was substantially unique. “The refrain was originally: ‘I can get myself bouquets, write my title in the sand, but I cannot like me superior than you can,’” Cyrus exposed. “It employed to be much more, like, 1950s. The saddest track, like, ‘Sure, I can be my possess lover, but you are so much greater.’”

But in the procedure of doing the job on the tune, Cyrus decided the lyrics ought to reflect how she would like to sense, somewhat than wallowing in how she could basically really feel. “The track is a minimal bogus it until you make it, which I’m a huge enthusiast of,” Cyrus admitted.

Cyrus did launch a much more morose demo version of “Flowers” as a reward monitor on her album Countless Summer time Vacation, but the lyrics are not improved from the formal music. Nonetheless, this stripped-down ballad version of the music presents much more of an perception into what its primary message was likely to be.

Cyrus beforehand reviewed how “Flowers” bloomed into an uplifting pop music after it was initially planted as a craving ballad during her Unlimited Summer season Trip: Yard Sessions unique. “When you strip away all the sounds and significant harmonies, there’s a lot of sadness to it,” Cyrus explained of the strike single. “I’ve preferred the concept of ‘fake it until you make it.’ On the to start with refrain, I’m form of telling myself and I’m trying to persuade myself, and by the 3rd chorus, you can listen to that there is a confidence, that I lastly consider it.”