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Miley Cyrus' new song Flowers appears to be a direct response to Bruno Mars' song 10 years later

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Updated 14:59 30 Jan 2023 GMTPublished 14:56 30 Jan 2023 GMT

Miley Cyrus' new song Flowers appears to be a direct response to Bruno Mars' song 10 years later

Cyrus' track shot to Number One following its release

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

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Topics: Miley Cyrus, Celebrity, Music

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is UNILAD Editorial Lead at LADbible Group. She first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route - before graduating with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University. Emily joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features. She went on to become Community Desk Lead, commissioning and writing human interest stories from across the globe, before moving to the role of Editorial Lead. Emily now works alongside the UNILAD Editor to ensure the page delivers accurate, interesting and high quality content.

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Miley Cyrus' new track 'Flowers' has shot to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, but a lot of listeners have noticed that it appears to have some similarities to a track released more than a decade ago.

Back in 2012, Bruno Mars made it to number one himself when he dropped the song 'When I Was Your Man'; a track all about the things he should have done when he was in a relationship, but which he was too 'dumb to realize' at the time.

"I should have bought you flowers / And held your hand / Should have gave you all my hours / When I had the chance," Mars sings in the melancholy track.

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Some people think 'Flowers' is a response to Mars' song.
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Fast forward to this year, and Cyrus is making clear she doesn't need anyone to buy flowers for her - she can do it herself, thank you very much.

The mention of flowers is just one of the reasons fans are likening Cyrus' new track to the one Mars released on his album Unorthodox Jukebox, with many taking to social media to compare the two.

After hearing 'Flowers', one person wrote: "That Miley Cyrus song sounds wayyyy too much like 'When I Was Your Man' by Bruno Mars."

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Convinced it couldn't be a coincidence, some music fans have suggested the track is a 'response' to Mars' song.

Another similarity comes later in the chorus, when Mars sings: "Take you to every party 'cause all you wanted to do was dance / Now my baby's dancing / But she's dancing with another man."

Cyrus and Hemsworth split in 2020.
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Meanwhile, Cyrus' track goes: "I can take myself dancing / And I can hold my own hand."

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The links to Mars' song isn't the only connection fans have made since Cyrus dropped the track on 13 January, with many noting that it just so happened to arrive on her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth's birthday.

Assuming the track was a direct message from Cyrus to Hemsworth, some also speculated that Hemsworth once dedicated ‘When I Was Your Man’ to his wife, which is why the pop star appears to have borrowed some of the lyrics in her own track.

The songwriters responsible for bringing us 'When I Was Your Man' haven't been credited on 'Flowers', but that doesn't mean Cyrus wasn't inspired by the track. Simply because she used some of the same words isn't grounds for infringement as they're sung in a different order and melody.

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The pop star hasn't spoken out about the similarities between the two tracks, but of course as long as there's potential for gossip, fans will continue to share their theories.

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