Rolling Stone: "Miley's whole career has been building to this moment"

[COOOK 76,406]

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"WHAT A MOMENT to be a Miley Cyrus fan. “Flowers” is more than just a surprise comeback hit — it’s the triumph of Mileyism. It’s been 10 years since her last Number One hit, “Wrecking Ball,” at the height of her tabloid-scandal, electro-sleaze Bangerz era. But now she has finally transformed into the kind of old-school grown-up legend she’s always wanted to be. “Flowers,” the lead single from Friday’s Saturn-return post-divorce album Endless Summer Vacation, marks the culmination of her unlikely journey from Hannah Montana to world-wise adulthood. This moment is the cherry on top of one of modern pop’s longest, most bizarre stories."

“Flowers” became her biggest hit because it’s her realest song ever, her poignant ode to starting over after a divorce and learning to love herself. She says goodbye to her ex with the vow “I can buy myself flowers.” Everybody could figure out the connections to her ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth; after a decade together, their marriage lasted less than a year, crashing and burning in 2019. She even sings about the real-life experience of seeing their Malibu house go up in flames, with the words “We were right till we weren’t/Built a home and watched it burn.” As she told Rolling Stone’s Brittany Spanos in a 2020 cover story, the fire “did what I couldn’t do myself. It removed me from what no longer was serving its purpose.” 

But Miley brilliantly packs the song with secret clues for fans to decode, learning from the Taylor Swift/Olivia Rodrigo school. Is she quoting the Bruno Mars song Liam played at their wedding? In the video — released on his birthday — is she wearing his suit from the Avengers premiere, where he told her to behave?"

"But her new music makes it sound like Miley is setting out to write her own classic oldies, the kind of songs she would choose to cover. She’s showing off the pipes of a grown woman who’s been through it and back, mourning a marriage the way she used to mourn Pablow the Blowfish. It’s the song, the album, the moment she’s spent her whole career building up to. Now more than ever, she’s just being Miley."

[weed 73,160]

I agree

[Togekiss 2,498]

Ugh I love her but her music is so hit or miss for me. Flowers is so BASIC!

[Bat 6,162]

Let's wait till we can judge it ourselves..

[monstrosity 3,939]

I hope the album is good cause Flowers is sooooooo mid

[Cameltoe Chariot 15,099]

41 minutes ago, Togekiss said:

Ugh I love her but her music is so hit or miss for me. Flowers is so BASIC!

Hmm...

 

...ANYWAYS I can't wait for the new album  a smash, methinks!

[LilyLark 10,079]

I adore Miley, Plastic Hearts was one of my favorite albums of the past five or so years, and was disappointed by Flowers (great lyrics, mid production/music imo). I hope I'm pleasantly surprised by the rest of the album.

[River 114,351]

Flowers is a pop perfection, it's a back to basics kind of pop, the 80s-90s one.

[HORRORHOLIC 104]

2 hours ago, COOOK said:

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"WHAT A MOMENT to be a Miley Cyrus fan. “Flowers” is more than just a surprise comeback hit — it’s the triumph of Mileyism. It’s been 10 years since her last Number One hit, “Wrecking Ball,” at the height of her tabloid-scandal, electro-sleaze Bangerz era. But now she has finally transformed into the kind of old-school grown-up legend she’s always wanted to be. “Flowers,” the lead single from Friday’s Saturn-return post-divorce album Endless Summer Vacation, marks the culmination of her unlikely journey from Hannah Montana to world-wise adulthood. This moment is the cherry on top of one of modern pop’s longest, most bizarre stories."

“Flowers” became her biggest hit because it’s her realest song ever, her poignant ode to starting over after a divorce and learning to love herself. She says goodbye to her ex with the vow “I can buy myself flowers.” Everybody could figure out the connections to her ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth; after a decade together, their marriage lasted less than a year, crashing and burning in 2019. She even sings about the real-life experience of seeing their Malibu house go up in flames, with the words “We were right till we weren’t/Built a home and watched it burn.” As she told Rolling Stone’s Brittany Spanos in a 2020 cover story, the fire “did what I couldn’t do myself. It removed me from what no longer was serving its purpose.” 

But Miley brilliantly packs the song with secret clues for fans to decode, learning from the Taylor Swift/Olivia Rodrigo school. Is she quoting the Bruno Mars song Liam played at their wedding? In the video — released on his birthday — is she wearing his suit from the Avengers premiere, where he told her to behave?"

"But her new music makes it sound like Miley is setting out to write her own classic oldies, the kind of songs she would choose to cover. She’s showing off the pipes of a grown woman who’s been through it and back, mourning a marriage the way she used to mourn Pablow the Blowfish. It’s the song, the album, the moment she’s spent her whole career building up to. Now more than ever, she’s just being Miley."

So they are reviewing Plastic Hearts ? 🤣

[Cavadour 2,298]

Dithyrambic. Eulogic...Not sure about the revenge angle...the double entendre in Flowers lyrics...Love her voice and raunchy delivery !

Let's hope for BPS and that I won't miss the rock side of PH !

Cant' wait yet...