Screen shot from the “Flowers” video

Have you heard Miley Cyrus’s hit song “Flowers”? So many millions of us have, it’s reached #1 on the charts in 13 countries, according to Miley herself on Instagram.

But according to this and several other sources, the song has also prompted a massive boost in flower sales at Lidl, the low-cost grocery chain.

The breakup anthem – which champions buying flowers for yourself – shot to the top spot on the UK’s music charts last week after racking up 203 million global streams… Flower sales spiked 52% in the wake of Miley hysteria just two weeks after the popstar’s release, which also includes an empowering self-care message.

The song begins with the story of her latest break-up, but it turns positive when she “Started to cry but then remembered I can buy myself flowers.” The self-affirming “I can buy myself flowers” is how the super-catchy chorus that’s playing nonstop in my brain begins. Other types of self-care cited in the song include “I can take myself dancing,” “I can hold my own hand,” “Paint my nails cherry red” and “Match the roses that you left.” (Scroll down for full lyrics.) And the video shows Miley swimming, working out fiercely and dancing joyfully, so it’s really fun to watch. 

And we’re all pro-self-care, especially when it includes flowers.  My only question is why, when I searched for promotional photos of Miley with flowers, this grungy old image is all I could find. 

 

And if you watch the official video – for a song called “Flowers” – you’ll see no flowers. The closest the video gets to floral display is a flower-less yard with sprinklers going.

Apparently others are more interested in the target of this revenge song. Could it be her ex, the actor Liam Hemsworth, on whose birthday the song was released? That’s what other websites are gossiping about. Here on this news-breaking garden blog we’re just happy to see flowers getting some attention and being bought. Just for yourself!

“Flowers” lyrics

We were good, we were goldKinda dream that can’t be soldWe were right ’til we weren’tBuilt a home and watched it burn
Mm, I didn’t wanna leave youI didn’t wanna lieStarted to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowersWrite my name in the sandTalk to myself for hoursSay things you don’t understandI can take myself dancingAnd I can hold my own handYeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me betterI can love me better, baby
Paint my nails, cherry redMatch the roses that you leftNo remorse, no regretI forgive every word you said
Ooh, I didn’t want to leave you, babyI didn’t wanna fightStarted to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowersWrite my name in the sandTalk to myself for hours, yeahSay things you don’t understandI can take myself dancing, yeahI can hold my own handYeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me betterOh, I
I didn’t want to leave youI didn’t wanna fightStarted to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers (oh)Write my name in the sand (mmh)Talk to myself for hours (yeah)Say things you don’t understand (never will)I can take myself dancing, yeahI can hold my own handYeah, I can love me better thanYeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me betterI can love me better, baby (oh)Can love me betterI can love me better (than you can), baby Can love me betterI can love me better, babyCan love me better
 
Songwriters: Gregory Aldae Hein / Michael Ross Pollack / Miley Ray Cyrus