Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)

"Flowers"
Single by Miley Cyrus
from the album Endless Summer Vacation
Released	January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12)
Recorded	January 2022
Studio	Sunset Sound Recorders (composed),[1] Ridgemont High, Los Angeles (recorded)
Genre	Disco-pop[2] pop rock[3] funk[4]
Length	3:20
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Miley Cyrus Gregory Aldae Hein Michael Pollack
Producer(s)	Kid Harpoon Tyler Johnson
Miley Cyrus singles chronology
"Without You" (2021) "Flowers" (2023) "River" (2023)
Music video
"Flowers" on YouTube

"Flowers" is a song by American singer Miley Cyrus, taken from her eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation (2023). Columbia Records released it as the album's lead single on January 12, 2023, in some countries and January 13 worldwide. Cyrus wrote "Flowers" with Gregory Aldae Hein and Michael Pollack, while Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson handled the production. A pop song with disco, rock, and funk influences, its lyrics express an ex-lover's acceptance of being independent after no longer feeling the need to rely on someone else to be complete.

"Flowers" received positive reviews from music critics and was a massive commercial success, breaking many records. It was the best-selling global single of 2023, earning 2.70 billion subscription streams equivalents globally, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), making it Cyrus's most successful single worldwide to date. In the United States, the single debuted at number one and spent eight non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in addition to becoming Cyrus's second number-one song on the chart since "Wrecking Ball" (2013). "Flowers" became the longest-running number one-song in the history of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, with 43 weeks at the top. The song was also a commercial success worldwide, debuting atop the Billboard Global 200 chart and staying at the summit for thirteen non-consecutive weeks. It topped the charts in 37 other countries including in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, South Africa and the United Kingdom. It also broke a string of records on streaming services, including the Spotify record for the most-streamed song in a week (during both its first and second week) and the fastest song in Spotify history to surpass one billion streams (doing so in 112 days). As of April 2024, it has over 1.91 billion streams on Spotify, ranking among the 100 most-streamed songs on the platform.

Jacob Bixenman directed the music video for "Flowers", which features Cyrus performing dances in several locations, including an outdoor pool, a backyard, and on the roof of her house. Photography took place in Los Angeles with scenes shot at Elysian Park. In promotion of the song, Cyrus performed the song live on the album's accompanying documentary concert special, Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions), and at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. At the latter ceremony, "Flowers" won Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance, and also received a nomination for Song of the Year, marking Cyrus' career-first set of Grammy wins. It also won Best International Song at the Brit Awards 2024.