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This is a women empowerment song, the speaker is Miley Cyrus and the audience is Liam Hemsworth, Mileys ex-husband.  They were married in 2018 and soon split not long after that in 2019.  The California Wild Fires wiped out the couples home late 2018 and Miley said '"lost everything'".  The song is used to express self-love, you don't need anyone to make you happy. When in a relationship, you also are trying not to forget to love yourself in the process.

The purpose of this song is it is supposed to prove to others that you don't need someone to make you happy, you are perfectly capable of loving yourself and treating yourself better than anyone else can.
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Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ Lyrics Take a Jab At Her Ex-Husband Liam Hemsworth After Rumors He Cheated On Her —Read Them Here

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The queen dropped her single on Liam’s birthday, too.

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Miley uses Ethos and Pathos throughout the video and lyrics of "Flowers". Showing self-love and empowerment in the lyrics and showing confidence and independence in the video. These are shown through metaphors, similes, and symbolism to show others you don't need anyone to make you happy.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBdgSI7CiO0

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Ethos represents your spirit or culture, the morals you have and respect, your beliefs that you value as well as your emotions.  In the lyrics Miley talks about how she feels during the break up in the beginning saying "we were right, 'til we weren't, built a home and watch it burn".  Expressing how they "were right" meaning everything was okay, and they were happy.  Then when "'til we weren't" was said it was like a switch was flipped and things started going downhill.  Saying "built a home" meaning they built up their relationship together, and grew as a couple, making a "home" which is a place of comfort, "watch it burn" is a metaphor towards their house being burnt in the California wildfires, and in their relationship it started to burn and darken, being used to express the unhealthy parts of the relationship, how Miley felt towards the end of the marriage.
In the fifth verse, Miley says "...no remorse, no regret, I forgive every word you said" saying "no remorse, no regret" she means she cant hold the grudge forever, she doesn't regret anything in the relationship.  When Miley also stated "I forgive every word you said", she has to forgive and move on, she can't move on until she forgives and lets go, to focus on the time ahead, to focus on herself.

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Miley uses pathos throughout the lyrics with emotions and feelings.  In the second verse she says "I didn't want to leave you, I didn't wanna lie, started to cry, then remembered I...", she explains how things were happy, she didn't want to leave yet, there was still faith and love to share between her and Liam, she didn't want to lie about her feelings towards the relationship.  She started to cry, because emotions were high, but "then I remembered I can buy myself flowers, write my name in the sand..." bringing out the confidence and self-love, explaining she doesn't need someone to do those things for her, she is capable of doing them herself.

She then says "paint my nails cherry red, match the roses that you left" symbolizing the growth from the past. Painting her nails red to give the reminder that she doesn't need anyone to make her happy. Throughout the song Miley repeats "I can love me better", implying that she can love herself more than anyone can, using confidence that she be the best women she can be on her own.

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https://youtu.be/gs6A_vaxasU

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Miley Cyrus - Flowers (Official Video) | Miley Cyrus - Flowers (Lyrics)

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Ethos is used throughout the video, showing Miley's morals on how she can give herself anything a man can. She becomes more vibrant throughout the video, working out and being confident.

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Pathos is used throughout the video, showing emotion's, feelings, and color. Miley is growing as an individual both mentally and physically, becoming happier and independent.

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Miley did a great job of representing empowerment through these lyrics and the video, she expressed her emotions respectfully, but also sent a message to other women out there going through the same thing. The video going along with these lyrics connect a lot of the symbolism that you might not see in just the lyrics. Overall, don't rely on someone else to make you happy, find your peace and you can do it all on your own!

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Veloso, Lea. “Miley Cyrus’ ‘flowers’ Lyrics & New Album Hint She Divorced Liam Hemsworth after He Cheated on Her-Read the Song’s Meaning.” StyleCaster, 10 Mar. 2023, stylecaster.com/miley-cyrus-flowers-lyrics/.