Miley Cyrus releases a series of photos to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the release of ‘Fflowers’: ‘Makes Me Happy’

The singer rang in 365 days of the self-love anthem, which is still the most-streamed song on Spotify in a single week

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It’s been one year since Miley Cyrus dropped her catchy — and wildly successful — empowerment anthem “Flowers.”

On Saturday, the singer, 31, commemorated the anniversary on Instagram with a couple of black-and-white photos of herself and, fittingly, a flower.

In one photo, she holds the prop and in the other, she poses with it on top of her head.

Along with the pics, Cyrus shared a short but sweet message about the track, writing, “One year ago today ‘Flowers’ started making people happy & that makes me happy.”

“Love you. Thank you,” she added before signing off the message with, “XO MC.”

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“Flowers” — in which Cyrus asserts her independence, crooning “I can buy myself flowers” and “I can take myself dancing” — was the first single for Endless Summer Vacation, which the singer dubbed a love letter to Los Angeles.

After it hit streaming platforms, “Flowers” struck a chord with listeners, spending eight weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard charts and skyrocketing to the top of Spotify’s charts — and breaking a record in the process.

Miley Cyrus’ album ‘Endless Summer Vacation.’
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The track became the most-streamed song in a single week in the app’s history, beating out the previous record-holder, BTS’ “Butter,” and prompting Cyrus to thank both Spotify and her “amazing fans” on social media.

Following its release, fans of Cyrus speculated that the self-love anthem contains several references to her relationship with ex-husband Liam Hemsworth.

While speaking with British Vogue last June, Cyrus shrugged off these rumors, telling the magazine, “I never need to be a master at the craft of tricking an audience. It will set itself on fire all by itself.”

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Elsewhere in the interview, the singer revealed that the upbeat song almost looked very different.

“I wrote it in a really different way,” Cyrus told British Vogue. “The chorus was originally, ‘I can buy myself flowers, write my name in the sand, but I can’t love me better than you can.’”

“It used to be more, like, 1950s,” she continued. “The saddest song. Like, ‘Sure, I can be my own lover, but you’re so much better.’”

Added Cyrus: “The song is a little fake it till you make it. Which I’m a big fan of.”

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