The place to start with Miley Cyrus’ newest single, “Flowers”? It’s an anthem of self love, in fact, but additionally of her love of swimming, because the accompanying music video—which additionally dropped on Thursday—options the singer’s third foray into water lately. It’s a little bit of a jab at her ex, Liam Hemsworth, but additionally an ode to a kind of trendy, West Coast Patrick Bateman. It’s a Saint Laurent-fueled entrance into her new period.

We meet Cyrus on a bridge in Los Angeles, in a shot shared as a teaser picture for the track and music video. Cyrus wears a golden Yves Saint Laurent fall/winter 1991 gown, a hooded quantity draped over her, whereas nonetheless leaving her midriff uncovered. In case the timing of the track’s launch didn’t give away who the monitor is about (January thirteenth, Hemsworth’s birthday), its lyrics did. “Constructed a house and watched it burn,” Cyrus sings on the finish of the primary verse, seeming to instantly reference the 2018 Woolsey hearth, which destroyed the Malibu home she shared with Hemsworth.

From there, the monitor takes a well-recognized flip. “Flowers” reportedly samples Bruno Mars’ “After I Was Your man” and most of the lyrics mirror that of Mars’ 2012 track. Followers of the singer have claimed that Hemsworth as soon as devoted Mars’ track to Cyrus, making its use that rather more of a dig on the Australian actor.

Ultimately, Cyrus reaches a home, which is when she ditches her golden robe and divulges black lace bra and underwear beneath. She instantly dives in a pool plucked from a David Hockney portray, returning to her aquatic roots established in her music movies for “Slide Away” and “We Can’t Cease.” After her dip, it’s time for a piece out session. Immediately, Cyrus is the star in a gender-swapped American Psycho, recreating her personal model of the movie’s iconic morning prep scene.

It’s becoming, then, that Cyrus’ subsequent outfit change options an ‘80s type outsized swimsuit, courtesy of Saint Laurent’s fall/winter 2022 assortment. In what’s arguably the most effective scene of the video, Cyrus breaks out dancing to her refrain in a stark, trendy room overlooking the pool and Los Angeles. And what’s that within the nook? Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair, seen additionally in Bateman’s equally chilly and trendy Higher West Facet condominium.

The video ends with Cyrus dancing on the roof of the house, and whereas the solar has set on Los Angeles and the singer’s solo get together, the brand new period of Miley has clearly simply begun.