What can any songwriter learn from ‘Flowers’ by Miley Cyrus?

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We are fascinated by what makes songs ignite the imaginations of millions of people around the world. In this case, Flowers by Miley Cyrus has this week broken the Spotify records for number of streams in the first week of its release (over 100 million).

In this video, Benny and Keppie break down the song, and reflect on:

  • What aspects of the song are resonating so strongly with global audiences
  • What can we learn from this song, IRRESPECTIVE of whether we like it or not, and also BEYOND whatever genre or style we love and write in.
  • 3 songwriting tasks you can take away from this song.

Enjoy! And please let us know in comments here why YOU think this song is breaking all the charts?

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Hi! Keppie Coutts and Ben Romalis are professional songwriters, composers, and music educators living in Sydney, Australia. You can find out more about them right here: https://howtowritesongs.org/about/

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