Miley Cyrus Freaks Out Over Mariah Carey in Grammys Video

Miley Cyrus won her first-ever Grammy award on Sunday, which was handed to her by none other than Mariah Carey—and now a video of an excited Cyrus has gone viral online.

Carey presented the pop singer with the first award of the night for Best Pop Solo Performance for her song "Flowers." Released in January 2023, the hit became the fastest song to exceed 100 million listens on Spotify.

Cyrus was seemingly shocked to hear her name be mentioned, and she said as she accepted the award: "This is just too iconic. Oh my God, I just got stuck in the rain in traffic and thought I was going to miss this moment. And I could've missed the award, that's fine. But not Mariah Carey. I just saw you at the Hollywood Bowl, it was everything. I got sat in my lucky number 3 seat."

Now a clip has been circulating online that shows just how starstruck Cyrus was after being presented the award by Carey.

Newsweek has contacted a representative for Cyrus and Carey for comment via email Monday.

"miley cyrus being so happy that mariah carey handed her her first grammy is so pure," X user @notgwendalupe captioned the video of the excited singer. At the time of writing, it had been viewed over 892,000 times.

In the clip, Cyrus can be seen approaching her friends, repeatedly—and enthusiastically—mentioning Carey's name. People took to the comments to express how much they loved the special moment.

"The way she keeps saying Mariah is sending me," one person wrote.

"The audio is literally just Miley saying a Legendary Queen's name!" said another, alongside multiple cry-laughing emojis.

"Miley's joy over her first Grammy from Mariah Carey is pure happiness. It's heartwarming," someone else wrote.

A fourth added: "Legends supporting legends."

Cyrus beat out Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat and Olivia Rodrigo to win the award. During her speech, the pop singer described her winning song with a parable about a butterfly.

"There's a story I wanna tell that sums up this moment, and I wasn't gonna tell it, but now Mariah's here. So there was a little boy that all he wanted for his birthday was a butterfly. And so his parents gave him a butterfly net. And he was so excited, he just went outside out in the sun and started swinging and swinging, but with no luck," she said.

"He sat down on the ground, he finally let go and he surrendered. He was OK that he wasn't gonna capture this beautiful butterfly. And right when he did is when the butterfly came and landed right on the tip of his nose. And this song 'Flowers' is my butterfly. Thank you."

The singer belted out an orchestral version of her hit "Flowers" at the annual awards show. The song was written in the aftermath of her divorce from Australian actor Liam Hemsworth. They had wed in 2018 after a nine-year on-again, off-again relationship but split for good in 2020.

"Flowers" dropped on The Witcher star's 33rd birthday, which sparked rumors the tune was a diss track. The song is about a woman going through a breakup and reminding herself that she doesn't need a man and choosing to focus on self-love.

Before the track was released in January 2023, it had been 10 years since Cyrus had a No. 1 hit. "Flowers" was played a record 96 million times in its first week on Spotify and spent eight non-consecutive weeks at No. 1.

Update 02/05/24, 5:47 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.