I hopped off the plane at LAX
With a dream and my cardigan
Welcome to the land of fame excess (woah)
Am I gonna fit in?
Jumped in the cab, here I am for the first time
Look to my right, and I see the Hollywood sign
This is all so crazy
Everybody seems so famous
My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick
Too much pressure and I'm nervous
That's when the taxi man turned on the radio
And a JAY-Z song was on
And a JAY-Z song was on
And a JAY-Z song was on
So I put my hands up
They're playing my song, the butterflies fly away
I'm noddin' my head like, 'yeah'
Movin' my hips like, 'yeah'
Got my hands up, they're playing my song
They know I'm gonna be okay
Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.
Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.
Get to the club in my taxi cab
Everybody's looking at me now
Like, "Who's that chick, that's rockin' kicks?
She gotta be from out of town"
So hard with my girls not around me
It's definitely not a Nashville party
'Cause all I see are stilettos
I guess I never got the memo
My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick
Too much pressure and I'm nervous
That's when the DJ dropped my favorite tune
And a Britney song was on
And a Britney song was on
And a Britney song was on
So I put my hands up
They're playing my song, the butterflies fly away
I'm noddin' my head like, 'yeah'
Movin' my hips like, 'yeah'
Got my hands up, they're playing my song
They know I'm gonna be okay
Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.
Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.
Feel like hopping on a flight (on a flight)
Back to my hometown tonight (town tonight)
Something stops me every time (every time)
The DJ plays my song and I feel alright
So I put my hands up
They're playing my song, the butterflies fly away
I'm noddin' my head like, 'yeah' (noddin' my head)
Movin' my hips like, 'yeah' (ooh yeah)
Got my hands up, they're playing my song
They know I'm gonna be okay (gonna be okay)
Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.
Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.
So I put my hands up
They're playing my song, the butterflies fly away (flying away)
I'm noddin' my head like, 'yeah' (noddin' my head like, 'yeah')
Movin' my hips like, 'yeah' (movin' my hips like, 'yeah')
Got my hands up, they're playing my song
They know I'm gonna be okay (I'm gonna be okay)
Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.
Yeah (ha-ha-ha-ha), it's a party in the U.S.A.
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You know what it's like! You're at the club (or, more likely, a CVS), and that coyly optimistic guitar riff—the one you know oh so well—pipes up. Put that toothpaste down: It's a party in the USA!
Miley Cyrus' 2009 song is so well known that most of us could sing it in our sleep. But recently, eagle-eared Twitter user amyclizabeth suggested that there's a glaring mistake in the lyrics.
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How the fuck did Miley Cyrus “look to my right and I see the Hollywood sign” if she “hopped off the plane at LAX.” A cab can only drive east from the airport and the sign, north of the airport and facing south, would have to have been to her left. WAKE UP SHEEPLE
— Amy (@amyclizabeth) January 17, 2018
"How the fuck did Miley Cyrus 'look to my right and I see the Hollywood sign' if she 'hopped off the plane at LAX.' A cab can only drive east from the airport and the sign, north of the airport and facing south, would have to have been to
her left. WAKE UP SHEEPLE," she tweeted.
This blew people's minds. It was like that time we found out what J.Lo was saying in "I'm Real."
Anyhow, people swiftly jumped to the anthem's defense, coming up with elaborate theories based on Los Angeles geography or, um, unusual seating positions:
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what if she's sitting on her knees looking out the back window like an excitable little kid!
— toyotathon the other hand (@thomcrowley) January 17, 2018
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This has bothered me since I first heard the song but I *think* she’s referring to the glimpse you get (on a clear day) whilst merging from the 10 E onto the 405 N but she’d only be on the 10 if she took Sepulveda/Lincoln through Venice/SM which, like, okay: the answer is traffic //t.co/WEx1llMmHr
— Julia Whelan (@justjuliawhelan) January 18, 2018
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Um, going north on 405 you would see it to your right.
— Linda Gorordo (@LindaGorordo) January 18, 2018
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she lived in toluca lake. traffic was bad. driver took the 105 to the 605 to the 110 to the 101 she was asleep or possibly intoxicated half the time so it felt like a hop and when she woke up the Hollywood sign was on her right.
— Domestic Infant Supply Class of 68 (@mindyonrye) January 18, 2018
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MILEY IS IN THE UPSIDE DOWN!
— Not Your John Galt (@RUSerious67) January 18, 2018
And to Miley's defense, too:
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Uh... Miley didn’t right this song. Jessie J did. She’s British...
— Emma (@JJandKC) January 18, 2018
...or not:
IS NOTHING REAL??????????????
Thanks to this potentially earth-shaking information, friendships were imperiled:
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Others thought it was just plain mean to undo the song's magic:
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you’re definitely one of those people that told all the other kids santa wasn’t real in first grade.
— MEGHAN (@meghanmcgrory) January 18, 2018
But at the end of the day, our Hollywood sign truther just isn't having it:
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To all the HATERS she specifically says a) she’s in a cab!!!!!!! And b) she hopped off the plane at LAX!! No private airports or limos. Wake up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!
— Amy (@amyclizabeth) January 17, 2018
What to think of all of this? Is this tweet right, or are the map-waving sticklers the ones we should be listening to? Look, unless Brandy and Monica were actually fighting over a boy IRL and Justin Bieber is personally apologizing to me (you know what you did, JUSTIN), we don't expect songs to be completely true and real and as fully fact-checked as the New York Times. Still, you're never going to listen to this song the same way ever again.