Nearly two decades after their high-profile teen romance ended in heartbreak, throwback photos of Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas have resurfaced online, and fans of the former flames can’t quite keep calm. ‘Niley’ as they were lovingly called by fans back in their teen days, hit fans with a wave of nostalgia on Wednesday morning when Laura Rudy shared a 2007 photo of the former couple. Posting the cute photo from when Nick and Miley were dating, she wrote, “I took this in 2007.”
Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas’ photo resurfaces
Fans soon flooded the comments section and celebrated the return of the picture that was shared officially for the first time today. Just as fans began commenting on how Nick appeared to be wearing the same clothes in another throwback photo, another social media user by the name TLC responded, “Just found my @MileyCyrus & @nickjonas pics that I took in June, 2007 – Woodbridge house kitchen. Your pic is a little different @LaLaR from that same day.“
Miley admits she loved Nick
Cyrus and Jonas were Disney sweethearts. They first met in 2006 and began dating “the day [they] met,” as claimed by Cyrus in an interview with Seventeen magazine. Their relationship quickly became one of the most talked-about romances with Nick and the Jonas Brothers even making a guest appearance on Miley’s hit series, ‘Hannah Montana’. The couple dated for a couple of months before their romance reportedly ended in heartbreak. Reflecting on their breakup at the time, Cyrus told Seventeen that they “loved each other.” And further added, “We still do, but we were in love with each other. For two years, he was basically my 24/7.”
Miley pens ‘7 Things’ song for Nick
Following the split, Nick went on to date fellow Disney Channel star Selena Gomez from 2008 until 2010, fuelling a messy ‘love triangle’ between the trio, with Miley even dropping the hit diss track ‘7 Things’, where she not only wore the necklace Nick gave her, but also addressed the triangle in the lyrics “you love me, you like her…”About Miley, Nick and Selena’s love triangleYears later, Jennifer Stone, who starred alongside Gomez on ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’, shed light on the situation during an episode of the ‘Wizards of Waverly Pod’ podcast with David DeLuise. “It was, like, high school. Like, they both dated Nick. I think Miley dated him first and then Selena dated him, and then it was just messy high school nonsense,” Stone said, adding that the “high school BS” was now firmly in the past. Following Selena’s split with Nick, she and Miley became friends and the two even sang ‘7 Things’ live, together dissing their common ex. Miley says ‘Niley for life’Cyrus most recently commented about her past romance with Nick, during a June 2025 appearance on the Every Single Album podcast. Confirming that everyone has moved forward, she admitted, “I like Nick. Everything is good in the world. Niley for life.”Nick went on to marry Priyanka Chopra in December 2018. That same month, Miley Cyrus went on to marry Liam Hemsworth.
