Miley Cyrus is being sued for copyright infringement over her chart-topping 2023 hit Flowers.
ABOUT THE LAWSUIT
The 31-year-old singer was hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit for a allegedly copying Bruno Mars earlier hit When I Was Your Man, which was released in 2013 and also topped the pop charts.
However, it’s not Mars suing Cyrus, but rather Tempo Music Investments, per TMZ.
In the lawsuit, Tempo Music accused Cyrus of ‘intentionally copying’ When I Was Your Man in Flowers due to the significant similarities between the two songs.
WHAT THE COMPANY SAYS
The investment company claims that Flowers features a similar melody and harmonies to the earlier song, both in the verses and in the chorus.
It alleges that the chord progressions used on Cyrus’ tune — which she is credited for writing with Aldae (real name: Gregory Hein) and Michael Pollack — are similar to progressions on Mars’ song, and it also claims that some of the song’s lyrics are similar to those on When I Was Your Man, which was written by Mars with Philip Lawrence, Ari Levin and Andrew Wyatt.
Tempo claims in its lawsuit that ‘It is undeniable based on the combination and number of similarities between the two recordings that Flowers would not exist without When I Was Your Man.’
Both songs were hits for their respective artists, and each reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
